PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are looking for information on the whereabouts of two bodies that were reportedly taken from a crumbling mausoleum during a burglary in Plains Township earlier this month. According to police, some time between November 1 and November 6, the remains of two people were removed from their crypts [...]
STROUD TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The victim of a deadly crash over the weekend in Monroe County has been identified. The Monroe County Coroner, Thomas A. Yanac, stated 27-year-old Michael Burns died after a car crash on Mill Creek Road in Stroud Township on November 8. The coroner reports Burns was pronounced dead at [...]
EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they are charging a woman after she was found "ducking" inside a car with crack cocaine in her pocket during a shooting investigation. On November 9, around 8:30 p.m., officers were called to the Hilltop Apartment Complex in Edwardsville for a reported gunshot victim. While they were investigating, [...]
EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A teen who was injured during a shootout at Hilltop Apartments is facing gun charges, police say. Officers were called to Hilltop Apartments in Edwardsville, where they found the victim, 18-year-old Tamire Green, who is now being charged as one of the shooters involved. "Honestly, just another normal day up [...]
PAUPACK TWP., WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a man has died after an ATV he was operating crashed into a tree over the weekend. According to PSP, on November 9, an ATV, driven by 49-year-old John Kuchak from Moosic, was traveling along the 1400 block of Lakeland Drive in Paupack Township. For unknown [...]
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say they are investigating an incident where a truck driver, chased by a man on foot, drove through fields. According to PSP, on November 9, troopers received a report of a man being assaulted in the parking lot of Kwik Fill on Crossley Road in Montrose. Police say a [...]
CATASAUQUA, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Law enforcement is investigating a shooting ruled a homicide after a 19-year-old was killed inside a home. On November 5, around 5:50 p.m., investigators responded to a shooting at a home in the 200 block of Edward Lane in Catasauqua. On the scene, a 19-year-old man was pronounced dead due [...]
Registration for Danville Riverside Food Bank's monthly food distributions was about 20 percent higher Saturday than last November, food bank president Joe Neizer said. More than 100 volunteers bagged and handed out food to 630 recipients which Neizer said is "well beyond the typical."
BLOOMSBURG -- Town council had no idea nearly $80,000 had built up in an escrow account that should have been spent...
LIGHTSTREET -- A year after slashing its services to save money, the Columbia-Montour Aging Office says it can no...
