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LEWISBURG — RiverStage Community Theatre in Lewisburg received a $10,000 grant from America250PA during its second round of its Semiquincentennial Grants.

College athletics are set for a seismic shakeup.

SUNBURY — A Northumberland County jury could not reach a verdict Monday in the case against a 21-year-old Coal Township woman charged in an October 2023 fatal car crash in Ralpho Township.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The 28/22 news logo is being displayed on a race car. It's all a part of Viking Motorsports' partnership with the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau.

You can see our logo on the Number 99 Chevrolet driven by Matt Dibenedetto in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend in the Poconos.

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Dibenedetto will also be signing autographs ahead of the race at the Pocono Mountains Visitors Center on Friday.

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There is no denying that the pandemic disrupted student learning and development, but one local teen turned that time in isolation to tap into her creativity, which can now be seen in her community.

Take a look around Hazleton Area Arts and Humanities Academy (HAAHA), and you will see the lasting mark Ava Leitner left on the school that gave purpose to her studies.

"It feels a bit more open for creativity here, and I really enjoy being able to express that," said Ava.

LEWISBURG — A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Union County sold a Powerball with Power Play ticket worth $200,000 for the June 9 drawing.The ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn— 30-33-40-43-52 — and the red Powerball 25 to win $200,000, less applicable withholding. Without the $1 Power Play® option, the ticket would have been worth $50,000. The Power Play multiplier drawn was four.The ticket was sold at 7-Eleven, 2114 Old Turnpike Road, East Buffalo Township.

FREEBURG — Freeburg and Fremont Fire companies have forged an “operational merger” to provide fire protection in their Snyder County communities.

Circuit Judges Cheryl Krause, Peter Phipps and Anthony Scirica denied the mandamus petition filed by the former Mount Carmel doctor to recuse Brann, change the venue, appoint a legal counsel and have an expedited hearing. Brann presided over Kraynak’s trial and subsequent guilty plea in 2021.

HARRISBURG — Attorneys general across the U.S., including Dave Sunday of Pennsylvania, agreed to a settlement in principle in which the Sackler family would immediately relinquish ownership of Purdue Pharma and pay out the bulk of a $7.4 billion settlement stemming from lawsuits surrounding the opioid addiction crisis.

LAFLIN BOROUGH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An investigation is underway into shots fired in Luzerne County Monday morning.

Bullets hit and damaged a home and a car on Laflin Road in the borough of Laflin.

There are no reported injuries.

Suspect in Lowe’s fatal shooting facing murder charges

A man inside the home did not want to comment on the shooting.

State troopers say the investigation is ongoing.