SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — School may be out for summer, but some students headed back to campus this week to help plan for their futures. It's the first ever career camp at a local school district, giving kids the chance to learn about the options available to them. Dozens of middle schoolers were at [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Scranton bridge that has been closed for more than a year will reopen Friday. A ribbon cutting for the reopening of the Elm Street Bridge will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday by the Scranton mayor's office and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The bridge initially closed for [...]
WYOMING BOROUGH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man riding a motorcycle has died after colliding with a pickup truck in Wyoming Thursday afternoon. The call for the crash between the motorcycle and a pickup truck came in around 2:00 p.m. The rider was transported to an area hospital, where he reportedly died from his injuries, according to [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Spotlight PA hosted a live storytelling event and panel on Pennsylvania’s mental health systems at Albright Memorial Library in Scranton. Special guests who experienced the state’s system will share their perspectives. The event featured a panel of experts to discuss how the state got to where its at and what [...]
BLYTHE TWP., SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say one teen has died while four others were severely injured after a tractor-trailer crash in Schuylkill County. An 18-year-old woman has died after a crash with a tractor-trailer Wednesday evening on Burma Road in Blythe Township. Four other teens were left with serious injuries; their ages [...]
FELL TWP., LACAKWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A car crashed into a home causing damage to the porch Thursday afternoon. According to Steve White, Safety Officer at Grattan Singer Hose Company, a car went into a porch after hitting a tree and a street sign on Dundaff Street in Fell Township. One person was transported to [...]
BUCK TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A 19-year-old is facing DUI charges after police say she was involved in a head-on crash that left a Wilkes-Barre police officer injured. Police stated Samantha Jo Tomascik, 19, of Kingston, had an alcohol level of .092% in her system after she crashed into a motorcycle operated by Justin Langdon, 30, [...]
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Five students have accused an art teacher at Williamsport Area High School of inappropriate contact, police stated. 47-year-old Joshua Michael Larson is being accused of institutional sexual assault after multiple students came forward with allegations against him. According to the affidavit, Larson "engaged in indecent contact with the students by [...]
PARADISE TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man who died after his car went into a pond near the Mount Airy Casino Resort has been identified. 82-year-old John Radzikowski Jr. from Dickson City was pronounced dead on the scene after his vehicle went into a retention pond at 312 Woodland Drive in Mount Pocono Wednesday [...]
HANOVER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Multiple police vehicles had shut down a road in a Hanover Township neighborhood as a search warrant was served Thursday morning. At the scene, police arrested Matthew Kissinger, 37, of Hanover Township, and he was charged with 100 counts of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) possession. Police received a [...]
