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DANVILLE -- More than a month after a borough landowner set up a sign here warning non-citizens not to vote or they...

BLOOMSBURG -- Two people placing political material on doorknobs in Sherwood Village on Tuesday were legitimate workers...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new take on a controversial budget sparks tension in Lackawanna County.

28/22 News Reporter Amelia Sack attended Tuesday afternoon's revisional meeting held by the county's minority commissioner.

Lackawanna County's Commissioners and residents are at odds over proposed revisions to the 2025 budget.

"The budget that we proposed, it's an honest budget, it's a balanced budget. What he has proposed is full of lies and misinformation," said Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It was a night of remembrance and honor in Lackawanna County on John Mitchell Day.

The Annual John Mitchell Memorial Service was held Tuesday at the Cathedral Cemetery and included prayers and speeches about the life and legacy of Mitchell.

Mitchell led coal miners through a six-week strike fighting for high wages and better working conditions back in 1900.

The strike ended on October 29.

Disposal of political flyers being investigated by USPS

POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The City of Pottsville welcomed a new mayor on Tuesday.

City officials announced Councilmen Mark Atkinson will take on the role beginning Wednesday.

President Biden coming to Scranton Saturday

Atkinson has been a council member since 2010, was in the Navy, and was a member of the Pottsville Fire Department.

Atkinson will be sworn in on Wednesday.

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We are just two days away from Halloween, and Tuesday night's horrifying Halloween House can be found in Luzerne County.

The skeletons have taken over this home on Academy Street in Plymouth.

Holiday House grows every year for Halloween season

Dozens of skeletons and gravestones fill the yard and orange and purple lights add an eerie effect.

Each tombstone has a different saying and you can even skeletons hanging from the trees.

TURBOTVILLE — It takes discipline for students to keep up with daily schoolwork and participate in extracurricular and sports activities.

LEWISBURG — The apparent lowest bid for a six-bridge replacement project in Union County is $2.9 million.

The bill would give the Department of Health discretion on which doctors in the medical marijuana program would receive extra scrutiny.

SUNBURY — Sixteen charges filed against two Massachusetts people accused of releasing hundreds of mink Oct. 19 just outside Sunbury will head to Northumberland County Court.