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State police charged Stacy Wayne Mann of Dickson City in Lackawanna County this week with threatening to kill President Donald Trump and other local elected officials, police and Jews. -
Tom Riese/90.5 WESAState House Democrats on Thursday rejected a proposal by Senate Republicans to re-write the penalties for second-degree murder. And Western Pennsylvania's most prominent prosecutor now hopes to delay a Friday deadline for changing the rules.
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport board member Bill Gaughan, a Lackawanna County commissioner, raised questions Thursday about how fellow Commissioner Chris Chermak became a finalist for the airport's executive director opening. -
The 150th Troy Fair begins on Sunday at Alparon Community Park. It is among more than a dozen fairs set to take place across NEPA this season. -
For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation and Wooldloch Resort have teamed up on a cancer respite center set to open on Woodloch's Pike County property in the fall of 2027. -
The honors include a second consecutive first-place beat reporting award for reporter Sarah Hofius Hall, as well as recognition for WVIA's politics and government, feature reporting, lifestyle and entertainment reporting and features videos. -
The East Region Junior Little League Softball Championship starts Thursday in Nanticoke. The Pennsylvania State Major Baseball Tournament starts Monday in Jenkins Twp. -
Josh Castellani, the executive assistant to Lackawanna County Commissioner Thom Welby, resigned Monday amid Electric City Trolley Museum Manager Chris Calvey's accusation of political "strong-arming" in the county Democratic Party officer election last week. -
For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation and Woodloch Resort have teamed up to create a cancer respite center set to open on Woodloch's Pike County property in the fall of 2027. -
Amid increased operating costs and declining enrollment, Wyoming Seminary eliminated the jobs of 22 employees while making plans for financial stability moving forward. -
The Pa. Supreme Court in March ruled that mandatory sentences of life without parole for second-degree felony murder are unconstitutional. The court gave the state General Assembly 120 days to pass legislation to fix that. Their deadline is Friday. -
Former Penn State wide receiver Julian Crushshon-Fleming, who drove drunk and crashed into a deer in May 2023, was sentenced to nine to 23 months in the Bradford County prison. The crash killed his girlfriend, Alyssa Boyd, a passenger on the ATV.
