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NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County Community College and Keystone College announced a new dual-admission agreement Wednesday in Nanticoke, creating a streamlined pathway for students to pursue a four-year degree. Under the agreement, students can start their higher education at Luzerne County Community College and transfer their earned credits directly to Keystone College. College [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For the people feeding the crowds through the 50 years of La Festa Italiana, the work starts long before opening night. Vendors were in the final push Wednesday ahead of the Labor Day weekend tradition. At Electric City Pizza, prep started back in early August. They're stocking dough, cheese and [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — People living near a restaurant/night club in Scranton say they have had enough, and now the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office agrees. Many people in West Scranton would eat lunch and dinner at Isla Paraiso, but now, they're finding locked doors instead. Tanya Howells has lived in the neighborhood for [...]

LAFLIN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The community was praying Wednesday for a new beginning for the Wyoming Area Catholic School community. Students and staff were evacuated from the school Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in the building. Everyone made it out safely. Eileen Rishcoff is the principal of Wyoming Area Catholic. She says [...]

SCRANTON, LACKWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Shapiro Administration has awarded $123.4 million to the Scranton School District as part of a three year progress plan to fund schools around Pennsylvania, according to a press release by the administration. Teachers, students and local leaders met with Governor Josh Shapiro at Neil Armstrong Elementary School on Wednesday, [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — The family of deceased Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira is suing the man accused of killing Pahira, the trucking company who hired him, and the logistics company who hired the trucking company. The lawsuit, filed by Morgan and Morgan lawyer Clancy Boylan, lists three defendants: Michael Bon, the man facing homicide charges in [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Wednesday there are 540 confirmed measles cases across the state. Of those 540 confirmed cases, 18.9% are hospitalized. In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, there are confirmed 41 cases: The latest released data shows 43 additional cases since Monday's report. The data comes after the state announced two measles-associated [...]

WASHINGTON TWP., WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested Monday in Wyoming County for allegedly stealing several trees from his neighbors' property. Anthony Knight, 37, of Washington Township, faces several charges, including theft and property damage after he was accused of cutting down 11 live trees and 13 dead trees from someone else's property. [...]

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The blue Corvette involved in a viral "donut" incident in Stroudsburg was found stolen and abandoned. On August 31, the blue Corvette allegedly doing "donuts" in Stroudsburg, with fictitious New York registration "MAFIA," was located abandoned on Interstate 80 in New Jersey after a chase in which troopers were eluded, [...]

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An arrest warrant was issued for a man police say lit a fire on his family's porch after he was kicked out of the house in Williamsport. Saleen Cole, 35, of Philadelphia, was charged with arson and risking catastrophe after he was accused of lighting an early morning Aug. 19 [...]