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DUPONT, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Traffic is now flowing again for a major artery after what authorities say was a crash involving multiple vehicles Sunday evening.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says a multi-vehicle crash happened on Interstate 81 Northbound, almost a mile south of Exit 178, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, a little after 6:35 p.m.

Officials add there was a lane restriction in the area at mile marker 177.

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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Call it "Touch a Truck" with a twist: Families gathered on Sunday on the campus of Johnson College for an event called Truck and Cruiser Palooza.

Kids were able to check out all kinds of vehicles, including utility trucks, fire trucks, and even a COLTS bus. Some of what they could touch or even climb into included muscle cars.

The event helps raise funds for Johnson College's Skills USA Club.

Soldiers carry forward legacy in Wilkes-Barre

Hatton won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight.

Folks in Scranton honor Charlie Kirk at his vigil Lackawanna county Courthouse.

The 109th will be replaced by the 28th Division Artillery, making sure to preserve the history and the lineage of soldiers tracing back to the Revolutionary War.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There was a bittersweet event in Wilkes-Barre. After more than a century of service, the 109th has been absorbed by the 28th Division Artillery.

Leaders say it is not the end of a legacy, but the beginning of a new chapter.

Inside the Kingston Armory on Sunday was pride, honor, and history.

The 109th Field Artillery formally cased its colors, and the 28th Division Artillery rolled out its own.

Prosecutors are drawing up formal charges that could be filed early next week, when Tyler James Robinson will make his first court appearance.

(WBRE/WYOU) — A school district in Luzerne County says one of its employees is not to blame for sensitive political commentary on that worker's social media account.

Wyoming Valley West says the account was compromised.

NEPA crowds honors late political activist

The district says there is no threat to students, families, and staff, adding that the matter is being investigated and the social media account is being secured.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk is having an impact in northeastern Pennsylvania. Crowds gathered on Sunday in both Scranton and Wilkes-Barre to honor him and call for change.

People who showed up to both events were able to sign a sympathy card for Kirk's family as well as a petition to end political violence.

Roughly 50 people showed up to Courthouse Square in Downtown Scranton to honor someone they admired.

Kirk, the late political activist, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

That haul marks the biggest domestic opening ever for an anime film, surpassing "Pokémon: The First Movie," which opened with $31 million in 1999.