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DICKSON CITY, LACKAWANA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A water main break has been repaired after a handful of customers were without water since Saturday morning.

According to a post made by the Dickson City Police Department just after 7:00 a.m., Bowman Street is still closed closed due to an emergency water main repair.

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Officials implemented a detour using Boulevard Avenue to Main Street.

Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about 25-50 years old — were carried away.

The fire happened along Suscon Road in Pittston Township just before 7 p.m.

LEWISBURG — An unannounced inspection of FCI Lewisburg by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) last year uncovered “serious issues” related to staffing levels, inmate health care and other areas at the federal prison.

MIFFLINBURG — The new director of the Herr Memorial Library in Mifflinburg said she wants residents to know she has a passion for the library and the community.

WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP — A New Columbia man entered an apartment and attacked another man in White Deer Township on Jan. 18, according to state police in Milton.

MIFFLINBURG — A Sunbury man wanted in Delaware for a probation violation is believed to have been under the influence of cocaine when he crashed his vehicle on Chestnut Street and fled the scene on foot, according to Mifflinburg Police Department.

LEWISBURG — A Lewisburg woman left her sleeping child in her vehicle with temperatures close to freezing while attending a recital at Bucknell University in December, according to Bucknell University Public Safety.

MIDDLEBURG — A 25-year-old Middleburg woman is accused of choking a man during an argument at their home Tuesday.

SUNBURY — A Sunbury man faces felony aggravated assault charges after city police say the 71-year-old pointed a gun at a female and threatened to shoot her.