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A second downtown Scranton water main break in less than two weeks again closed businesses and government buildings and forced residents to boil their water or find clean water elsewhere.

It's Monday, July 27. Today on Up to Date: state grants for farmers, summer program for students, Lackawanna County crime and Community Connections.

The East Region Junior Little League Softball Championship started Thursday in Nanticoke. The Pennsylvania State Major Baseball Tournament starts Monday in Jenkins Twp.

For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation and Wooldloch Resort have teamed up on a cancer respite center set to open on Woodloch's Pike County property in the fall of 2027.

Amid increased operating costs and declining enrollment, Wyoming Seminary eliminated the jobs of 22 employees while making plans for financial stability moving forward.

State rep. shares hopeful cancer outlook, Pennsylvania American Water rate hike is approved and beach read recommendations.

Pennsylvania is one of more than 30 states that have reported cases of a parasitic infection that causes diarrhea. The state's Department of Health recorded 28 cases of cyclosporiasis so far this year. Two of those are in Northeast Pennsylvania.

A non-discrimination ordinance passed by Luzerne County Council in June is caught in a battle to either repeal it or put it up for a county-wide vote on whether or not to keep it. While county residents and officials trade petitions, lawsuits and challenges, the fate of the law is uncertain.

State police have charged a Susquehanna County man with shooting his uncle and two friends to death Monday in Great Bend Township.

Gov. Josh Shapiro portrays the state’s new budget as another example of Republicans and Democrats teaming up to “get stuff done.”

Pennsylvania lawmakers may have missed their July 1st deadline, but over the weekend they agreed to a $50.8 billion state budget.

Farmers markets across the region are open for the season. And, an update on the state budget, which is now more than a week late.

Fellow police officers, family, friends, even the governor gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life of a state trooper who died in the line of duty last week.

The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce says the Big Boy generated some big numbers for the Scranton area during its two-week stay at the Steamtown National Historic Site.

Revelations that the tractor-trailer driver accused of striking and killing a state trooper on Interstate 81 in Northeast Pennsylvania was in the country illegally have put renewed focus on the requirements to obtain Commercial Driver's Licenses.

Luzerne County native Hunter Lacomis prepared for two years to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. The iconic trail spans over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.

A Massachusetts truck driver faces homicide by vehicle and several other charges in the death of a Pennsylvania state trooper on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday.

Since the 1930s a star has illuminated the knob overlooking the Milford Borough. In 2017, the National Park Service removed it. This year, the Pike County community and federal representatives worked together to restore the star ahead of the country’s semiquincentennial Saturday.

State Senators left Harrisburg on Tuesday, marking another year the state budget will miss the June 30th deadline.

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.

A sharply divided Lackawanna County Democratic Party may be headed for another court battle. This one is over who can serve as the party committee members when the committee votes to pick new officers at an upcoming reorganization meeting.

Two Americans with a vested interest in Catholic education met recently in Rome. One was Marywood University President Lisa Lori. The other was Pope Leo XIV.

President Donald Trump said his trade policies are benefitting the nation during a stop in the Lehigh Valley on Tuesday afternoon. And, find out how you can help WVIA News cover the issues that matter to you as the midterm elections approach.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security may be rethinking plans to turn two Pennsylvania warehouses into immigrant detention centers. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman issued a statement Monday night saying he is "pleased to confirm ICE" is cancelling the plans, but did not say how he knows that.