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One is found dead after a crash in Wyalusing.

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One of northeastern Pennsylvania's largest food festivals is back this weekend as the 22nd Annual Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival takes over Main Street. The two-day festival celebrates the region's rich Polish heritage with a wide variety of food, live entertainment, a parade, and dozens of food, craft, and specialty vendors. [...]

Students from across the county are showing off their animals at this year's Wayne County fair.

A nonprofit is stepping up to build a new park to attract more people to Central Pennsylvania.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new chapter began Friday for the Luzerne County Sheriff's Office as Genesis Arias was officially sworn in as sheriff during a ceremony in the Luzerne County Courthouse rotunda. A Hazleton native and U.S. Army veteran, Arias becomes the first woman elected sheriff in Luzerne County history. She is also [...]

Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones spoke with local shelters that are running out of space as more neglected dogs wait to be rescued.

The remains were discovered Thursday in various states of decomposition at South Chicago Chapel.

TERRY TOWNSHIP, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A person has been found dead after their car caught fire, according to Pennsylvania State Police. PSP reported that a person driving a Ford truck crashed early Friday morning on Wyalusing New Albany Road. The driver's car hit some nearby trees, catching on fire afterward. The driver was pronounced [...]

U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1% only because Americans left the job market. The July jobs numbers from the Labor Department Friday marked a sharp reversal for the American labor market and amount to a political setback for President Donald Trump less than three months before his Republican party seeks to keep full control of Congress in the upcoming midterm election. Forecasters had expected job creation to approach 100,000 last month.

Severe storms moving through the Susquehanna Valley on Friday led to a flood warning from the National Weather Service.