The Cherry Blossom Festival at Kirby Park opened with a 5K run featuring area athletes from the Special Olympics on Saturday. The festival will also run on Sunday.
The Renaissance Jamboree was underway on Saturday in Bloomsburg, featuring hundreds of non-profit vendors and free entertainment despite rainy weather.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat who represents Wisconsin, called the arrest of a sitting judge a “gravely serious and drastic move.”
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The weather to start the weekend may not be what organizers of a popular festival have in mind. It rained intermittently on Saturday for the official start of the Wilkes-Barre Cherry Blossom Festival.
The event at Kirby Park includes more than 40 food and craft vendors, as well as rides, and live entertainment.
This marks the 48th year for the celebration in the Diamond City.
Getting rid of drugs the right way in Wyoming County
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — People with powerful prescription drugs they no longer need are helping get rid of them the right way this weekend. Wyoming County is among the sites taking part on Saturday in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
An event at the CVS in Tunkhannock was billed as "Got drugs?" Take Back.
This initiative is part of a broader effort called "One pill can kill," with the goal of preventing medication misuse.
The District Attorney compares unused pills in a medicine cabinet to a ticking time bomb.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Future scientists, engineers, and innovators showed what they can do on Saturday at Scranton High School.
The Ninth Annual NEPA Girls STEM competition brought together students from 13 school districts across Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike, and Susquehanna Counties.
Girls in grades four through eight teamed up to solve challenges in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
One man dead, Route 6 reopened after crash
Newswatch 16's Valeria Quinones shows us the first day of food, fun, and lots of rides.
SELINSGROVE — Several environmental groups set up information tents Saturday at the Selinsgrove Commons’ Joy to the Earth Expo.
The Pine Brook Family Arts Festival united the community on Saturday through arts on John Adams Elementary School's playground.
Stroud CrossFit honored First Lieutenant Travis Manion on Saturday with an endurance workout of a 400-meter run and 29 weighted back squats, repeated seven times.
