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PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Santa made an appearance at an area venue Wednesday evening to bring smiles to the faces of local children.

The Plains Rotary hosting the 75th Annual Special Needs Charity Dinner at the Woodlands Inn.

The event has hot food served alongside live Christmas music and presents from Santa.

Many of the children there have been attending this event for several years.

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HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A private Christian school in Hazleton may have to suddenly close its doors.

Immanuel Christian School sent out a text message to parents calling for an emergency meeting on Wednesday afternoon after school was out.

The reason for the possible closure is a lack of funding from grants that were never received.

They were expected to come in on December 15.

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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Calls are gaining traction to remove President Joe Biden's name from highway signs in Scranton since the Conahan sentence commutation.

Changing the name of the Scranton Expressway and Spruce Street has been a controversy since 2021, but now with President Biden granting clemency for a notorious judge involved in the Kids for Cash scandal, the spark of controversy has reignited.

"You know if we do a crime we have to do the time," said Republican Representative for the 120th District of Pennsylvania, Brenda Pugh.

JENKINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are investigating a reported head-on crash in Jenkins Township Wednesday night.

Authorities say the Jenkins Township Police Department was called to the 1500 block of Pennsylvania State Route 315 after 5:00 p.m. for a reported head-on crash involving two cars Wednesday night.

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Officials say there are injuries, but can not say how many or how severe they are and the Jenkins Township Police Department is investigating the incident.

MIDDLEBURG — Pay raises have been approved for Snyder County row officers who will serve between 2028 and 2031.

SUNBURY — The Shikellamy School District and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board are working together to educate students on impaired driving.

SELINSGROVE — Two Allentown residents are jailed for stealing more than $5,000 worth of merchandise with a stolen credit card from a Snyder County store.

SUNBURY — The executive director of the Fur Commission USA said he stands behind a Sunbury fur farm where several hundred mink were released.

HARRISBURG — A new study projects that as Pennsylvania’s population grays, the number of rural residents with Alzheimer’s and related disorders will continue to grow beyond the care network capacity needed to support them.

MIFFLINBURG — Council members in Mifflinburg accepted two studies for recreation in the borough but were split on the one involving the community pool.