SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Christmas is going to be a little bit brighter this year thanks to an annual effort in Scranton. Saint Francis of Assisi Kitchen held its shoe box project on Saturday. Student volunteers from several local schools formed an assembly line. They filled shoeboxes one by one with items that many [...]
SUGARLOAF TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County giving back to the community for Christmas. SJM Auto Sales and Repair held its annual Toys for Tots day Saturday afternoon along Route 93 in Sugarloaf Township. The business brought out Santa and his reindeer to the site that features a 60-foot tree that went up [...]
DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Runners are raising funds this holiday season for a family-oriented non-profit. Dozens of runners took off Saturday morning in Dunmore for the second annual Greater Scranton YMCA Jingle Bell Jog 5K and one-mile fun walk. They braved the cold for the cause. Most runners who participated are from northeastern Pennsylvania, [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Millions of people with billion-dollar dreams are expected to get tickets for Saturday night's Powerball game. Lottery machines are humming, printing out those tickets at places like Anthracite Newsstand in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Saturday night's jackpot is an estimated $1,000,000,000 with a cash value of nearly $457,000,000. The jackpot is the [...]
DRUMS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Hazleton area is one of many communities nationwide pausing to honor and remember our fallen heroes on Saturday. Saint Jude Knights of the Columbus Council of Mountain Top invited the community to Calvary Cemetery on Route 309 in Drums to lay wreaths at veteran gravesites. It's all part of [...]
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) say a man is dead after a shooting involving authorities Saturday in South Williamsport. Troopers from Troop F, Montoursville, say they were helping the South Williamsport Police Department for a terroristic threat incident Saturday on the 700 block of Fairmont Avenue. Officials added that the [...]
SUNBURY — Avoiding scams, fraud and theft becomes even more difficult in the hectic holiday season.
KULPMONT — More than a dozen people were displaced after an early morning four-alarm fire destroyed several row houses and left a few firefighters with minor injuries on Scott Street in Kulpmont on Saturday morning.
MIFFLINBURG — The Taxacher family says the strudel they serve at the 36th annual Mifflinburg Christkindl Market stands apart from what visitors might find at other German-style markets.
MIDDLEBURG — Amanda has been raising four children on her own since her partner died in a car accident last Father’s Day.
