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MIFFLINBURG — Three incumbents and two newcomers won positions on the Mifflinburg Area School Board, according to unofficial election results from Union County.Incumbents Thomas L. Eberhart, of Region 2, had 1,267 votes, and Brandon Straub and Melissa Wagner, both of Region 3, had 558 and 526 votes, respectively. Newcomer Brandon W. Hommel, of Region 1, had 986 votes, and Timothy Scholl, of Region 1, had 1,006 votes.Scholl, a Republican candidate, was the only candidate with competition. Democrat Precious Maria-Rios lost with 423 votes.— JUSTIN STRAWSER

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A home is destroyed after an early morning fire in Wilkes-Barre. Crews were on the scene putting out hot spots at a home on Chandler Street around 3:00 a.m. Firefighters helped a woman to safety during the fire, but no one was reported injured. The fire chief has called the [...]

Crews were called just after 3 am to a fire on Chandler Street in Wilkes-Barre.

DANVILLE -- Bloomsburg attorney David C. James will become the Columbia-Montour judicial district's third elected judge...

BLOOMSBURG -- With no SNAP money going out to recipients yet this month, some local restaurants are offering free meals...

BERWICK -- The Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority is looking to expand its plant, and wanted to meet with borough...

TROY -- The former all-state football player from Southern Columbia police say was intoxicated when he swerved to miss...

CLEVELAND TWP. -- Police arrested a Montoursville woman at Knoebels Amusement Resort for driving under the influence...

ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More proposed data center projects are being addressed in Lackawanna County on Wednesday night, and that usually comes with public outcry, but even members of the community's planning commission expressed their frustrations. 22 proposed buildings across two different plots of land, both along Eynon Jermyn Road, but these aren't plans [...]

The ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history.