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(WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is learning about a frightening ordeal for several rafters on the Lehigh River. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says eight adults in three unpowered rafts entered the water late Monday night near Jim Thorpe.

Some became stranded just before 1:00 a.m. when firefighters were dispatched for a water rescue.

100-year-old piece of Carbondale history is coming home

Several were found on an island and brought to shore. Two were taken to a hospital to get checked out.

The case remains under investigation.

MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — After leading police on a 40-mile chase with a child in the car last year, he is now a convicted felon. A Monroe County jury found 37-year-old Adam Booker guilty on all counts on Wednesday, including child endangerment and fleeing police.

The pursuit happened on July 31 last year and lasted nearly an hour.

I-81, I-84 expected to have delays for road work

In a post on Facebook, the Monroe County DA says the defendant showed "complete disregard for the lives of innocent motorists, pedestrians, and even his own four-year-old child."

According to the co-sponsor memo, retailers would be forbidden from giving out plastic bags at check out and would be asked to offer paper bags to customers.

Brunson used the ceremony held Wednesday at Andrew Hamilton School to celebrate the power of public education, teachers and music and arts education.

Stained glass windows, a new altar, and restored statues are all in the works before the Perpetual Adoration Chapel in Mahanoy City can be reopened to parishioners.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The "Scripps National Spelling Bee" is underway this week right outside Washington, DC. More than 240 kids are spelling words that some of us have never heard before.

The quarterfinals kicked off Wednesday morning, and the semifinals will get underway later.

There are two spellers from our area who made their way down to the nation's capital: 10-year-old Anjali Agarwal from Danville and 13-year-old Rowena Creswell-Blickley from Pottsville.

They both shared what this opportunity means to them.

The FDA reports the related cucumber recall has been linked to 26 Salmonella infections across 15 states.

The Dallas School District is addressing a false mass shooting story spread by former student Calvin Polachek.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new report shows a promising trend nationwide: drug overdose deaths are on the decline, but what does that mean for us here in NEPA?

28/22 News Reporter Julie Dunphy spoke with the Lackawanna County Coroner to find out if this national trend is taking root locally, and what's behind the shift.

In Lackawanna County, the coroner says the trend is cautiously encouraging, but fentanyl remains a major threat.

For years, the drug overdose crisis has devastated communities across the country.

CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A more than a century-old piece of Carbondale history is finally coming back home! A granite fountain, once a fixture in the city in the early 1900s, is making its return thanks to a remarkable story of postcards, connections, and community pride.

It all started with a postcard from California. A man’s “happiness project” of an old 1907 postcard of Carbondale mailed to city hall. That small act of kindness set off a chain of events from other Carbondale residents that led to something much bigger.