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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A community seminar focusing on protecting essential programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP from potential funding cuts was held on Monday at Lackawanna College.

Organizers admit there's no immediate threat to those programs right now. They believe in being educated and prepared for the worst.

The event, led by several local politicians, hoped to inform the public on what steps to take if funding is ever reduced, especially since these programs support the most vulnerable populations.

The Trump administration has given almost no details on which aid programs it spared as it mass-emailed contract terminations to thousands of aid groups.

Penn State renames Beaver Stadium's field to West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium after a $50 million donation from a Mechanicsburg-based company.

MIDDLEBURG — Past Midd-West School board president Victor Abate was narrowly appointed Monday to fill a board vacancy.

SUNBURY — Officials from the Sunbury Steam Fire Engine Company are offering city officials their land for $1 a year in a lease to build a new main headquarters if the city department consolidates.

LEWISBURG — East Buffalo Township is cracking down on transient retailers.

MAHONING TOWNSHIP — The Mahoning Township board of supervisors approved a new paving plan for the year on Monday.

LEWISBURG — Geisinger officials announced the planned construction of a $32 million cancer center in Lewisburg on Monday. 

MIDDLEBURG — Taxes could rise by 2.3 mills in the Midd-West School District under a preliminary $43.5 million spending plan for 2025-26.

MILTON, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) in Pike County said on Monday they were searching for a missing woman.

State police searched for 71-year-old Nancy Zingaro Kaericher after last seen in the area of Shell Pike Drive in Milford, Pike County, on March 7 at 2:45 p.m.

Search underway after woman reported missing

Kaericher has since been found.