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State-of-the-art facility is being built to fight food insecurity

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A new state-of-the-art facility is being built entirely to help fight food insecurity.

Meals on Wheels of NEPA officially broke ground Friday morning on its new home in Scranton.

The long-awaited relocation to Cherry Street will feature a high-efficiency commercial kitchen designed to double the organization`s current meal production of more than 1,500 meals daily.

Their executive director says this will empower them to dream bigger, do more, and ultimately serve more people than ever before.

Lycoming County announces $5M land sale

LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lycoming County announced that the county will be receiving $5.4 million in a land sale.

In a release, Lycoming County announced the sale of 1350 acres of subsurface rights in Jackson Township to Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC.

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The sale includes an agreement that the county will receive royalty payments on all oil, gas, and hydrocarbons produced from the property.

Officials say the deal comes after over a year of negotiations with Range Resources.

Police reexamining 1994 cold case murder

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 23-year-old Gail Matthews and her five year old daughter Tamara Berkheiser were killed inside their Williamsport home in September of 1994.

28/22 News I-Team Reporter Andy Mehalshick was on the crime scene that day and has been working the case over the years.

Lycoming County District Attorney Tom Marino told 28/22 News that the case was never really closed, but now he says he hopes that new technology, namely DNA technology, can help bring the killer to justice and give a family peace.

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