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HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Thousands of families will have what they need for a Thanksgiving fest this year, thanks to a food drive.

The Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank held its 45th annual food drive in Hazelton.

They handed out more than 2,500 meals Saturday, all part of their goal to serve more than ten thousand families this season.

Each family received a turkey, fresh produce, and pantry staples they needed to prepare a holiday feast.

$2M grant awarded towards Community Recreational Campus

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A popular local restaurant is back in business and is welcoming customers to its new location.

Gin's Tavern near Factoryville was under construction for a year and a half after a devastating fire.

"Welcome to Gin's," a greeting that was given Saturday for the first time in a very long time. The new, popular, and traditional Gin's Tavern near Factoryville officially reopened.

"Here we are, we did we did it," said Kostick.

MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS — The Apple family and volunteers will cook for at least 500 Valley residents in need this Thanksgiving.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials state a grant has been awarded to the Paul and Lisa DeAngelo Family Foundation from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) towards a Community Recreational Campus.

According to the press release, a two million dollar grant was awarded to the Paul and Lisa DeAngelo Family Foundation from RACP to be used for the expansion of the Paul and Lisa DeAngelo Family Foundation’s vision for a Community Recreational Campus.

Community Recreational Campus will be an indoor and outdoor sports complex, as stated in the release.

SUNBURY — A proposed solar farm at the former Knight-Celotex could be in jeopardy after Sunbury’s city council recently updated its zoning policies in a move that could prohibit solar at the site.

FORTY FORT, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Crews discovered the headstones on Thursday during construction for the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority`s Abrahams Creek restoration project.

WVSA contractor Rutledge Construction uncovered about 35 headstones about 300 feet from the Forty Fort Cemetery.

Officials say that the headstones were washed away from the 1972 Agnes Flood that washed away an entire section of Forty Fort Cemetery.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a statement on Friday regarding offensive and racist text and email messages sent to minority communities.

The FBI states that they are in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities on the matter.

Reports indicate that the text varies in specific messaging, but most say that the recipient has been selected to pick cotton on a plantation, and has now expanded to high school students and members of the Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ communities.

SUJBURY — Shikellamy teachers are leaving an impression on students in the cooperative education program and it showed on Friday during an Oaklyn Elementary School science class.

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