August 20, 2025 at 18:14 EDTPA homepage
WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — This summer marked 28/22's Third Annual Hunger Free Summer Campaign. We collected donations to feed families in need, and thanks to our viewers' generosity and Gerrity's The Fresh Grocer, we did just that.
When school is out for the summer, many kids lose access to meals they relied on, and their families are left struggling to provide.
28/22's Hunger Free Summer Campaign works to fight that.
August 20, 2025 at 18:09 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — On Wednesday, Senator Dave McCormick made a stop in NEPA to tour two Army production plants. The purpose of Senator McCormick's visit? To get a firsthand look at how Pennsylvania is helping in our nation's defense.
Senator Dave McCormick, taking a guided tour of the Tobyhanna Army Depot on Wednesday.
The visit focuses on drones and new radar technology.
August 20, 2025 at 17:55 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It was move-in day at Marywood University, as the Class of 2029 officially arrived!
First-year students and their families filled campus, unloading cars and checking in at designated tables.
To keep things running smoothly, the university assigned specific arrival times.
Scranton to demolish dangerous properties
Students headed to Loughran Hall followed time slots based on floor and room number.
Returning students will make their way back to campus this saturday to start their own new semester adventures.
August 20, 2025 at 16:19 EDTPA homepage
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are looking for the man they say robbed a gas station in Pittston Township Wednesday afternoon.
Pittston Township Police Department
Pittston Township Police Department
According to the Pittston Township Police Department, a man walked into a convenience store on Laurel Street and handed over a note demanding money just after 2:00 p.m.
Suspect in custody after allegedly firing at troopers
August 20, 2025 at 15:07 EDTPA homepage
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's been six months since the office of State Representative Alec Ryncavage in Nanticoke was firebombed.
The crime was captured on a security camera. It shows what appears to be a man lighting two objects and throwing them at the front of the office.
Six months later, and there's no word of an arrest.
The I-Team's Andy Mehalshick went looking for answers.
It's a crime that was caught on camera: The firebombing of State Representative Alec Ryncavage's office in Luzerne County.
August 20, 2025 at 14:19 EDTPA homepage
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Several townships have filed a lawsuit in Lackawanna County in an attempt to change ambulance dispatch procedures in the North Pocono area.
Covington, Jefferson, Madison, Roaring Brook and Springbrook townships have resolutions in place that designate the Covington Independent Volunteer Fire Company as the primary Advanced Life Support provider for their townships, according to a news release sent out by Lackawanna County Communications Director Patrick McKenna.
August 20, 2025 at 11:52 EDTPA homepage
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Growing up, kids have aspirations to maybe be an astronaut, a fireman, or a singer.
Well, 28/22's Sydney Kostus sat down with one child in the Poconos who had already crossed off author on his list, making his dream a reality.
Reading is something Jared Payne loves to do, but this book is one of his favorites.
‘Jamal Vs His Good Side’ was published back in March. The author? The 11-year-old himself.
August 20, 2025 at 10:54 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The City of Scranton announced plans to demolish multiple blighted properties throughout the late summer and fall.
Mayor Paige Cognetti's office released a list of planned demolitions on Tuesday.
"With these demolitions, we are nearing 100 properties taken down during our administration to help increase property values through the city and eliminate dangerous structures," Mayor Cognetti said.
The properties include:
231-233 Harrison Avenue
306 Beddoe Court
812 Rear Hampton Street
August 20, 2025 at 10:42 EDTPA homepage
FAIRFIELD TWP., LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We now know the identity of a Texas man that was killed in a crash in Lycoming county on Tuesday.
The Lycoming County Coroner says 71-year-old William Scott was driving a rental car when he lost control, going airborne for about 100 yards and crashing into an embankment, dying from blunt force trauma.
Lycoming County Coroner Charles Kiessling stated that on August 19, they were called to a crash over the I-80 overpass onto Brushy Ridge Road in Fairfield Township.
August 20, 2025 at 10:10 EDTPA homepage
(WBRE/WYOU) — Attorney General Dave Sunday joined a coalition calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to take action on the ban of a drug linked to deaths in Pennsylvania and across the country.
In a letter to DEA Administrator Terry Cole, 21 Attorneys General issued a warning on bromazolam, a dangerous and unregulated designer drug often referred to as "designer Xanax."
According to the release, the synthetic drug is "highly potent and unpredictable, especially when mixed with opioids."
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