SUNBURY — America250PA will kick off America's semiquincentennial year with a two-week tour of all 67 counties — celebrating at courthouses and historic sites across Pennsylvania.
SUNBURY — Northumberland County will hold its swearing in ceremony at 10 a.m. inside the courthouse on Jan. 5.
MOSCOW, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Orthodox Christians are preparing to celebrate Christmas in a few days. Dozens got started on that on Saturday night in Lackawanna County. They took part in a celebration of reflection and healing. The North Pocono Cultural Society hosted the event, featuring activities like storytime and crafts. Local businesses opened their [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — County officials say a family and their pets are without a home Saturday night after an evening fire in Scranton. Lackawanna County officials say crews were called to the 400 block of Luzerne Street in Scranton just before 7:30 p.m. for a reported residential structure fire. The Scranton Fire Department [...]
WEATHERLY BOROUGH, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Weatherly Borough officials say a water boil advisory is in effect for a Carbon County community Saturday night. The Weatherly Borough and Weatherly Emergency Management announced Saturday night at about 7:30 p.m. that there was a water boil advisory on the west side of Weatherly Borough. Officials urged residents [...]
DICKSON CITY, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Sports and Trading Card Game (TCG) fans alike are starting off the New Year enjoying their favorite pastime. The Viewmont Mall in Dickson City hosted the Lackawanna Sports Card and TCG show. It brought out collectors, traders, and just fans of the event. It gave the crowd a chance [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A piece of 20th-century presidential history in Wilkes-Barre now has a new home. Saint Nicholas-Saint Mary's church has donated a 1912 Theodore Roosevelt clock to the Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society. Roosevelt gifted the gothic-style mahogany case clock to a priest at Saint Mary's who supported Roosevelt's local efforts to end the [...]
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A shopping spot that spent Christmas in the dark is now brightened up, and they're celebrating New Year's on Saturday. The "power up" celebration at the Wyoming Valley Mall was their own New Year's party filled with fun events. A great crowd came to see the "balloon drop," their [...]
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) say an Allentown man was charged in connection with a fatal New Year's Day crash on Thursday. Officials say the crash occurred near mile marker 76.2 on Interstate-476 early Thursday morning, January 1, just before 3:30 a.m. The Carbon County Coroner's office previously explained 32-year-old Luis [...]
MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say a homeowner is left without a home after an early morning fire in Moosic, Saturday. Lackawanna County Officials confirmed crews were called around 6:30 a.m. Saturday to the unit block of Joyce Street off the Honor Mobile Park in Moosic for a reported structure fire. The Greenwood Hose [...]
