Roger DuPuis | WVIA News
Deputy Editor / ReporterDeputy editor/reporter Roger DuPuis joined WVIA News in February 2024. His 25 years of experience in journalism include work as a reporter and editor in Pennsylvania and New York. His beat assignments over those decades have ranged from breaking news, local government and politics, to business, healthcare, and transportation. He has a lifelong interest in urban transit, particularly light rail, and authored a book about Philadelphia's trolley system.
He has won statewide awards for his work at WVIA, including his stories about Pennsylvania’s new distracted driving law and the impact of pharmacy benefit managers on community pharmacies around the state, and was part of the WVIA News team that received a 2025 Keystone Professional Media Award for Excellence in Reporting on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. His contribution to that effort was a story on women in Pennsylvania politics.
You can email Roger at rogerdupuis@wvia.org
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Berwick native David Morris recalls working as a White House correspondent covering President George W. Bush's visit to a Florida elementary school on Sept. 11, 2001. -
Coach Mark Ross readies Lackawanna College football for its first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game. Also, more on Wyoming Valley West vs. West Scranton preview. -
Troopers said the case started with Scranton Police investigating a burglary in which Christian Santiago allegedly stole a rifle from a relative's home. Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said Santiago died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. -
Wade Louis Rickard, 36, of Honesdale, is being held in the Wayne County Prison in lieu of $6 million bail, court records show. -
Bob Ide and Roger DuPuis are in the WVIA Podcast studio talking about the latest with some players from the 570 region looking to make their way in the NFL. Also: Wallenpaupack vs. East Stroudsburg preview and Teresa Troiani vs. the Dinnie Stones. -
The federal civil suit, filed in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, names truck driver Michael Bon as a defendant, as well as Alabama-based Augustin Freight Services and Texas-based SNK Logistics. -
The Thatcher family will be laid to rest this weekend following funeral services at their church in Tunkhannock. -
Scranton Diocese officials say there will be Mass for the Wyoming Area Catholic School community at St. Maria Goretti Parish in Laflin on Wednesday, as well as opportunities to meet with counselors and pick up belongings left behind. School won't resume until at least next Tuesday. -
Troopers say four members of a family from Tunkhannock were found dead inside a car that crashed down an embankment off Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Twp.
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Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo says someone stole U.S. and county flags from a patriotic display on the courthouse lawn, and she wants to see them charged: "We will not let this go."
