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LEWISBURG — A public hearing will be held May 27 to discuss the zoning ordinance request by Geisinger to allow health care facilities in the commercial highway zone.

LEWISBURG — Convicted shooter Julio Gonzalez will have a new attorney as he fights his 29- to 67-year state prison sentence in the Pennsylvania Superior Court.

A community health initiative that began in 2007, Geisinger’s MyCode has grown into a biobank made up of data from more than 350,000 health system patients.

WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Luzerne County mother is facing criminal charges after police say she drove her child to fight another child.

The fight happened at a local park last week and police say that kind of behavior has consequences.

In this video, you will soon seen what a mother doesn't do while her son beats up another kid at a Luzerne County park.

Firefighter found burning in Hazleton had also been shot

The mom, now facing several charges for her willingness to make the fight happen and lack of action during it.

Pa. Courts began a new digital ad campaign highlighting resources available to survivors in recognition of Sexual Violence Awareness Month.

The requirement will go into effect in the 2026-27 school year, with one York County school getting a head start on the changes.

CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Thursday is the National Day of Prayer.

It's held each year on the first Thursday of May, and invites everyone to set aside their differences and pray.

Prayer means something different to everyone, but to the people I spoke with, it meant community.

Heads bowed, sheet music in hand, and hearts, filled with prayer.

Roughly 80 people showed up to the Greater Carbondale Area Ministerium's 22nd annual National Day of Prayer.

The four-day film festival begins in Jim Thorpe as directors and film enthusiasts from all over the country arrive in town.

It's the 16th year for the free popular concert series at Mohegan Pennsylvania, near Wilkes-Barre.

CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Carbondale Fire Department has stated that ten people and some pets in three separate apartments have been displaced after a Thursday evening fire.

According to Carbondale Fire Chief John Piwowarczyk, crews were called to the unit block of River Street just before 5:00 p.m. for a reported structure fire.

Two arrested in connection with New York homicide

Piwowarczyk states that a piece of sheet metal falling from from a roof latched onto a high-tension pole wire energizing the whole building.