PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The sounds of polka music and the smell of kielbasa filled Main Street as the Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival brought the community together for its 22nd year. For many attendees, the festival is about much more than sampling smoked or fresh sausage. It’s an opportunity to reconnect with family, revisit [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Residents traveled through Scranton in vintage train cars Saturday during the Jazz Festival Flyer event. The scenic ride featured live acoustic jazz music as it traveled through the Electric City. The trips departed from the Steamtown National Historic Site and traveled to Nay Aug Park. Organized by the Iron Horse [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Powerball jackpot has reached $856,000,000 for the drawing Saturday night. The prize includes a cash option payout estimated at nearly $371,000,000. Powerball fever is spreading across Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania as residents pursue the top prize. While the odds of winning are 1 in 292,000,000, regional vendors report robust [...]
DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Anime fans and cosplayers gathered at the Holiday Inn in Dunmore Saturday for the Scranton Anime-Fest. The event brought together vendors and enthusiasts to celebrate anime culture in Lackawanna County. The festival featured a variety of activities, including cosplay competitions and appearances by special guests. Organizers designed the event as [...]
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Geisinger Danville campus has received a grant that will help the hospital expand its community-based initiative focused on preventing child sexual abuse in communities. Geisinger Danville shared on Friday that they received the Children's Trust Fund Grant, which will provide funding to train schools, community organizations, and families in preventing [...]
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Residents of a high-rise in Kingston can finally use hot water again, after spending days without hot water caused by several central water heaters breaking in the building. The building, Daniel J. Flood Tower located off of Wyoming Avenue in Kingston, experienced the hot water drought for a total of seven days [...]
PARADISE TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A second person has been identified in a fatal car crash that killed a man and a woman near Mount Airy Resort. Jeanette Radzikowski, 89, of Dickson City, was pronounced dead Friday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg, according to the Lehigh County Coroner. According to the coroner, the [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — After a few scattered showers and storms Saturday, we will end the weekend on a very warm but quiet note. While Sunday will stay quite warm, we will get a little break from the humidity. Temperatures next week will be at or a little above average, with the return of the humidity. Unsettled [...]
MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The king of competitive eating brought his appetite to PNC Field Friday night. Competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut stopped by Friday's Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders game, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before taking on the Railriders pierogi challenge. Chestnut set a new field record in the eating contest at PNC Field, [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It's another year of bass, brass and baritones. The 21st annual Scranton Jazz Festival started tonight in downtown Scranton. They may call it the electric city, but for three days, it's transformed into the city of jazz. "Very happy with the success of the festival over the years, it just gets [...]
