EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski announced that state funding has been awarded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) to area schools to improve safety and support mental health programs for both students and staff.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — PennDOT has announced there will be lane restrictions on the North Scranton Expressway in Lackawanna County.
According to PennDOT, intermittent lane restrictions and ramp closures on Route 11 (North Scranton Expressway) start May 6.
Thunderstorms, gusty winds expected tonight
Officials say work will be done during the day and night hours through the winter of 2024.
PennDOT states the work is weather dependent and drivers should drive the speed limit, turn on their headlights as well as pay attention to signs and flaggers.
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crosscutters announced their opening night and single-game ticket sale.
According to the press release, opening night and single game tickets will go on sale May 1 at 10 a.m. June 4 the Crosscutters will open at home against Mahoning Valley Scrappers, continued in the release.
Officials say you can buy tickets at the Crosscutters box office at Journey Bank Ballpark during preseason Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m.-5 p.m. along with 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. on Saturdays in May.
EYEWITNESS WEATHER (WBRE/WYOU) — After a quiet start Tuesday morning with some sunshine, cloud cover thickens up as a cold front approaches northeast and central Pennsylvania.
The front will arrive from west to east starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing through the evening. Scattered showers and storms will develop along the front, some potentially on the stronger side.
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The main threats with any thunderstorms will be gusty winds, hail, and downpours. After midnight, most showers and storm activity should subside.
POCONO TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police said he set a chicken coop on fire killing one chicken.
On Saturday, April 27 around 10:40 p.m., Pocono Township Police Department was called to a home in Swiftwater for an incident.
Through further investigation, police stated Dwayne Nicholas, 52 from Swiftwater, set a victim's clothes and chicken coop on fire.
Man arrested for alleged stabbing over tool dispute
SALEM TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It’s the season of cicadas emerging from the ground, but this year parts of the US will be seeing trillions of them.
28/22 News Reporter Sydney Kostus visited an environmental education center in the Poconos to find out if parts of our region will be swarmed with the species.
It’s the sound we all know, and the sight of it that some fear: cicadas.
HAZLETON CITY, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Hazleton City Police Department announced Tuesday that a man was charged with fleeing and eluding police after leading officers on a chase with a dirt bike.
According to police on Monday, April 29, at 7:59 p.m. officers saw a blue dirt bike driving on Locust Street and attempted to stop the bike, but the driver fled the wrong way onto 5th Street at a high rate of speed, almost hitting several other vehicles.
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was stabbed in the chest after a dispute over stolen tools occurred, police stated.
According to the Nanticoke Police Department, on April 9 around 10:50 p.m., officers were called for a stabbing in the 200 block of Christian Street. Once police arrived on the scene 20 minutes later, the victim was taken to the hospital for two wounds, one in the chest and another in his hand.
Police said they learned the victim and another man, identified as Nathaniel Moore, 38, of Nanticoke, got into an argument over tools.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — West Scranton Intermediate School will dismiss students early due to heating issues in the building.
School officials report at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, students will be let out due to an issue with the school's heating and cooling unit.
Five charged in connection to festival fights at Kirby Park
On Monday West Scranton High School was let out early for a similar issue.
Any questions, comments, or concerns, can contact West Scranton Intermediate School through a Google Form.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A total of five people are charged after police say a fight broke out at Kirby Park Cherry Blossom Festival, involving three teenagers.
On April 28 around 9:00 p.m., Wilkes-Barre City Police reported officers were called to Harkins Lane for a home invasion.
Once on the scene, officers said the victim claimed two people, Dionte Taylor, 29, and Kiara Wynn, 22, both of Wilkes-Barre, came onto her property and began yelling at her to "come outside."
