NEW COLUMBIA — Students cut a ceremonial ribbon Thursday to open the White Deer Elementary School’s renovated playground, featuring new swings, a pickleball court and a stone walking path around the soccer field.
BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they are investigating a Wednesday night motorcycle crash in Butler Township that left one man dead. Jeremy J. Debias Jr. of Drums, 28, was pronounce dead around 10:20 p.m. Wednesday on St. Johns Road, according to a release from Butler Township Police. Family members found Debias' motorcycle [...]
HANOVER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The man accused of Tuesday's shooting in Hanover Township turned himself in Thursday, according to the Hanover Township Police Chief. Jason Dates, 33, turned himself in to police after being wanted for two days, during which he was allegedly driven to Philadelphia by 22-year-old Tierra Shanell Gilliam. Gilliam is [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police in Wilkes-Barre were asking for the community's help to locate a missing man, who has since been located. Police say the man, who is 80 years old and suffers from dementia, was seen Thursday around noon in the area of 61 Maxwell Street in the city. Police say the [...]
Pa. (WETM) – Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania has officially appointed a new president to serve as the leader of the university's three campuses. On Thursday, April 16, Commonwealth University announced that Dr. Jeffrey L. Osgood Jr., current interim president, was unanimously selected by the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — People will line up outside the Gallery of Sound in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties to be a part of a special day. National Record Store Day is April 18th, and local stores are getting in on the action. "People just wanna be a part of it. I mean, it's exciting. [...]
THROOP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A three-car crash on Casey Highway Route 6 has sent two drivers to the hospital. Around 6:30 a.m., crews were called to a crash on Route 6 Casey Highway in Throop. Captain Vincent Cesari from the Throop Fire Department tells 28/22 News that there was a three-vehicle crash in which [...]
MONROE TWP., SNYDER COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are charging a man who they say fired shots into a home while children were inside a car. On April 1, troopers were called to the 400 block of Stetler Avenue in Monroe Township for shots fired. Once on the scene, police said the residents claimed 33-year-old [...]
SUGARLOAF TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been arrested after police say he led them on a chase on Interstate 80 Thursday morning before crashing into four vehicles in a construction zone. Around 9:00 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police assigned to the Operation Safe HighwaysInitiative through Effective Law Enforcement and Detection (SHIELD), say they [...]
DANVILLE — Geisinger staff members who care for mothers and babies in the hospital recently participated in a comprehensive training program to help them become more empathetic and inclusive providers.
