SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Bringing farm-fresh goods to the city, that's the goal of the first ever farmers market in Downtown Scranton. The Electric City Farmers Market is bringing crowds out to support local farmers. 28/22 News Reporter Colby Hughes explained how day one of the market is already creating a sense of community. [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Brookside Levee Rehabilitation and Accreditation Project now officially has approval from FEMA. The announcement came on Tuesday morning from Wilkes-Barre City officials. The project broke ground nearly two years ago, wrapped up on July 23 and cost more than $1,400,000. Some of it was funded through Local Share Account [...]
PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner has identified a man who died as crews responded to a fire at a Plymouth home Tuesday afternoon. Authorities were called to the unit block of Church Street in Plymouth for a reported structure fire at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Luzerne County Coroner Dion Fernandes confirmed with 28/22 [...]
SHAMOKIN DAM — An emergency water restriction has been imposed in Shamokin Dam due to “critically low capacity” caused by recent storms and the borough could run out of usable water Wednesday.
SELINSGROVE — Fluoride will not be added to the public water in Selinsgrove borough beginning Sept. 1.
Pennsylvania leads the nation in building new federally funded electric vehicle charging stations
The State Museum of Pennsylvania closed Sunday for a multi-year renovation project.
DANVILLE — Central Susquehanna Opportunities Inc. has received $250,000 in funding from the Charles and Betty Degenstein Foundation and the Charles B. Degenstein Foundation to support its upcoming “Homeless in the Valley” event, scheduled for Nov. 19, at the Pine Barn Inn in Danville.
WellSpan Health is expanding access to cancer care through a phased investment that will bring medical oncology, infusion and future radiation oncology services closer to home for patients and families across Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Columbia and surrounding counties.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A 17-year-old is in custody, and one man is in the hospital after a shooting early Tuesday morning in Scranton. The shooting was reported to have taken place around 3:00 a.m. on the 1800 block of Roselyn Street in Scranton's Hill Section. Police say the shooter, later identified as 17-year-old [...]
