BARRETT TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new summer music festival is coming to the Poconos, bringing country and bluegrass to Monroe County for a full weekend of live entertainment. The Barrett Economic Development Corporation (BEDCo) is partnering with Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau to put Barrett Township back on the map for a two-day-long music [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The sinkhole located on Spring Street and Mundy Street in Wilkes-Barre has been repaired, allowing the roadway to reopen. City officials stated the cause of the sinkhole was a void underneath the blacktop. The contractor backfilled the void early Wednesday morning, and as of 1100 a.m., Mundy and Spring Streets [...]
SUNBURY — Scammers are sending out text messages claiming the recipients are due in Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding traffic offenses.
DANVILLE — Motorists are urged to plan an alternate route if they need to drive Route 11 into Danville on Sunday, June 14.
(WBRE/WYOU) — State police are preparing for "Operation Nighthawk," a unique DUI checkpoint enforcement being done over two days. The Pennsylvania State Police, Troop R, Dunmore, says they will host approximately 75 state and municipal police officers for Operation Nighthawk. Police stated this is a unique DUI enforcement initiative from Friday, May 8, to Saturday, [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — He's finished chasing world champions inside the octagon. A UFC legend came to NEPA chasing something completely different. Charles "Do Bronxs" Oliveira is a name many UFC fans know and love. The former lightweight champion was recently crowned UFC's "BMF" champion. Now, the submission specialist is chasing a new dream: Exiting the octagon [...]
BUCK TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A head-on collision in Luzerne County involving a motorcycle and a car left a Wilkes-Barre police officer seriously injured. 28/22 News confirmed with Chief Boyle of the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department that 30-year-old Justin Langdon was the motorcyclist injured in the head-on collision. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on [...]
Tyler McBride walked about his middle school classroom in rural Arkansas years ago during a period of silent reading as students sat in quiet, fixated on the texts before them.
SUNBURY — Northumberland County Commissioners informed all departments this week that the county will be on a budget freeze, meaning no additional funding will be allocated in the 2027 budget.
SELINSGROVE — Three members of a religious organization set up a table inside Selinsgrove Middle School on Tuesday morning and offered free New Testament Bibles to anyone interested.
