(WBRE/WYOU) — Thursday will be very hot and humid with near-record high temperatures. There is a small chance for a stray shower or storm, but most of us stay dry. Highs in the upper 90s (record at AVP is 98 from 1966). A spot or two may climb to 100! The last time AVP hit [...]
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Texas Roadhouse held a badge-versus-badge rib-eating competition to support local first responders. Seven competitors sat down at one long table, representing police, fire, and EMS agencies from around the area. The event also had raffle baskets, a dunk tank, and a chance for people to meet the departments that [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Fourth of July meal can add up fast. So in Scranton, one local company helped 250 families get ready for the holiday with a story behind it. Car after car pulled into the Jewish Community Center parking lot on Jefferson Avenue. Volunteers loaded trunks with watermelon, corn, potatoes, onions, [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The United States men's national team is moving on in the World Cup. Team USA beat Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday night, two to nothing, to advance to the round of 16. At Bartari in Scranton, the game was up on the big screens as fans watched the knockout match together. Staff [...]
RICE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A beloved local restaurant has welcomed customers back through its doors after a devastating fire forced it to start over. Adelina's Restaurant and Pizzeria has officially reopened in Rice Township after a fire destroyed the original building more than a year ago. Customers filled the brand-new restaurant by reservation, [...]
HARRISBURG — One day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws banning transgender girls from playing in girls’ scholastic and collegiate athletics, Democrats in the Pennsylvania House bounced three bills between committees proposing such a ban.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House worked through a session day on Wednesday at the State Capitol, while the state Senate is recessed through the coming Independence Day holiday.
ALLENWOOD — The Gregg Township Board of Supervisors will hold a rescheduled public hearing involving a proposed data center on July 20.
LEWISBURG — A 6-mile portion of the Buffalo Valley Rail Trail reopens Thursday following a two-month $1.1 million resurfacing project.
FRACKVILLE — Interstate 81 South near Frackville is closed as state police investigate the death of a trooper who was struck by a vehicle.
