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Newswatch 16 is celebrating books and literacy with 'Read Across America' throughout our area.

The Level 2 alert means travelers should "Exercise Increased Caution" while visiting the tourist destination.

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Efforts are underway to improve safety at a busy Luzerne County intersection that's been the site of numerous crashes in recent years.

The intersection in question is located at the boundary of Nanticoke and Newport Township.

Principal found not guilty of sexually assaulting student

There have been two deadly crashes at the intersection in the last year.

The most recent fatal crash occurred last week.

The space plane blasted into orbit in December 2023 on a secret mission.

Police say 70-year-old Michael Reinath and 76-year-old Linda Gifford died in the Feb. 19 collision at Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.

Demonstrations are planned from Tokyo to Mexico City, and this year’s global theme is “Accelerate Action."

(The Hill) - A federal judge has effectively ended the ability of compounding pharmacies to make their own copies of Eli Lilly’s weight loss and diabetes drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro. 

In a sealed decision filed late Wednesday, Judge Mark Pittman of the Northern District of Texas declined to issue an injunction to stop the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from declaring there was no longer a shortage of the medicines' active ingredient, tirzepatide. 

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We’re just one day away from the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, and hundreds of groups are getting ready to take part in the celebration.

It’s a sight and sound popular during the month of March, bagpipes and Irish Step Dancing.

Both Jimmy Losavich with the Black Diamond Pipe Band and students with the Joyce School of Irish Dance have put in nearly a year of practice for the Scranton St. Patrick’s parade.

Braedon T. Willis is charged with attempted murder and related offenses, along with alleged accomplices Kadence Gooch, Christian Guerrero, Jr. and Jeremiah Begley.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Two people are facing charges after investigators stated they seized 500 grams of methamphetamine and several guns from their possession.

According to acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus, a federal grand jury indicted 34-year-old Craig Lee Hickson of Plymouth and 46-year-old Rasheeda Kelly of Wilkes-Barre on drug trafficking and firearms violations.

Suspect wanted after armed robbery at store