WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police were searching for a teen reported missing in Wilkes-Barre Tuesday. Police say a 13-year-old from Wilkes-Barre was reported missing Tuesday, August 25. They have since been found safe.
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fetty Wap is set to bring a Halloween Party to northeastern Pennsylvania, with a concert at the Mohegan Arena. Grammy-nominated rapper Fetty Wap will be performing at the Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township on October 30. A venue presale opens Thursday, August 27, at 10:00 a.m. and closes at [...]
DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) in Danville is updating visitation rules to its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after a potential measles exposure from a hospital visitor. Visitation to the GMC NICU will be limited to only the patient’s parents or legal guardians if they do not have signs or symptoms [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — A couple of showers are possible this evening. The best chance will be along and north of Interstate-80. The rest of the night will be chilly with low temperatures in the lower and middle 50s. Patchy fog will develop towards morning. Wednesday will be nice! Afternoon temperatures will approach 80° under a mix [...]
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lindsey Stirling announced the return of her Snow Waltz Holiday Tour, which includes her first-ever stop at the Mohegan Arena The award-winning violinist will be performing at the Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township on Wednesday, December 2, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. The Snow Waltz Holiday Tour 2026 is her [...]
(WBRE/WYOU)— Northeastern Pennsylvania is mourning a man who spent much of his life serving others. 43-year-old Paul Welby, a nearly 20-year United States National Guardsman, passed away Friday after a more than one-year-long battle with esophageal cancer. "He was one hell of an NCO (noncommissioned officer), an amazing leader, really, really cared about the soldiers, [...]
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) said on Monday they have taken over a death investigation in Butler Township. In a release, PSP Trooper Anthony Petroski says on Monday, the Butler Township Police Department were called to an incident to East Foothills Drive in Butler Township. At the request of the [...]
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A recent Luzerne County Community College graduate and his wife announced a new scholarship for future paramedic students in Nanticoke. Stuart Olsen, who completed the college's paramedic program in 2024, established the award alongside his wife, Christina Olsen, to support students entering the emergency medical field. The scholarship provides $750 [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Scranton Shakespeare Festival and Marywood University have formed a partnership to bring professional theatre onto the university's campus in Scranton, Lackawanna County. The collaboration allows the festival to use Marywood University facilities for both rehearsals and performances. The agreement solves a long-standing spatial challenge for the festival by giving [...]
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A warrant was issued for a man police said was taking pictures up the skirt of a 12-year-old girl in a gas station. Charles Rogers, 47, was charged with invasion of privacy after police said he followed a girl around Wednesday morning in a Wilkes-Barre Township Sheetz and taking [...]
