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Sarah Scinto is the local host of Morning Edition on WVIA. She is a Connecticut native and graduate of King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, and has previously covered Northeastern Pennsylvania for The Scranton Times-Tribune, The Citizens’ Voice and Greater Pittston Progress.
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WVIA News released its annual PA School Report Card analysis this week. This year's report focuses on literacy and how schools around the state are trying to catch up. -
The federal government has made a definitive decision on whether to go ahead with its proposed immigration detention centers in Schuylkill and Berks counties. Congressman Dan Meuser got confirmation on Friday. -
Camp Cranium is a camp for children with traumatic brain injuries. The week-long camp offers community, support and fun for the campers, encouraging independence and building their confidence every June. -
The Luzerne County Transportation Authority unveiled two newly decorated buses that will help carry crowds to this weekend's Commonwealth Concert Series performance at Kirby Park. The concert is part of America250PA’s celebrations of the country’s semiquincentennial. -
Union Pacific’s Big Boy has already drawn thousands of hardcore and casual railfans to Steamtown National Historic Site this week to see the massive locomotive side-by-side with one of its former workmates. With those throngs of spectators comes a big windfall for the region’s economy. -
The president of a college in Kentucky will become the next president of Wilkes University. -
Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 locomotive arrived in Northeast Pennsylvania over the weekend, and Monday began public viewing days in Scranton for one of the most powerful steam engines ever built. Officials estimate that 30,000 people stopped by the Steamtown National Historic Site for the first day. -
Steamtown National Historic site will host a two-day reunion of two historic Big Boy railroad engines starting this morning. The city is expecting thousands of visitors for the event. -
The world's largest operating steam locomotive is scheduled to arrive in Northeastern Pennsylvania this weekend. The Big Boy is expected to bring crowds and a boost for the local economy. -
Local training programs help runners accomplish their goals, big and small. As runners begin training for the Steamtown Marathon in October, they share why they love the sport amid a rise in registrations for the race.
