Wilkes-Barre police did not seek an Amber Alert in their search for deaf teen La’Niyah Clark. This has raised questions about other advisories and calls for new options.
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Memories flowed, as did tears, with family and friends grasping candles and carrying balloons in the shadow of a commercial garage off Thayer Street in Wilkes-Barre where La’Niyah Clark's remains were discovered seven days earlier.
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People who want to see a passenger train run between Scranton and NYC again began planning its revival more than three decades ago.
Here are the clearest answers available to frequently asked questions about its status based on what we know now.
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Investigators say they have positively identified remains found in South Wilkes-Barre as those of missing city teen La’Niyah Clark and arrested her biological aunt in connection with the case.
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Lackawanna County Commissioner Gaughan asks Shapiro and Pa. legislature for statewide data center moratorium
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Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City passed an inspection by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and will reopen tomorrow, Friday Feb. 13, just nine days after a fire destroyed its orthopedic institute.
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The Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City emergency room is aiming to reopen this Friday, Gov. Josh Shapiro and other elected officials said today.
The hospital remains closed after fire destroyed the facility's orthopedic institute last Wednesday night.
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Crews evacuated 77 patients and are transporting the most critical patients first to open beds in local hospitals and as far as the Lehigh Valley.
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The deal selling CHS' three hospitals in Northeast Pa. to Tenor Heath Foundation was completed Sunday, both companies said Monday morning.
According to CHS, the deal was completed for $33 million cash plus a $15 million promissory note.
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PennDOT has named Jonathan A. Eboli, a Lackawanna County native with extensive transportation engineering experience, to lead the agency's Dunmore-based District 4.
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Pennsylvania Health Department officials have given their blessing to Tenor Health Foundation's application to acquire three Northeast Pennsylvania hospitals, multiple sources said Wednesday.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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Northeast Pennsylvania residents emerged from their homes Monday to finish digging out from Sunday's intense winter storm, and the timing couldn't have been better: frigid temperatures will make cleanup considerably more difficult in the days to come. www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
National Weather Service forecasters are calling for at least a foot of snow to fall in many parts of Pa. between Sunday morning and Monday evening, and PSP has a simple message for residents: 'If you don't need to be on the roads, please stay home.'
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While NWS did not have full confidence in snow total predictions on Thursday, models showed Northeast Pennsylvania has around a 70% chance of getting 12 or more inches of snow when a winter storm barrels through the region on Sunday.
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The show's eight days of events, vendor exhibitions and food sales drew an estimated 500,000 visitors, state officials said, and spotlighted Pennsylvania's $132.5 billion agriculture industry.
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A Luzerne County boy took top honors Monday in a mullet contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. Drew Fleschut, 10, of Dallas, wore a red-and-black shirt in an homage to movie character Joe Dirt and carried Joe’s trademark mop.
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Pennsylvania State Police charged Frederick Balester, 69, of Hanover Twp., with stabbing his cousin, Jonathan Balester, 56, of Kingston Twp., multiple times in 2011.
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Police say Jonathan Gerlach, of Ephrata, stole hundreds of bodies from a cemetery near Philadelphia, and is being investigated in connection with a November body theft at Good Shepherd Memorial Park in Plains Twp., Luzerne County.
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Local foundations that had financially stepped up to keep Moses Taylor Hospital and Regional Hospital of Scranton open backed out in August, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Friday. Closure of the hospitals was 'imminent,' the lawmaker said.
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In an arrest afffidavit filed Monday, state police charge former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra with having suspected crack cocaine or methamphetamine during a Pike County traffic stop New Year's Eve.
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Former Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra arrested on narcotics charge in Pike County, Pennsylvania: www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
John 'Stanky' Stankovic, the Nanticoke, Pennsylvania-born polka musician whose band performed all over the United States and around the world, died early Christmas Day. He was 89.
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Pennsylvania State Police Capt. Patrick Dougherty and Lt. Derek D. Felsman accuse their bosses of targeting them for blowing the whistle on pay theft by three lower ranked troopers.
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John 'Stanky' Stankovic, the Nanticoke, Pennsylvania-born polka musician whose band performed all over the United States and around the world, died early Christmas Day. He was 89.
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Former Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh, submitted 15 projects for federal financing. She blames Republican successor Ryan Mackenzie for their elimination, something he refutes.
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'In my DNA': Retiring WVIA host, engineer George Graham reflects on half-century radio career
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Two state bridge projects in Lackawanna County — one big, one small — are expected to reopen to motorists today, Dec. 19, thanks to slightly warmer weather: The Interstate 84 "Twin Bridges" in Roaring Brook, and the Green Ridge Street Bridge in Scranton.
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Col. Christopher Paris, an attorney and veteran law enforcement professional who has led the Pennsylvania State Police through some of the agency’s most high-profile cases in recent years, is leaving to take a position with the FBI:
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday says he would defend any artificial intelligence regulations passed by the General Assembly from Trump administration efforts to block them in court.
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President Donald Trump is set to visit Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County this evening, Tuesday, Dec. 9. Follow this story for live updates throughout the day and evening, including coverage of his remarks and community reaction.
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