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FAIRVIEW TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators say a Luzerne County tax collector has pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 of public funds for personal use.

According to Acting United States Attorney John Gurganus, 46-year-old Karen McGinnis of Mountain Top pleaded guilty to embezzling public funds.

From March 2023 to January 2025, McGinnis was the tax collector for Fairview Township and was responsible for collecting property taxes from residents. This included taxes payable to Fairview Township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School District.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Two suspects on the Pennsylvania State Police Ten Most Wanted list have been arrested. Troopers are offering a $5,000 reward for information on any of the suspects.

Two suspects have been arrested from the PSP’s Ten Most Wanted list:

Daryl Eugene Beckett Jr., who was wanted for homicide in 2023 in Delaware County

Bradley Andrew Buchanan, who was wanted for the rape of a child in Lancaster County

PSP is now offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of any of the suspects remaining on the list.

The new find was possibly 23 feet long and hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans.

The U.S. president’s speech comes at one of the most volatile moments in the world body’s 80-year-old history.

Arrest tied to killing last week of 17-year-old

(The Hill) - The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a threat to national cell service on Tuesday at multiple sites in New York City concentrated within 35 miles of the United Nations General Assembly where world leaders including President Trump are set to gather. 

Over 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards were discovered and will undergo forensic examination as the Secret Service conducts an investigation on the gadgets.

Kenvue disputed any link between the drug and autism this week and warned that if pregnant mothers don’t use Tylenol when in need, they could face dangerous fevers.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Machine Gun Kelly is bringing The Lost Americana Tour with Wiz Khalifa to The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in June.

Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa will take the stage on Friday, June 12, at 7:00 p.m. at the Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton.

YMCA collects Halloween costume donations in Dunmore

General public sales begin Thursday, September 25, at 12:00 p.m. The concert will also feature special guest De’Wayne.

Purchase tickets at livenation.com and ticketmaster.com.

Your favorite scientist from childhood now has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

SUNBURY — Gas prices across the Susquehanna Valley were a penny higher this week at an average of $3.15 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report released Monday.