President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research. The executive order will direct the attorney general to expedite the completion of the rescheduling process. The Biden administration had begun the rescheduling [...]
Former race driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash Thursday in North Carolina, state police confirmed.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)-- The Governor's Residence is mostly repaired from an arson attack in April, and the arsonist is serving a long prison sentence, but the saga isn't over. Questions continue to smolder over taxpayer-funded upgrades to Governor Shapiro's private residence in Montgomery County, and a Midstate State Senator is further fanning the flames. Taxpayers [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities announced charges against seven people involved in a SNAP trafficking operation that stole over $775,000 in funds. After a multi-year investigation, the Office of State Inspector General stated seven individuals took part in a SNAP trafficking operation that took $775,677.77 in fraudulent transactions over three years. Investigators said the owner of Quick Stop Convenience [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky Pennsylvania lottery player in Luzerne County has won $1 million from a Powerball ticket. Two winning Powerball® tickets were sold in Pennsylvania in the Wednesday, December 17 drawing, which were worth a combined total of $1.2 million. It includes one prize worth $1 million sold at a Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in [...]
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomburg Theatre Ensemble will host a free showing of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for ACCESS/EBT cardholders later this month.
DANVILLE — The Janet Weis Children’s Hospital lobby reopened Wednesday following a year of renovations. Its new theme features forestry and wildlife native to central Pennsylvania.
LEWISBURG — A former Danville man serving a state prison sentence of 44 months to 17 years for corruption of minors and dissemination of photographs of child sex acts had probation added to his conviction by a Union County Judge this week.
DANVILLE — Geisinger is a WellBeing First Champion for the second consecutive year, a designation recognizing the health system's commitment to health workers' well-being.
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A driver has died from injuries he sustained after colliding with a transit bus. The Lycoming County Coroner’s Office said they were called to UPMC Susquehanna Hospital in Williamsport after a 66-year-old Dermot McDonnell was reportedly killed in a crash. McDonnell was driving on West Fourth Street at the intersection [...]
