ELYSBURG — A late-morning rain Wednesday couldn’t stop more than 1,000 people from visiting a senior expo hosted by state Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver and state Rep. Joanne Stehr at Knoebels Amusement Resort on Wednesday.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top election official reaffirmed that mail-in voting is legal and that despite continuing litigation with the federal government, election laws remain unchanged in the commonwealth ahead of the November midterms.
As Mark McGinly got ready for his 2 a.m. to 11 a.m. shift at Carr Futures on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001, his roommate and fellow Bucknell University alum Dave Stiegerwald stirred in his bed.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A small victory in the fight against data centers in Northeastern Pennsylvania Wednesday night. The Clinton Township Planning Commission recommended the township not move forward with the proposed $6 billion Linde Corporation data center project. The township supervisors' vote followed. They too agreed to reject the proposal. A Linde [...]
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — This week marks the 15th anniversary of the historic 2011 flood in Luzerne County, where Tropical Storm Lee brought several days of torrential rain to the region. During the storm, the Susquehanna River rose to a record high of 42.66 feet in the Wyoming Valley. That crest exceeded the river levels recorded [...]
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Governor Josh Shapiro has signed a bill that will make recess a protected part of the school day across Pennsylvania so students can have more time to grow and succeed, according to a statement by the Shapiro Administration. Beginning the 2027-28 school year, the legislation mandates that children in grades Kindergarten [...]
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Organizers of the 171st Bloomsburg Fair hosted a media preview in Columbia County Wednesday morning to showcase upcoming exhibits, entertainment and new attractions for this year's event. Recognized as the largest agricultural fair in Pennsylvania, the annual event in Bloomsburg draws visitors for its wide variety of traditional fair activities, ride [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, is hosting remembrance events and a community donation drive to mark 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The tragedy hit close to home for the campus community as three King's College alumni, Lenny Snyder, Jim Walsh and Ryan Fitzgerald, lost their lives [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced Wednesday there will sobriety checkpoints and roving DUI patrols this weekend in lower Luzerne County and Carbon County. Between Friday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 13, PSP Hazleton will be out patrolling in support of the PSP Selective Traffic Enforcement against Drunk Driving Initiative. PSP says the program [...]
MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Parts of Interstate 380 were closed following a major crash that left one man dead, according to the Monroe County Coroner. The coroner said he was called to the crash on interstate 380 southbound around 2:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, where two tractor trailers collided, resulting in the death of a man. The [...]
