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Two buildings are now condemned, and nine people are now displaced after a building collapsed early Thursday morning.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Flags are flying, vendors are setting up under their tents, and people are getting excited for a Labor Day weekend staple. La Festa Italiana is getting ready for its 50th anniversary. This tradition has a massive impact on the people, the economy, and the sense of community in this area. [...]

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Sky Zone Pittston has permanently closed its doors after more than a decade of providing family fun to residents in Luzerne County. The company's website put out a notice that the Pittston Sky Zone has closed without an apparent explanation. "We hope you had some fun times and created some great [...]

If you are headed to downtown Scranton this holiday weekend for La Festa Italiana, the weather is looking nearly perfect. That's not necessarily always the case.

SELINSGROVE — A section of roadway at the bend connecting South Water and East Sassafras street is closed Thursday due to high water in Selinsgrove.

DANVILLE — More than $30 million in state funding for the agriculture industry is filtered through Pennsylvania’s Farm Bill Ag and Youth Grants. That money and what it represents for Pennsylvania’s future was touted Thursday at Danville High School, where Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited with students benefiting from the grants.

The west end of Union County experienced severe flooding and damage following the storm Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

SUNBURY — A 33-year-old Shamokin man convicted in June of felony aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children charges will spend 10 to 20 years in state prison.

It started with five words painted in blue on a rectangular board. "Our prayers are with you," read the sign, left anonymously alongside a Stonycreek Township road near the United Airlines Flight 93 crash site.

PHILADELPHIA — Burlington Stores chose West Philadelphia as the home of its corporate office, relocating from New Jersey with plans to invest $370 million in its new headquarters and employ upward of 2,000 people there over the next five years.