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BERWICK -- Police here say a 30-year-old woman was selling methamphetamine out of her Front Street apartment.
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LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It's another busy Friday for pizza places in our area, but for two in Luzerne county they are now down more than just sauce and cheese.

That's because two men are locked up after police say they stole used cooking oil from the businesses.

In the early evening hours of Friday during Lent, Pizza L'oven in Exeter was slammed with a busy crowd.

Police nab SNAP benefits skimming suspect

"Chaos, but controlled chaos," said Mike Perhach, Owner, Pizza L'oven Exeter.

HARRISBURG — President Donald Trump’s executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education shifts the theoretical questions of “what if” raised during his election campaign to the practical “what now” as billions of dollars for Pennsylvania schools and students hang in the balance.

Grant recipients in the Valley are concerned about future funding of critical education-related research and development projects now being scrutinized by the Trump administration's U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Government Efficiency.

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg YMCA will conduct healthy children activities during a from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday for the WellSpan Evangelical Children's Health Fair.

Community Project fundings are under the microscope by multiple federal departments.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union announced it was the victim of a data breach that compromised varied personal information for more than 500,000 current and former members.

MIFFLINBURG — A Millmont man believed to have been high on marijuana told police he was not insured after leading them on a chase through western Union County where the vehicles reached speeds in excess of 120 mph, according to state police in Milton.

DANVILLE — Work will continue next week on the multi-year intersection project along the Route 54 corridor near the Route 642 west (Liberty Valley Road) and Route 642 east (Jerseytown Road) intersection.

Sixty years ago this week, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led civil rights demonstrators on their third attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.