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Penn State recommends closing Wilkes-Barre campus

Penn State's administration recommends closing seven regional campuses. Wilkes-Barre is one of them, but other campuses in Northeast Pennsylvania will remain open.

Police say a former director of the Carbondale YMCA embezzled nearly $100,000 during his tenure.

And Governor Josh Shapiro was in Schuylkill County this week. He criticized the Trump administration's cuts to agricultural programs.

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.