BREAKING: A federal judge on Monday struck down Gov. Tom Wolf’s pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down, calling them unconstitutional.
A trailer carrying 100 monkeys collided with a dump truck this afternoon just off I-80 near Danville. According to state police, four of those monkeys got loose. The PA Game Commission is looking for the monkeys.
.
@MeghanMcCain
, daughter of U.S. Senator John McCain, joined a Twitter campaign asking
@taylorswift13
to meet a young woman from Scranton who is battling the same form of brain cancer as Sen. McCain.
BREAKING: A judge in Luzerne County has ruled that polling places in the county should remain open until 10 p.m. Tuesday because of problems with ballots at a number of locations.
BREAKING: Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright was declared the winner in his race Friday afternoon for a fifth term in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District in the state’s northeastern corner.
DEVELOPING: State Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny) has introduced a bill,
#HB50
, that would "legalize adult-use cannabis & address decades of social injustice."
What's your take?
NEW MASK REQUIREMENTS: Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine signed an order Wednesday requiring Pennsylvanians to wear face-covering masks whenever they leave home.
ALLY GALLO'S SPECIAL GUEST: This is what happens when your neighbors are bored and they find out you'll be doing the forecast live from your front yard :)
#stormtracker16
We have sad news to report. We are saying goodbye to Bob Reynolds, a member of the WNEP family.
Bob, a longtime reporter at Newswatch 16, has died. He was 67 years old.
In October, Allen was put on the kidney transplant list at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia. He was told it could take six to eight years to get a kidney. But if Allen finds a living donor, it could take less than two months.
BREAKING: There are reports of multiple collapsed buildings in Wilkes-Barre Township in the area of the Arena Hub Plaze. Police are asking drivers avoid Mundy Street around the mall.
High school students in Susquehanna County answered the challenge of a TV star and succeeded. He tweeted that a weather balloon from the TV show
@MythBusters
Jr. went down and wanted someone to find it.
AFTER SCHOOL SATAN CLUB: A school district in Pennsylvania has become the first in the state to give approval of a club sponsored by The Satanic Temple.
PENGUINS STAYING: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey is staying in our area.
The deal between the team and Mohegan Sun Arena was confirmed Monday morning.
A DREAM COME TRUE: An engineering major at Penn State Hazleton is giving back to a student-run charity that helped him and his family several years ago.
Plenty of people throughout Scranton were excited about President Biden's trip back to his hometown, with many hoping to catch a glimpse of him for themselves at his childhood home in the Green Ridge section of the city.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Was this
#SuperBowl
commercial from the NFL featuring Eli Manning lifting Odell Beckham, Jr. during a "Dirty Dancing" tribute the best one of the night?
A boy in Luzerne County wanted to help his local fire company by hosting a lemonade stand. Some people complained he doesn't have the proper permitting. Now, a state lawmaker wants to pass a law so children can sell lemonade without needing a permit.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday will visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country's fight to fend off Russian ground forces.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE? Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level under legislation approved by the House Friday. Do you think it's time for the federal government to allow states to set their own policies on marijuana?
The head of the Scranton Saint Patrick's Day Parade Association issued a statement saying the parade will go on as planned Saturday and offered some simple advice concerning the coronavirus.
DID YOU KNOW? The writer/director of "The Sandlot" was born in Wilkes-Barre. Both he and the actor who played "Ham" were at the RailRiders game on Saturday to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary.
DO NOT BE ALARMED: From
@PSPTroopR
- "Troopers are making frequent, random patrols through all area schools and churches to be more visible at these locations and to let our children know we are with them! There is no need for concern when you see our Troopers!"
HEARTWARMING CELEBRATION: Students from St. Clare/St. Paul honored one of their own: kindergartner Avery Connors. After three years of treatment for leukemia, 7-year old Avery just finished chemotherapy.