News

The return of the best players in the world to the Olympics got off to a frantic, fast-paced start on Wednesday.

(WBRE/WYOU)— It's been 22 years since a young Luzerne County woman left her home and was never seen again. 22-year-old Phylicia Thomas from the Sweet Valley area vanished without a trace in 2004. She had gone to work, then to a party that night, and never returned home. Searches have been conducted over the last two [...]

(WBRE/WYOU)— A local man is facing time behind bars for an art theft involving millions of dollars in Lackawanna County. The u.S. Department of Justice says 55-year-old Nicholas Dombek of Thornhurst Township was sentenced to 120 months in prison. A judge ordered Dombek to pay $2.7 million in restitution. Authorities say he and seven co-conspirators [...]

MIDDLEBURG — The state attorney litigating the civil suit filed against trustees of the 1994 Charles B. Degenstein Foundation has died.

SHAMOKIN — U.S. Congressman Dan Meuser announced the award of $1.4 million in federal funding for the Shamokin-Coal Township Joint Sewer Authority on Wednesday.

MILTON — Milton School District Business Administrator Derrek Fink unveiled an initial $47.1 million preliminary 2026-27 school year general operating budget for review at Tuesday night’s school board committee meeting.

SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove High School senior Kelsey Persons is this year's statewide winner in a Veterans of Foreign Wars-sponsored essay contest.

The Daily Item

SUNBURY — Firefighters from Sunbury and surrounding departments braved frigid temperatures to battle five different fires in eight days recently, according to Sunbury Fire Chief Jay Long.

The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program is meant to expand and strengthen access to care, but state officials and experts warn the money isn’t enough to fix every problem.