PITTSON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Charges have been filed against a woman who police say stole over $93,000 from a woman in her care. Lauren Newberry of Falls, 41, is accused of using and opening several credit cards in the name of a Pittston woman she was entrusted to care for. According to police, Newberry [...]
WALLENPAUPACK, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The superintendent of Wallenpaupack Area School District issued a warning to families about a possible attempted child abduction. The school district alerted parents of a possible attempted child abduction Thursday, in which they warned families of an incident involving a dark blue Toyota pickup truck driven by a 5-foot-10-inch white [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested Thursday for running over another man's head last week, police say. Sean Toole, 36, of Edwardsville, is facing charges following an incident around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, at the corner of North River Street and West Hollenback Avenue in Wilkes-Barre, according to the affidavit. [...]
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police in Hazleton are trying to identify the person they say robbed a gas station early Monday morning. Police were called to a gas station on East Broad Street around 5:15 a.m. January 12 for a report of a robbery. They say the man entered the store, robbed the clerk [...]
CHEMUNG COUNTY, N.Y. (WETM) – A Bradford County man is facing numerous charges after a pursuit that occurred on Wednesday afternoon, beginning in New York and ending in Pennsylvania. Brian T. Wilcox, 53, was arrested on the following charges, as stated in a release from the Chemung County Sheriff's Office: Officials say Wilcox was charged [...]
SHICKSHINNY -- Northwest Area School District is going through a major change in leadership just as board members...
BLOOMSBURG -- Stocking the bathrooms for the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds took $68,000 from the fair's bottom line last year...
ALMEDIA -- Construction crews this month cleared a property the township has considered an eyesore for more than five...
SCOTT TWP. -- A woman told police her boyfriend threw her down and kicked her in the ribs during a fight at 17 Central...
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LEWISBURG -- A day after being told it would lose $2.3 million in federal grant money meant...
