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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.

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.

An ICE detainee says he was put in solitary confinement and transferred out of state in retaliation for speaking out about conditions. The alleged retaliation came after a protest at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center, ICE’s largest immigrant detention facility in the northeast United States.

The Arc Angels program will present “Not Just Another Mermaid Tale,” which is based loosely on “The Little Mermaid,” on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lackawanna College theater.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Friday he plans to fight proposed federal Medicaid rules that advocates say may jeopardize treatment for cancer, HIV and other serious illnesses.