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SUNBURY — Sandwiches will keep flowing out of the Sunbury Sub Shop thanks to the owners of another popular Sunbury eatery, the Squeeze-in.

SUNBURY — The Shikellamy School Board voted Thursday to approve a six-month extension for current athletic director Tim Foor.

MIFFLINBURG — The digital literacy coordinator of Herr Memorial Library in Mifflinburg wants residents to understand the benefits and drawbacks of artificial intelligence.

(WBRE/WYOU)— At the start of July, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it would temporarily re-schedule 7-OH, a partially synthetic form of the drug Kratom, as a Schedule 1 substance. Other Schedule 1 drugs include heroin and ecstasy. Starting as early as August, buying, selling or using the 7-OH could come at a steep [...]

HUGHESVILLE, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 155 years and still going strong, the Lycoming County Fair is bringing people together for eleven days of fun. Vendors are ready to go at the Lycoming County Fair. The annual event features livestock, theatre clubs, and, of course, fair food. Each night offers a special event, like a magic [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A stolen piece of history is now back where it belongs, as a new marker was unveiled Thursday morning at the historic train station in Wilkes-Barre. The original sign was misplaced while the building sat vacant, but now an exact replica is back at the front of the Luzerne County [...]

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they responded Thursday evening to a home in Kingston to investigate the death of 70-year-old man. Pennsylvania State Police, Kingston Police, Wilkes-Barre Crime Reconstruction Unit, and the Luzerne County Coroner all responded to the home on Poplar Street. Kingston Borough Police Chief Rich Kotchik said there are some [...]

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is set up in front of Stroudsburg High School to give people a chance to look at the replica model of the Washington D.C. monument. The traveling wall is half the size of the original monument, but it still contains all 58,318 names who died [...]

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania faces a severe shortage of workers in the medical field, one that's growing each year. In answer to that call, colleges are taking on that shortage and adapting their programs to fill those needed positions. New programs at Lycoming College could help meet Pennsylvania's growing demand for healthcare workers. Exercise [...]

LEHMAN TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Just two years after relocating, the Idetown Volunteer Fire Department is once again facing an uncertain future. The department, which has served the Back Mountain community since 1959, is concerned about what a pending sale of its current headquarters on Firehouse Road could mean for its long-term operations. Chief Joe [...]