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A system to track testing of sexual assault evidence kits is being piloted in three Pennsylvania counties ahead of a statewide roll out later this year.

DANVILLE — The Community Giving Foundation has awarded a $1,723 grant to the Danville Community Band.

LEWISBURG — Gallery 255 at the Public Library for Union County will feature the diverse artwork of Williamsport artist Steve Bower throughout October.

LEWISBURG — Lewisburg is once again brewing up a claim to fame as the Coffee Capital of Pennsylvania, according to Mayor Kendy Alvarez.

COOLBAUGH TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A New York man was arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop where police say they seized 50 pounds of marijuana from the bed of his truck. Muaadh Abdulhakim Al Sayadi, 43, of Solvay, New York, faces drug charges after police found a duffel bag with 50 vacuum-sealed bags of [...]

LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police say two dogs died under her care. 33-year-old Megan Confer of Lock Haven has been charged with the following: Confer was charged after police say they were called to her home and saw a dead dog in the basement [...]

ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Detectives in Lehigh County have arrested two men for separate shootings that killed two people in one night. District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Allentown Police stated they arrested two men in two homicides that occurred last night, September 29. The first homicide happened at a home in the 600 [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Wilkes-Barre man who was arrested following a 90-mph car chase and a rooftop chase has been indicted federally by a grand jury on drug trafficking and firearm charges. Jaquan Pankey, 29, of Wilkes-Barre, was indicted on accusations that he possessed and intended to distribute cocaine and that he had [...]

POCONO TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY(WBRE/WYOU) — As September rolls into October, the Poconos have a spooky attraction designed to keep families engaged all month long. "You know, normally on Halloween you get to trick-or-treat once. With us, you get to trick-or-treat for an entire month until October 31st,” said Brent Daniel, Assistant General Manager of Great [...]

LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Over 200 bags of fentanyl and various other drugs were seized after police chased down the alleged dealers. On September 29, the Lehighton Borough Police worked with the Carbon County Drug Task Force after they learned that two suspects, 39-year-old Michael Washington and 33-year-old Donte Jackson, were transporting a large [...]