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MAHONING TOWNSHIP — A water and sewer rehabilitation project will begin this week on Bloom Road (Route 2008) in Mahoning Township, Montour County.

HARRISBURG — Legislation to again prevent thousands of senior citizens in Pennsylvania from losing prescription drug assistance advanced within the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

WEST BUFFALO TOWNSHIP — A 10-year-old girl from Wisconsin died due to injuries related to an ATV accident in West Buffalo Township on Saturday, according to state police in Milton.

MANDATA — Three Line Mountain middle school members of the school’s Archery Club advanced to the National Tournament after achieving high scores at Friday’s State tournament, held at Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim.

LE SBURG — The Sigfried Weis Music Building's Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall. will welcome Austrian conductor, Hans Graf, for a free performance of his Inauguration Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24.

TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — On Monday, Action Together NEPA hosted a rally with dozens showing up to participate.

The budget resolution that narrowly passed in the House of Representatives in February calls for the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880,000,000,000 in spending over 10 years.

Many are afraid those cuts will hit programs like Medicaid and they want local congress members to know they are worried.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local 14-year-old ninth grader is about to take her education from northeastern Pennsylvania to our nation's capital.

She will join other teens from across the country for a rare opportunity to learn about national security.

West Scranton High School freshman Cailyn Manley is just months away from embarking on quite an educational experience.

She has been chosen to participate in the national youth leadership forum on national security in Washington, D.C.

Monroe County has a new way to connect people battling addiction to the treatment they need. Newswatch 16's Emily Kress gives us a look at the LETI van.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Scranton Police Department on Monday said they are searching for a missing woman.

Authorities are searching for 29-year-old Melissa Walsh-Scott who is described as weighing about 200 pounds and standing at about five feet and four inches tall.

Bresnahan, Meuser respond to claims of federal benefit cuts

The family told police they last knew Walsh-Scott to have been in the vicinity of Nay Aug Park on Friday, March 21, at about 2:00 a.m.

In celebration of the American Red Cross, the Capitol Building in Harrisburg will be lit red between Monday night and Wednesday morning.