COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former Penn State football player has been sentenced in a DUI-related crash that injured him and killed another. According to a release from Bradford County District Attorney Richard Wilson, 25-year-old Julian Elija Crushshon-Fleming has been sentenced to 9 - 23 months in prison for an ATV crash that [...]
LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket was sold to a person in Lycoming County to win $450,000. The winning ticket sold for the Saturday, July 18 drawing matched all five balls drawn, 3-8-17-27-30, to win $450,000. Puff Express in Loyalsock Township will earn a $500 bonus for [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man killed in a Scranton shooting last week has been identified. Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland has identified the victim in a Scranton shooting as 39-year-old Clinton Thornton-Hill. An investigation was launched into the suspicious death of Thornton-Hill, who died at Geisinger on the night of Friday, July 17. [...]
DICKSON CITY, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police say he was caught inappropriately filming women at Target in Dickson City. On July 16, officers were called to Target for a report of a man taking pictures up women's skirts in the store. 70-year-old Sargent Snyder, from Nicholson, Wyoming County, was [...]
DANVILLE — Dozens of people braved heavy rain Saturday to join a three-hour protest in Danville’s Memorial Park against data centers in Pennsylvania.
(WBRE/WYOU) — It was a mostly sunny and pleasant day today, but we are bound to see changes in our forecast, including muggy air and the chance for showers and storms. Monday will be mostly cloudy and muggy with lows into the low and middle 60s. Rain and storms will begin first thing Tuesday morning [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The City of Scranton is recovering from a serious case of soccer fever. Hundreds and hundreds of fans gathered this weekend to watch FIFA World Cup action, including Sunday's final. 28/22 News Reporter Lynese Swida takes us straight to the fun-filled fan event in the Electric City. Courthouse Square in [...]
McCLURE — Denise Boonie anxiously awaited the unearthing of a time capsule buried in her hometown of McClure in 1976 when she was seven, looking forward to reading the letter her father had left in it six months before his death in a car accident.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's an early Christmas in Wilkes-Barre as hockey fans trade sunscreen for Santa hats. Christmas was on everyone's mind on Sunday at Toyota Sportsplex in Wilkes-Barre. Families filled the rink for Christmas in July. They shopped from local craft vendors, tried their luck at basket raffles, and met Santa and [...]
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Finding the right pet can change a life, and one local event is helping make those connections. Shelter dogs had the chance to meet potential adopters at the Kingston American Legion during the Rescue Pets Serving Vets adoption event. The program connects veterans with companion animals to help clear the [...]
