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SELINSGROVE — An orientation night is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 13, for Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School students.

WASHINGTONVILLE — Though a bridge replacement and roadway resurfacing project continues on Route 54, Hillside Road near Washingtonville, Montour County, is open as of Thursday.

SUNBURY — A live wildlife show, intro to paddling lessons, kid-friendly activities, food trucks and live music are just some of what visitors will find at the Fourth Annual Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Outdoor Expo.

Pennsylvania promised a better mental health system in 2011. But the failure to follow through has created dire consequences

U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world’s largest economy. The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month, well short of the 115,000 forecasters had expected. Worse, revisions shaved a stunning 258,000 jobs off May and June payrolls. And the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. Scott Anderson, the chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets, said that a “notable deterioration in U.S.

The murder suspect, who has active teaching licenses in three states, was arrested after a five-day search and hundreds of tips.

Joseph Kaminski faces pandemic fraud charges, including wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration.

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Nanticoke man has been charged in a scheme that the Department of Justice said defrauded over $850,000 of emergency pandemic funding.

According to the Department of Justice, Joseph Kaminski, 55, of Nanticoke, defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) of over $850,000 in emergency pandemic funding that was made available to small business owners through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

DUI conviction overturned due to unauthorized blood draw

Pie, muffins and pizza all containing blueberries can be found in Montrose.

MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities have charged a woman after they say she faked a cancer diagnosis to get nearly 8,300 oxycodone pills from providers in three counties.

Attorney General Dave Sunday stated that Brandi Leigh Bachman has been charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly 8,300 oxycodone pills from 19 different providers while claiming she had terminal cancer.

Between 2021 and 2024, Bachman, 40, told providers in Monroe, Lehigh, and Carbon counties that she had a malignant melanoma and it metastasized to her lungs, the release states.