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Administrator's resignation leads to lock changes in Wilkes-Barre Township

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect Revitt's position as the former business administrator for Wilkes-Barre Township.

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Locks were changed on a local municipal township building after the business administrator resigned, and now officials with Wilkes-Barre Township say there's an internal investigation.

The former business administrator for Wilkes-Barre Township is out after handing in his resignation.

The reason is still in question, but an investigation is underway that may lead to answers.

1 sent to hospital after crash on Interstate 81

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities told 28/22 News a crash on Interstate 81 in Moosic sent a man to the hospital and brought traffic to a crawl Monday night.

Lackawanna County officials say crews were called shortly after 8:30 p.m. for a reported crash with entrapment on Interstate 81 South mile marker 179 in Moosic.

Authorities say one person was pulled from the passenger vehicle and transported to a nearby hospital. It's unknown if the person was injured and, if so, the extent of said injuries.

Man dead after Lycoming County crash

Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in Idaho college murders case

(NewsNation) — NewsNation has learned a plea deal has been offered to Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, and he has accepted.

Sources confirm the prosecution has proposed dropping the death penalty in exchange for Kohberger pleading guilty to committing the murders and to a burglary charge.

NewsNation has learned Kohberger must also agree to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole and must waive his right to appeal.

A court hearing for a change of plea will be Wednesday.

Man dead after Lycoming County crash

LYCOMING TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is dead after a crash in Lycoming County. It happened on Sunday just before 3:00 p.m. at the intersection of Kenyon Avenue and Lycoming Creek Road in Lycoming Township.

The coroner says a Nissan Altima pulled into the path of a motorcycle being driven by 75-year-old Benjamin Isbell.

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Isbell and his wife were both ejected from the bike. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

NEPA residents ordered to testify at Kohberger trial

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's been more than a year and a half since the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the nation, and on Monday, a new development in the case in northeast Pennsylvania.

28/22 News was inside the Monroe County Courthouse on Monday as several witnesses connected to Bryan Kohberger were called before a judge.

Child author writes book helping kids cope with life, loss

WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Writing projects for most elementary school students are usually limited to a couple of sentences, or maybe a paragraph or two, but a local girl did much more than that: She wrote a book for kids to help them understand life and loss.

Meet Mya Ann Wasko, a published author at the age of nine.

"Every human is connected to one another, either way, if they don't like each other, if they like each other, they're still connected," Mya said.

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