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China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India.

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The event hosts an array of food and live entertainment until Sunday, June 1.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The stage is set for this year's Bloomsburg Fair. Wednesday morning, fair officials announced their final act for the 2025 fair season.

TikTok star and up-and-coming country singer Cooper Alan will perform on the Weis Market Grandstand stage Monday, September 22. Some of his biggest hits include Take Forever and First Rodeo.

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Presale tickets are already on sale and public ticket sales begin this Friday at 9:00 a.m.

Alan will be joined by Thomas Mac.

SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was found shot to death Wednesday afternoon in South Whitehall Township.

The Lehigh County coroner says the 73-year-old Gary J. Moyer was pronounced dead just after 3:00 p.m. on North 38th Street.

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An autopsy was performed Friday, May 30, and Moyer's cause of death was due to multiple gunshot wounds.

The coroner says the manner of death will be determined after an investigation by the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office is complete.

(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.

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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.

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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.