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ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Everyone loves a good menu "hack" at their favorite fast food joints, but for Sheetz, no hack is needed to grab yourself free food over Labor Day weekend.

Sheetz, based in Altoona, will be opening their 800th store in North Carolina. To celebrate, the company is giving "Sheetz Freakz" free Sheetz dogs.

The 800th store opens Aug. 28, which is when Sheetz will kick off the celebration. From Aug. 28 through Sept. 2, you can get two free hot dogs with any purchase at any of Sheetz's 800 locations.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — PennDOT announced that part of Route 347 in Scott Township will be closed for a culvert replacement project.

According to PennDOT, Route 347 (Justus Boulevard) between Route 632 (Carbondale Road) and Route 524 (Kennedy Creek Drive) in Scott Township will be closed due to a culvert replacement project from September 2 to the end of fall 2025.

Preparations begin for La Festa Italiana in Scranton

A detour will be in place and will utilize Interstate 81 from Exit 197 (Waverly) to Exit 199 (Scott).

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns shares what you need to know about getting vaccinated before classes begin.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An event happening this weekend in Lackawanna County is all steam ahead, getting ready to celebrate railroading in our region.

Learning all the bells and whistles at Steamtown National Historic Site.

“This is the Baldwin 26 060. This was made in 1929 in Eddystone, Pennsylvania,” explained Christian Mazzocchi, heavy mobile equipment mechanic at the Steamtown National Historic Site.

It’s something that’s part of Mazzocchi’s job as a heavy mobile equipment mechanic.

The movie star retired from acting in 2022 after he was diagnosed with aphasia and then frontotemporal dementia. He's rarely been seen in public since then.

Since the drink's 2003 launch, the Pumpkin Spice Latte has quickly grown to be Starbucks’ most popular seasonal beverage, with hundreds of millions sold.

A widely used customs exemption for international shipments worth $800 or less is set to end starting on Friday.

A 1.5-mile stretch of state Route 347 in Scott Township will close for culvert replacement beginning September 2

The Transportation Secretary said the states will lose money from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program if they don't comply with the rules within 30 days.

Here's how the “snapback mechanism” works as concerns remain high over Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium.