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MIDDLEBURG — Since Walking Free Clubhouse opened in Middleburg six months ago, Tina Leighow has a place to go daily to work on her sobriety.

WATSONTOWN — Watsontown Borough Council members approved a $96,600 low-interest loan for a new heavy construction backhoe at their latest meeting. Such a piece of equipment is used for digging and excavation.

DANVILLE — Montour County will receive more than $300,000 in annual Community Development Block Grant funds and county commissioners Tuesday signed off on three projects to be sent for approval.

MIDDLEBURG — A Snyder County-owned building’s leaky roof exposed two office leases the county was unaware of and now officials are working to recoup $2,400 in unpaid rent.

LEWISBURG — Cherished Cats Rescue Alliance and The Scratching Post Cat Café will hold the sixth annual Nine Miles for Nine Lives Fitness Challenge fundraiser.

{div class=”subscriber-preview”}LAURELTON — Two more groups of people have been cited for trespassing and related charges at the former Laurelton Center in Hartley Township, according to state police in Milton.

LUZERNE BOROUGH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County police department is showing off its new wheels, and no, they're not new cruisers. The Luzerne Borough Police Department has added some bikes to its fleet.

Police officers in Luzerne Borough are swapping cruisers for a bicycle.

It's part of a new community policing effort that lets them get closer to the public, and into places regular patrol cars can't reach.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News has an important traffic alert about in Luzerne County: Church Street in Wilkes-Barre will now allow two-way traffic.

City officials say this will allow for better access to Gesinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital.

Luzerne County Officials respond to concert act cancellation

Horton Street is currently closed while crews work to repair two large sinkholes.

Church Street will be open for two-way traffic until further notice.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A concert controversy is brewing in Luzerne County over an act that was set to take the stage at this year's Rockin' the River.

The frontman of Philadelphia-based band, Low Cut Connie, is publicly accusing concert promoters of cancelling its Friday night performance due to politics.

The lead singer of the band took to social media to share his frustration over the cancellation, but did not elaborate on those political differences.

Search continues for man accused of pistol-whipping pregnant woman

MUNCY VALLEY, SULLIVAN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Many people in central Pennsylvania are continuing to pick up the pieces after last week's powerful rainstorms.

Years of hard work put into the Flooded Creek Farm by Bonnie Shaner and her late husband were swept away in just a few hours.

"We stood and watched the water come up 'til about 1:00, and then it slowed down for a little bit, and it started right back up and rained for another four hours. I don't know if I've ever seen it rain that hard," Shaner said.