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Kids learn importance of helmet safety at YMCA event
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) Preschoolers at the Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA learned bicycle safety and the advantages of wearing a helmet when they learn to ride a bicycle. PennDOT, Northeast Highway Safety, the Wilkes Barre YMCA and the Wilkes Barre Police Department hosted the event in conjunction with Highway Safety Law Awareness Week, which runs through Friday. The...
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Man convicted of 1993 homicide released from prison
COAL TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — A man convicted of a brutal murder in 1993 and sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole walked out of prison in Northumberland County a free man Friday morning. Norman Gundrum was 16 years old when he was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 18-year-old Bobby Coup in Milton in 1993. Prosecutors...
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Multiple crews respond to fire at Luzerne County business
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) Multiple crews responded to a working structure fire on Front Street Friday morning. The call came in just after 4:00am for the garage fire at K &V Auto Sales. Crews from multiple departments worked on putting the fire out for about 45 minutes. The garage houses three tractor trailers, which are now destroyed. Firefighters said the garage...
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Meth tops heroin in Berwick
Police chief says 2019 was busiest year for drug arrests
BERWICK — Methamphetamine has overtaken heroin to once again become the top illegal drug leading to arrests here,...
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Father brought $10G in cash to court
DUI suspect says he ‘can’t afford’ jail stint
BLOOMSBURG — A drunken driving suspect accused of tangling with police in Locust Township over the weekend brought $10,...
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Crash can’t keep eatery closed
South Centre Township restaurant reopens just days after rig drove into it
BLOOMSBURG — When Jo-Anne Toccket saw A Taste of Italy’s Facebook post announcing it re-opened Thursday, she knew where...
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Police say speeders had been drinking
Men were on Route 54 in Anthony Township
ANTHONY TWP. — Two Muncy men police noticed speeding east on Route 54 here are facing charges of drunken driving,...
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Driver, dog saved from stream
Cops: Danville woman lost control in South Centre Township
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A 22-year-old woman and her Dalmatian escaped serious injury when she lost control of her car...
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Fracking debate causes tremors in battleground Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The notion of banning fracking is dividing the Democrats running for president and increasingly dividing Democrats in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania. The divide was clear, again, on Wednesday night’s debate stage in Las Vegas during questioning about climate change. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says moving to energy efficiency and...
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Concerns over removal of Brandonville property
EAST UNION TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A township in Schuylkill County took matters into their own hands to knock down a blighted property. Although most people were happy to get rid of the eyesore, not everyone agrees with a seemingly lack of transparency to get it done. A shift in leadership in East Union means some citizens are ecstatic with immediate results. Others...
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