SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new partnership in Scranton was announced, aimed at training the next generation of police. The Scranton Police Department and Lackawanna College are teaming up, giving cadets access to high-tech training that including virtual reality and simulation systems. The deal also offers scholarships for officers and their families. Officials say [...]
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former high school football team's booster president was sentenced Thursday for stealing from the booster club. Sterling Kepp, 48, pled guilty in November 2025 after he was accused of stealing from the Nanticoke 12th Man Football Booster Club during his tenure as president in 2023. Kepp was sentenced three [...]
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP., LACKWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton police rescued 31 malnourished cats and discovered 76 dead animals in a condemned home earlier this week. Mark Yaskoweak, 47, of Scranton, was arrested on multiple counts of animal cruelty following the investigation. The Griffin Pond Animal Shelter in South Abington Township is now housing 22 of [...]
TAYLOR, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Visitors are stepping back in time as the Lackawanna Coal Mine reopens its doors for tours near Scranton. The tours give people from near and far a chance to explore Northeastern Pennsylvania's coal mining history. Miners say this work played a crucial role in The Industrial Revolution. ‘If it wasn't [...]
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Packing meals into cars and getting their route to deliver. That's the morning for volunteers working for Meals on Wheels. The organization, located in Stoudsburg, serves all of Monroe County, reaching those who can't get out the store. These drivers travel far and wide to support their neighbors. "Last year [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested after police say he was found selling drugs in the Scranton area. Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher stated a search warrant executed at home on Mineral Avenue in Scranton led to the arrest of 53-year-old Damion Foster on drug distribution charges. The search warrant stemmed [...]
WOODWARD TWP., LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a Walmart semitrailer that left a woman dead. The Lycoming County Coroner said a woman was struck in a hit-and-run crash in the 4700 block of the Southbound Lane on Route 220 in Woodward Township, Lycoming County. The woman was later identified [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania during the weekend. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” Police say checkpoints will be placed on roadways during the Easter [...]
BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been sentenced after he was charged with plotting a murder for hire scheme with an undercover officer. 26-year-old Matthew Simon Bullock, of Meshoppen, was sentenced to a minimum of 96 months, or 8 years, in state prison to a maximum of 240 months, or 20 years, on the [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — We have been cold and cloudy today, but that will change through the next 24 to 48 hours. Expect mainly cloudy skies with a passing shower tonight. Lows will be in the low to middle 40s. For Friday and the first half of the weekend, winds from the south will blow plenty of [...]
