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James Pickens Jr. is emphasizing the importance of routine screenings after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

JENKINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hundreds of people are rallying behind a longtime first responder who is battling a serious health crisis. A huge crowd packed into a local firehouse to support the paramedic who has spent decades showing up for everyone else. The moment you walk in, you can feel it: support, warmth, [...]

The senator has been released from the hospital after he suffered a fall near his home in western Pennsylvania.

Federal aviation officials expanded their emergency airworthiness directive to include McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft following the fatal UPS crash in Kentucky.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — City of Scranton police say they have located a man they say went missing on Saturday. A 25-year-old man was reported missing at 302 Lauer Avenue according to police. The missing person was found Saturday evening.

The theft from a credit union in Forty Fort happened in 2018 but a woman accused of the crime agreed to plead guilty to a crime earlier this month

The 22-year-old creator was taken into custody on multiple drug-related charges and his bond was set at $3,500.

ATHENS BOROUGH, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a Bradford County man was arrested Friday evening for delivery of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. Chad Michael McLinko was arrested following an investigation by a joint investigation by the Bradford County Drug Task Force and the Pennsylvania State Police Vice and Narcotics Unit, according to a release [...]

SUNBURY — A state police robotic dog walked through the hallways of Shikellamy High School on Friday, gaining the attention of two state leaders and members of the law enforcement club.

LEWISBURG — Students from Company C of Bucknell University’s Management 101 course have chosen to partner with the DIG Furniture Bank of Milton, a local nonprofit organization that “restores dignity and promotes stability by redirecting gently used furniture and household items to local families in need at no cost.”To support the DIG community, students created Cultivating DIGnity. The group will move tools and equipment to the new repair room, inventory supplies and identify needed tools and equipment, and create a new space for donation drop-offs.