Sarah Hofius Hall | WVIA News
Sarah Hofius Hall has covered education in Northeast Pennsylvania for almost two decades. She visits the region's classrooms and reports on issues important to students, teachers, families and taxpayers. Her reporting ranges from covering controversial school closure plans and analyzing test scores to uncovering wasteful spending and highlighting the inspirational work done by the region's educators. Her work has been recognized by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Pennsylvania Women's Press Association.
Sarah, an Ithaca College graduate, received a first-place award for news beat reporting from the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association in 2025, for her work covering education. She spent 17 years at the Scranton Times-Tribune before joining WVIA in 2024.
You can email Sarah at sarahhall@wvia.org
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The snow is over, the cold is not. The National Weather Service Binghamton, N.Y. office says Northeast Pennsylvania is in for a stretch of extreme cold, with wind chills in the negative numbers starting Monday night. -
As college students return to campuses for the spring semester, leaders from schools across Northeast and Central Pennsylvania have scheduled additional training, reevaluated security and planned drills. -
WVIA News visited the Pennsylvania Farm Show last week to report on the richness of the annual event as it happened, but also with an eye toward larger trends in Keystone State agriculture, from potatoes to rodeo riding and bird flu. -
Before dozens of cowboys and cowgirls competed in the First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, they shared their passion with children who have special needs during the Exceptional Rodeo. -
Mark Duda, who retired in November after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, is the subject on WVIA-TV's Keystone Edition program, airing Monday at 7 p.m. -
HarmonyTALK, which airs on WVIA-FM, starts its fifth season on Sunday. The first episode of the season features West Scranton native Marc Spindler, who played in the NFL for nine seasons. -
Across Luzerne County Community College, more than 240 high school students competed in 30 skilled trade and technical contests on Thursday. -
In this week's Sports Voices, WVIA's Sarah Hofius Hall and Roger DuPuis preview Keystone Edition on legendary football coach Mark Duda, plus Fox56's Bob Ide checks in with a look ahead to the Old Forge and Riverside boys basketball game on Tuesday. -
The person involved in an attempted abduction in South Scranton this week is a 14-year-old who police say tried to recruit students to assist in stealing vehicles. -
Scranton police arrested a man overnight in connection with the use of a stolen vehicle and the reported attempted abduction of a child near South Scranton Intermediate School.
