SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Good news for Scranton taxpayers: The city's 2026 operating budget will not include a tax hike. Mayor Paige Cognetti announced the plan this week, saying strong fiscal management has allowed Scranton to hold tax rates steady for another year. This marks the fourth time since 2021 the city has kept [...]
HARRISBURG — The potential boom of data centers in Pennsylvania risks further spikes to residential customers’ electric bills and would likely trigger blackouts across the commonwealth if new power generation isn’t coupled with data center developments, consumer advocates warn.
DANVILLE — The organization Danville council members want to partner with on feral cats told the borough it must lift its feeding ban.
DANVILLE — What began as a socially distanced holiday make-do has evolved over the last five years into a beloved community Halloween tradition.
The ruling upholds a Pennsylvania Office of Open Records decision that university documents shared with state agency leaders are public, even if they’re housed in an online file-sharing system.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pushback in the Poconos as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) continues with plans to expand Interstate 80 through Stroud Township, Stroudsburg, and East Stroudsburg. Plans for the expansion were announced more than two decades ago. The $935,000,000 project would create three lanes and full shoulders for both eastbound and westbound [...]
JENKINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With Thanksgiving a little more than a month away, families are starting to plan their holiday feasts. Meanwhile, volunteers at CEO Weinberg Regional Food Bank are hard at work, putting together meals for those who could use a little extra help this season. Those volunteers are almost at their [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania is delaying the opening of the 2025-2026 LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) season by one month due to the federal government shutdown, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services says the opening is set to take place on December 3 due not receiving federal [...]
(WBRE/WYOU)— The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services(DHS) has warned SNAP clients about a recent scam going around asking them for their personal information. According to the Pennsylvania DHS, recipients are receiving calls from the numbers below stating that their benefits are on hold until they can verify their eligibility by providing their pin number. The [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are searching for a man who they say disrupted a traffic stop in Hazle Township. A trooper was conducting a traffic stop on Tuesday around 3:45 p.m. on South Church Street in Hazle Township when police say an uninvolved man on a dirt bike began to interfere. Police say [...]
