SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some folks are taking time this holiday weekend to prepare for a mighty big arrival coming to Scranton. Volunteers armed with trash grabbers spent a few hours today cleaning up the tracks at Steamtown National Historic Site. The effort is being done before "Big Boy 4014" arrives next month. It [...]
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Watch out for road restrictions Monday because of holiday activities. One of those activities is the Memorial Day Parade in Kingston and Forty Fort. All roads and intersections on Wyoming Avenue between Kingston Corners and the Forty Fort Borough building will be closed. The parade restrictions will start around 10:30 [...]
A Bucknell psychology student from Charlotte, N.C., fly fishing and Milton led to a restoration plan for a waterway that could soon anchor a revitalized community space.
JESSUP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A rainy Saturday did not stop a huge celebration in Lackawanna County. Hundreds still showed up for Saint Ubaldo Day and the annual Race of the Saints. The Race of the Saints is part of an annual festival in Jessup where Italian Americans celebrate their traditions and heritage on Saint [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Wet weather will linger at times throughout the rest of the holiday weekend. Showers continue Sunday night with an otherwise mostly cloudy sky. Lows drop into the mid 50s. Memorial Day will be warmer and less wet. However, scattered showers are possible with fog to start off the day. Showers will try to [...]
ASHLEY, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One man is in jail facing multiple charges after a several-hour long standoff that started late Friday night and went into early Saturday morning. Cordell Banks of Ashley, 39, is accused by police of threatening his girlfriend with a knife, showing a gun, and injuring her by hitting her in [...]
Months before the parades and gravesite ceremonies on Memorial Day, an army of volunteers, veterans, municipal workers and community organizers has already logged hours to ensure the day’s events unfold with precision and respect.
LEWISBURG — A Milton man who left a note on a golf cart near a Dumpster asking about ownership returned hours later, took the cart and towed it from Lewisburg to his Milton home, according to the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department.
MIFFLINBURG — A Massachusetts man accused of using a Limestone Township, Union County, resident’s credit card to make nearly $18,000 in purchases is also linked to similar phishing scams in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, according to state police in Milton.
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