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Man loses $40K after fake mortgage scam, PSP investigating
(WBRE/WYOU) — A Pike County man is out $40,000 on Tuesday after state police say a scammer pretended to be his mortgage broker. State police say the suspect contacted the 39-year-old from Blooming Grove Township and convinced him to wire the money straight to a fake account. Troopers say it happened earlier this month, and [...]
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VIDEO: Police search for burglary suspects
DURYEA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Duryea police say they need your help identifying two people in a burglary investigation. A man and a woman were caught on home surveillance camera around 4:50 a.m. Saturday, going room to room through a house on McAlpine Street. They walked out with a large flat-screen TV through a side [...]
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Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass prices, pulls new 'Call of Duty' titles from day-one lineup
"Game Pass Ultimate has become too expensive for too many players," Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma said in a post on X.
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Healthwatch 16: Managing diabetes
A Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner with UPMC highlights the importance of diabetes management and shares how testing and certain medications can help.
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Authorities identify body found in Lansford
The body of Noel Jones was found in the area of Panther Creek and the No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum Saturday afternoon, according to the coroner's office.
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Red, White and You! | WWII veteran celebrates 99th birthday surrounded by friends and family in Wilkes-Barre Township
Charles Brooks enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17 years old.
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Man identified after body found near coal mine
LANSFORD, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Carbon County Coroner's Office has identified a body that was found Saturday afternoon near the area of Panther Creek and the #9 Coal Mine. The Coroner's Office has identified the man as Noel Jones of Lansford borough. Jones was reported missing on November 20, 2025. The Carbon County Coroner's [...]
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Animal control, SPCA on scene at CDE Exotics
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Animal control officers and the SPCA are on the scene at CDE Exotics on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. The store is known for selling and rescuing reptiles and other animals. 28/22 News is there and said officials are bringing bins inside the store from the back entrance. It is [...]
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Library in Jim Thorpe offers families a chance to reclaim treasured newspaper clippings
At one library in Carbon County, workers found generations of family history documented in local newspapers.
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Why Earth Day is on April 22
The initial movement in 1970 is known as the largest secular day of protest in the world.
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