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Editor’s Note: The Daily Item will publish excerpts of speeches of valedictorians from high schools across the region in the coming days and weeks.

Many of its sweeping policy changes, including reduced federal aid for administering food benefits, haven’t yet taken effect.

SUNBURY — Sunbury is seeing an increase in electric bikes on city streets and is now looking at ways to curb the problem that has led to five accidents in the past few weeks.

SUNBURY — Six students graduated from the Susquehanna Valley Community Education Project (SVCEP) program on Wednesday.

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday in Ashland to remember Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Michael Pahira Jr.

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

(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 [...]