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HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local officials are celebrating a new company expanding in our area. The Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Sigler was in Hanover Township for the opening of Itoh Denki's USA.

The company specializes in manufacturing conveyor belt systems and parts.

Here’s To You Kid! seeking nominations, like Nolan

The opening is an expansion of its current headquarters.

Officials at Itoh Denki say it will bring in 30 new jobs and support 50 existing positions.

HARRISBURG — Philadelphia House Democrats warn that looming service cuts and rising fares for the city’s mass transit system would have a deleterious ripple effect across Pennsylvania, harming the commonwealth's economy while stranding students and workers to whom the system is a lifeline.

DANVILLE — For the second year, the Pennsylvania SPCA will offer $5 adoption fees on all pit bulls through Aug. 15.

KULPMONT — Pennsylvania State Police continue to probe a shooting that occurred in Kulpmont on Aug. 1.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Monday declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day in most of Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, for particulate matter from Canadian wildfire smoke.

LAURELTON — The owners of the former Laurelton Center property say repeated trespassing and escalating vandalism have turned a once-salvageable campus into a deteriorating liability.

Health Care Cuts and High-Dollar Trades: Pressure Builds on Representative Rob Bresnahan.

The Winter Games will feature 16 different sports, including ski jumping, snowboarding, bobsleighing and figure skating.

MONTOURSVILLE, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 13-year-old Nolan Wurster of Montoursville has loved fire trucks and all things firefighting ever since he can remember.

"My dad took me down to the firehouse one day when I was about four, and I just started liking the fire company," said Nolan.

That visit and many others that followed inspired Nolan to hold fundraisers and donate his birthday money to the Montoursville Fire Department.

His acts of generosity resulted in the firefighting community nominating him in 2024 as a "Here's to You, Kid!"

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Formal hearings on property value appeals began on Monday in Lackawanna County after tax hikes are expected to affect some property owners.

Some homeowners are expressing their frustration with the process.

28/22 News Reporter Joe Mason spoke to property owners and county officials about the reassessment.

"I'm kind of frustrated that Lackawanna County used my taxpayers' money to hire this company that produced completely bogus results," Lackawanna County land owner Maksim Kunim said.