Hazleton

January is Human-Trafficking Awareness Month. Bloomsburg native Kate Price gave the keynote address at the NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking’s conference Thursday in Monroe County.

Con Hazleton oficialmente libre de dificultades financieras durante más de dos años, el alcalde Jeff Cusat destacó una larga lista de proyectos municipales terminados, en curso y futuros, durante su último discurso sobre el estado de la ciudad el jueves.

Hazleton Mayor Jeff Cusat says he pursues park and street upgrades to make the city more attractive to residents.

For members of Northeast Pennsylvania's Venezuelan community, news of Nicolás Maduro's apprehension has reopened deep emotional wounds while also igniting cautious hope. Many remain closely connected to loved ones in Venezuela and continue to follow events unfolding on the ground.

By mid-afternoon on Election Day most election officials agreed turnout in Hazleton was 'better than expected, but still low.' At one City Hall polling site, about 100 ballots had been cast out of roughly 800 registered voters.

A behind-the-scenes tour of WVIA studios, a Festival of Wood in Milford and many other events are happening this weekend.

Around 100 residents attended at townhall at Hazleton Area High School to learn more about their rights and PPL's Sugarloaf PPL 500-kilovolt Transmission Line Project.

Events this weekend include Pittston’s annual celebration of the red juicy fruit thought of as a vegetable, an arts festival in Bloomsburg and a 5K at a winery in the Poconos.

Susquehanna Family Health Clinic provides care to thousands of patients, many of them Medicaid recipients. They now face the possibility of closure as President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill goes into effect. And get an update on two sinkholes causing issues in Wilkes-Barre.

Hazleton and Luzerne County Police say Jessica Lockwood’s blood was found at defendant Terence Ray’s house in Hazleton following a Percocet drug deal gone wrong.