(WBRE/WYOU) — Gov. Josh Shapiro has proclaimed Sept. 4 as Blood Donation Day across Pennsylvania, prompting the American Red Cross to call for increased donations ahead of Labor Day weekend. The proclamation highlights an effort to stabilize the region's blood inventory. Although the blood supply has recovered from critically low levels experienced during the summer, [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Once again, crowds are flocking to the Steamtown National Historic Site. This time, it's to celebrate this year's Railfest which is bringing people from near and far to engage in the area's history. A chance to celebrate and learn about the history of railroading and an opportunity to support the [...]
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For those traveling this holiday weekend, gas prices could be hurting your wallet. 28/22 News crews stopped at Turkey Hill on Providence Road in Scranton and Sheetz on the O'Neill Highway in Dunmore. Both fill-up stations are priced at $4.29 a gallon. That's also the statewide average, according to AAA. The [...]
Crowds will have love on the brain when the Selinsgrove Area High School’s marching band performs its field show this season with the theme “Love This Band.”
Lawyers for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky are asking to cancel a hearing that was scheduled to hear a claim that an accuser wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. The hearing is scheduled for Sept. 8. The defense suggested in a court filing Thursday that it wants to appeal the judge’s refusal to hear other claims besides the accuser’s recantation. The 82-year-old Sandusky has been serving a decades-long prison sentence since he was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse in 2012.
SUNBURY — A Shikellamy school director wants the district to slow down on conducting another possible feasibility study of district buildings, which would include the cost of building a new high school.
More than 36 million Latinos are now eligible to vote in the United States — the nation's fastest-growing electorate — and political analysts say they will play a major role in the upcoming midterm elections with control of Congress hinging on razor-thin margins.
(WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities stated they have sentenced two dealers after fentanyl trafficking on the darknet resulted in the deaths of three people. James P. Cullen, V., 32, and Michelle Lindsay Ferranti, 33, both of Bartonsville, were sentenced on September 3 for a drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in death. Cullen received a sentence of 25 [...]
HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man who accidentally shot himself while outside of a high school in Luzerne County has been charged, police say. 48-year-old Nathaniel D. Altmiller is charged with possessing a weapon on school property and other related offenses after investigators stated he shot himself while securing a gun in his [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) —12 people have been charged after an investigation into straw purchases and other illegal transfers and possession of firearms in Pennsylvania. Attorney General Dave Sunday, along with other law enforcement partners across Pennsylvania, announced charges against the following 12 people for alleged illegal transfers of guns: Among those charged is Kyree McCray, who investigators [...]
