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Drafts seek documents from the State Police describing construction, landscaping, and other security-related work at Shapiro’s family home.

SELINSGROVE — Retired Union-Snyder County Judge Wayne Bromfield reached out to state investigators over concerns members of the Apfelbaum family were collecting “excessive” fees, bestowing grants outside the region and receiving improper benefit as individual trustees of the 1994 Charles B. Degenstein Foundation.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Final preparations are underway for a massive, local food basket giveaway for Thanksgiving.      Family to Family is desperately seeking monetary donations to make this possible.      28/22 News reporter Connor Coar explains the uphill battle organizers face to meet the demand. Family to Family's annual drive-through food basket giveaway is five days away. Their [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A local podcasting group gets busy with friends and family to prepare and cook Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds of people. 28/22 News reporter Heidi Martens rolled up her sleeves and stopped by the kitchen to check out the effort. For their fourth annual Thanksgiving food drive, the Go-Getters are back in the [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It's Christmas time once again inside the Luzerne County Courthouse. This year's tree is a 21-foot concolor fir that has grown at Helen and Ed's Tree Farm in Wapwallopen for the past 26 years. Per tradition, the tree was placed in the courthouse rotunda, where county employees will now begin decorating it [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— In Wilkes-Barre, the annual giant Christmas tree was set up between the Osterhout Free Library and the Westmoreland Club. The tree has shone bright for decades across the street from our 28/22 News studio. Crews will now begin placing thousands of lights on the pine and top it off with a giant [...]

OVERFIELD TOWNSHIP, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— We now know the name of the man who died after a fire this week in Wyoming County. The coroner says 73-year-old Albert Fagerlin died in Tuesday's fire in Overfield Township. He became trapped inside the home on Mislevy Road. His cause of death is pending due to the investigation. [...]

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A game of chance has decided who will fill a Williamsport City Council seat next year. Republican incumbent Eric Beiter and Democratic challenger April Line ended up with the exact same number of votes in this month's general election. Both candidates drew numbers today, and Better won to retain his political [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The mayor's office says the completion of the Horton Street Project, an effort to fix two sinkholes, is now rescheduled. Previously scheduled to reopen Friday, November 21, officials say the new expected opening date is Wednesday, November 26. Officials say the rescheduling is due to issues with the contractor's equipment. [...]

SCUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A corrections officer has been arrested for forging fraudulent COVID-19 medical excuses and laboratory results, police say. Alexander Meyers, 33, of Kingston, allegedly took advantage of the COVID-19 Enforcement Officer Disability Benefit and stole $20,613.60 in paid leave via forged documents from the State Correctional Institute (SCI) in Frackville. Between January [...]