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A Luzerne County school entered ‘lockdown’ status after a gun was discovered in a backpack. The county District Attorney’s Office confirmed that a metal detector notified security officers about the weapon. The administration at Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center sent students home and canceled afternoon classes as a result of the discovery.

Lycoming College sorority will sponsor Relay for Life with Taylor Swift-themed event in the Keiper Recreation Center. Beta Phi Gamma will have activities for attendees.

Forty-five students from 24 colleges attended Lycoming College's second annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference April 6.

Scranton police need the public's help to identify a vehicle that was near the scene of a fatal shooting earlier this month. Police say the owner or occupants of the vehicle pictured may have information on the North Scranton shooting that killed 32-year-old Robert Dawson on the evening of April 9. The vehicle, which police believe to be a silver Honda CRV, was in the vicinity of Providence Road and Ravine Street around 8 p.m. that night, the time of the shooting. Kenneth Tapia, 17, Kenneth Ford, 18, and another juvenile have already been charged with crimes in the shooting, which happened after a fight started at the basketball court at Weston Field. Tapia is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other related charges. Police say he shot Dawson twice in the chest with a 9mm handgun.Anyone with information on the pictured vehicle can contact Scranton Police Detective Sergeant P. Gerrity at 570-348-4139 or pgerrity@scrantonpa.gov. Online tips can be submitted here.

UPMC partners with Lycoming Arts for 2024's First Friday on May 3. It will include health information, an autism fair, live music, family activities and more.

Rylind Construction's Plunketts Creek’s $700,000 bridge construction began April 15. Reconstruction will end in October.

Williamsport’s mayor, Derek Slaughter, and state representative, Jamie Flick, will host a free fishing event for youths on April 20. Kids can learn the angling arts with refreshments and food available.

Farmers can apply to Wayne County’s new Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP).It helps farmers develop conservation plans to protect local streams and improve their crop and livestocks’ well-being.The Wayne County Conservation District received $1.173 million from the state’s conservation commission to start the program.Applications are open until April 30, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. and an on-farm pre-application meeting is required. To schedule a pre-application farm visit, call the conservation office at 570-253-0930.For more information on the program, visit the Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program webpage.

Tunkhannock Township Supervisors say some seasonal vendors have not paid their taxes to the township. Chair George Ewald said Pocono Raceway and AirBnB owners pay their taxes, but some short-term vendors have fallen short over recent years. Supervisors blame Berkheimer Tax Innovations. Ewald said they allowed revenue to slip through the cracks. “Berkheimer, we feel, has not done the job that we need done here,” said Ewald.

Hannah Saar, of Jersey Shore, passed actuary exam P at Lycoming College, which has a 42.5 percent pass rate. She will take exam FM next year.