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SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove borough council declined to waive a street cut moratorium to allow UGI to replace an underground main line.

SELINSGROVE — Officer Alan Lynn was sworn-in as a Selinsgrove borough police officer Monday.

SHAMOKIN DAM —  Shamokin Dam is selling an 11th Avenue house to Word of Hope Mennonite Church for $211,750 and using the proceeds for improvements to Weller Park.

MOUNT CARMEL, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The US coal industry has been declining for decades, but that may change after a series of executive orders signed by President Trump.

President Trump has expressed his support for coal since his first term.

Until now, there was little progress made to revive the dying industry, especially here in NEPA.

Four new executive orders were signed by President Trump, granting the coal industry much more room to operate in the US.

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been arrested after police say he sexually assaulted a woman and had an illegal firearm in his home.

Officers say Elijah Gabriel Wright, 24, of Edwardsville, was giving the victim a tattoo in Edwardsville when he sexually assaulted her.

Investigators say the victim then drove back to her house in shock, later calling the police who advised her to go to the hospital and get a rape examination.

Hazleton night club destroyed after fire

(WBRE/WYOU) — In a release, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning the public of criminal actors stealing the identities of U.S. taxpayers to file false tax returns and fraudulently claim refunds.

The FBI explains that over 1,000 complaints were received by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center regarding identity theft in connection with tax returns within the past year, showing a 26% increase from the previous year.

Due to a frozen field, the RailRiders Management team announced 30 minutes before the game's start that they were going to postpone the game by a day.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week said he plans to tell the CDC to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.

A federal judge ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use a 1798 wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants it accuses of being gang members.