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(WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities announced charges against seven people involved in a SNAP trafficking operation that stole over $775,000 in funds. After a multi-year investigation, the Office of State Inspector General stated seven individuals took part in a SNAP trafficking operation that took $775,677.77 in fraudulent transactions over three years. Investigators said the owner of Quick Stop Convenience [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky Pennsylvania lottery player in Luzerne County has won $1 million from a Powerball ticket. Two winning Powerball® tickets were sold in Pennsylvania in the Wednesday, December 17 drawing, which were worth a combined total of $1.2 million. It includes one prize worth $1 million sold at a Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in [...]

DANVILLE — Geisinger is a WellBeing First Champion for the second consecutive year, a designation recognizing the health system's commitment to health workers' well-being.

BLOOMSBURG — Bloomburg Theatre Ensemble will host a free showing of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for ACCESS/EBT cardholders later this month.

LEWISBURG — A former Danville man serving a state prison sentence of 44 months to 17 years for corruption of minors and dissemination of photographs of child sex acts had probation added to his conviction by a Union County Judge this week.

DANVILLE — The Janet Weis Children’s Hospital lobby reopened Wednesday following a year of renovations. Its new theme features forestry and wildlife native to central Pennsylvania.

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A driver has died from injuries he sustained after colliding with a transit bus. The Lycoming County Coroner’s Office said they were called to UPMC Susquehanna Hospital in Williamsport after a 66-year-old Dermot McDonnell was reportedly killed in a crash. McDonnell was driving on West Fourth Street at the intersection [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced 15 people have been banned from Pennsylvania casinos and online gambling after going against various laws. Being placed on an Involuntary Exclusion List prohibits people from either gaming in a casino in Pennsylvania, via an online betting site regulated by the Board, or at a Video Gaming Terminal [...]

HARRISBURG — Veterans convicted of crimes in Pennsylvania could present diagnoses of service-connected mental health disorders in seeking post-conviction sentencing modifications under a bill that advanced through the state House on Tuesday by a single vote.

Anna said she has participated in the Salvation Army’s Here. For Good. program for the past two years after a terrible accident in which she lost her son, 13.