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DANVILLE — Montour County Chief Clerk Holly Brandon is this year’s recipient of the Pennsylvania Counties Risk Pool Sherm Doebler Award.

DANVILLE — The Danville Area Community Center will take part in a regional Hour of Code initiative as part of Computer Science Education Week in December.

DANVILLE — A new yearly grant from Gift of Life will help Geisinger offset some travel expenses for transplant patients and their families.

WATSONTOWN — The Harry C. Mathias Sr. Charitable Foundation recently approved fall grants totaling $6,250 to various organizations in the Watsontown-Turbotville region.

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro Administration maintains that its decision to immediately shift $153 million in federal funds to aid public transit in greater Philadelphia won’t jeopardize any of the pending highway projects involved.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Shouting, shoving, and shopping. A common occurrence on Black Fridays past in northeastern and central Pennsylvania.

This scene played out the day after Thanksgiving in 2008 at Target in Wilkes-Barre Township.

"We came for the big TV here. Um, there are maybe ten left. I got elbowed in the chest for it," said Kristin Ermak.

"Well, I got the dual portable DVDs for the car. It was $88. It was a great deal," said Carina Noto.

Electronics were always a draw including when Circuit City still had a brick-and-mortar presence.

CLINTON TWP., LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a driver has died after a two-vehicle crash involving a garbage truck happened on Route 15.

On Friday, November 29 around 5:00 a.m. troopers were called to a multiple-vehicle crash on Route 15 in Clinton Township, Lycoming County.

Police say a garbage truck was traveling on the highway when the driver made a U-turn near the driveway of a house on Route 15. While making the U-turn another vehicle came from the rear of the garbage truck and two vehicles collided, troopers reported.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — PennDOT announced part of Route 15 in Lycoming and Union Counties is reopened after a multi-vehicle crash.

PennDOT said on Friday morning Route 15 was closed in both directions between Route 54 in Clinton Township, Lycoming County and Route 44 in White Deer Township, Union County due to a crash. The road is now reopened.

Temps to drop, roads likely to get icy Thanksgiving weekend

For updated road closures and updates visit 511PA.

MIFFLINBURG — Emily Kline took Thanksgiving to another level on Thursday.