(WHTM)-- The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly planning to sell or give away seven warehouses originally purchased to detain illegal immigrants, two of which are located in Pennsylvania. The New York Times reported Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to give away seven of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain immigrants [...]
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police have taken a Kingsley man into custody after they say he beat a man with a cane. According to a release from police, on June 18, 42-year-old Kyle Earley was visiting a residence on Joy Lane when he got into an altercation with the 71-year-old victim. During the [...]
BEECH CREEK BOROUGH, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people have been hospitalized, and one is facing potential charges after a suspected DUI crash in Clinton County. Around 11:00 p.m. on June 7, police were called to the 100 block of Main Street in Beech Creek Borough for a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and a [...]
DANVILLE — There will be a lane restriction next week on Route 11 or Northumberland Street in Danville for a utility upgrade project.
DALMATIA — Former Line Mountain student Levi Ferster has been elected the 2026–2027 Pennsylvania FFA State president
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HARTLEY TOWNSHIP — A 74-year-old Millmont man was the victim of a scam that lost him $45,600 in early June, according to state police in Milton.
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— In April, Pittston Township Supervisor and Roadmaster, David Slezak, was ordered by the Pennsylvania Ethics Commission to pay a little over $6,800 back to the township. The order primarily stems from work he had township employees perform on his personal property between 2022 and 2024, according to the ethics commission [...]
LEHIGH TWP., WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Wayne County man is charged after his own wife led police to his drug operation. She took their children to Tobyhanna State Park and told troopers her husband was growing mushrooms and marijuana inside their home, Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) say. Yuriy Smirnov let police search his home [...]
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It only took a Lackawanna County jury 25 minutes to convict a man of sexually assaulting woman in their own home. Prosecutors say Evan Quinnan, 35, beat her, left bruises across her body, gave her a black eye, and broke down a bathroom door to keep going. Quinnan's bail has been [...]
