WVIA News

Wayne/Pike Northeast Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI) will host the annual Wayne/Pike Suicide Prevention Walk. The walk will be held this Saturday, Sept. 26 at Wallenpaupack Area High School in Hawley.

Meuser and Wallace won't debate at WVIA, but the Oct. 29 Bresnahan-Cognetti debate is set to proceed at the station with Krawczeniuk, Collins and Schertzer as panelists and Matisak as moderator.

Governor Josh Shapiro sued the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services over its new terms and conditions on Title X grants for the 2027-2032 grant cycle.

Geisinger will hold two Narcan distribution events this month- one in Scranton and one in Wilkes-Barre.

Bryan Kohberger, serving four life sentences after pleading guilty to killing four University of Idaho students, wants a court to let him withdraw his guilty plea because of concerns about his plea deal, according to The New York Times.

ICE is giving up on its plan to use warehouses in Schuylkill and Berks counties as detention centers. It withdrew its appeal of a Pa. DEP order preventing the use of local drinking water and a local sewage system until ICE proved it could meet state laws on safe drinking water and sewage disposal.

The 2026 Solemn Novena to St. Ann continues this week at St. Ann’s Basilica on St. Ann Street in West Scranton.

Knoebel spent his life helping shape the Elysburg resort, serving as president from 1988-2025. He died peacefully Thursday surrounded by family at age 87, the park said.

The City of Wilkes-Barre will not reschedule its Fourth of July fireworks display at Kirby Park, which was cancelled Saturday evening due to a severe thunderstorm.

The Lackawanna County coroner is investigating a “suspicious” death following an incident in Archbald Monday morning.