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WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's a big day for people looking for a better path in life. They graduated from Wyoming and Sullivan County Treatment Court on Thursday.

It's a program for people with alcohol or substance addictions who have been charged with non-violent crimes.

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The participants attended weekly court sessions, random alcohol or substance testing, community service, and intensive cognitive behavioral treatment.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some people in Scranton are frustrated with the delay in improving stormwater drainage in their city.

A public meeting was held Thursday for residents to learn more about the project.

The project will include relocating and installing new pipes in different neighborhoods.

Investments for the project are nearly $23,000,000 and about $6,300,000 in the American Rescue Plan Act.

Lackawanna County businesses staying open late on Thursdays for holiday season

SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Scranton Beltway Project is stirring up concern in not one, but two counties.

On Wednesday, 28/22 News reported on how several residents in Luzerne County could lose their homes if the project takes place.

The same could happen to some in Lackawanna County, but that's not their only concern.

28/22 News Reporter Gianna Galli was at the second public hearing on Thursday.

The removal of homes, insertion of retention ponds, and addition of sound barriers are all on the list of worries.

WATSONTOWN — More than 150 registered guests attended a Thursday night Constellation of Hope Gala fundraiser at the Watson Inn for Susquehanna Valley Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

DANVILLE — A teenaged boy was uninjured when the car he was driving ended up in Mahoning Creek near the Danville Middle School on Thursday afternoon.

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A church in the Poconos is looking to help those in need this holiday season, but first, it needs help from the community.

Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church's Helping Hands Food Pantry is in desperate need of turkey donations ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Church officials say they hope to collect different-sized turkeys.

If you have an extra one or the one you bought was not the right size, the church will take your donated turkey at its Annex Building in Stroudsburg.