May 23, 2025 at 18:08 EDTPA homepage
(WBRE/WYOU)— Memorial Day weekend is here, and its looking to be one of the busiest travel weekends on record.
28/22's Kathryn O'Leary has more with how people here in NEPA are getting to their holiday destinations.
While more people are hitting the road and taking to the skies this year, one thing that's making it a little easier for travelers? Lower gas prices.
According to AAA, more than 45 million Americans are expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend with a record 39 million hitting the road.
Celebrating 50 years of LCCC nursing amid shortage
May 23, 2025 at 17:39 EDTPA homepage
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County Community College is marking 50 years of its high-ranking nursing program.
This comes as Pennsylvania faces a statewide shortage of the crucial caretakers.
State data shows an expected shortage of 20,000 nurses by 2026. More than 100 nurses from Luzerne County Community College's nursing program will soon enter the workforce and fill some of those roles.
May 23, 2025 at 16:17 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The city of Wilkes-Barre is not "Out of Touch" with their music taste.
The city is bringing Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates to Public Square this summer for the third annual free summer concert series.
Oates is half of the legendary duo "Hall and Oates" which churned out hit after hit in the 1970s and 80s including such smashes as "An American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work in the pop-rock duo Hall & Oates with Daryl Hall."
May 23, 2025 at 16:14 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A beloved hardware store will soon close its doors in Wilkes-Barre.
After 70 years, Walter's Hardware on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre will close.
The closure comes after the death of 72-year-old owner Walter Letanski who unexpectedly passed away last December.
Expect a cool, soggy Memorial Day weekend
He along with his wife Karen, owned and operated Walter's Hardware.
She has now decided it is time to retire.
May 23, 2025 at 14:37 EDTPA homepage
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been found guilty of molesting a 10-year-old girl in 2021.
A Bradford County jury convicted Dennis Vanderpool, 38, of Rome, PA, of all charges related to the sexual molestation of a 10-year-old girl in Athens Township in 2021.
Man shot in the stomach 3 times outside VFW
According to the Bradford County District Attorney, Vanderpool was entrusted to babysit the 10-year-old while the family went to attend to a family member in hospice care when the molestation happened.
May 23, 2025 at 13:19 EDTDaily Item
SUNBURY — Sunbury police are utilizing a new tip line that has led to several arrests, according to Chief Travis Bremigen.
May 23, 2025 at 12:35 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Middle District of Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force is looking for the public's help in locating a Scranton homicide suspect, offering up an up to $2,500 reward.
USMS is looking for 20-year-old Malachi Allah Darden, aka Mdott, who was allegedly part of a shooting that killed one person in Scranton in May 2024.
On May 14, 2024, Scranton police responded to the 1800 block of Jackson Street for a car crash, and it was later determined that the driver of the car had been shot.
May 23, 2025 at 11:33 EDTPA homepage
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crews responded to a reported fire at a shopping center in Luzerne County on Friday.
Firefighters were called to a shopping center on South Mountain Boulevard around 10:15 a.m.
Fire destroys popular Mountain Top restaurant
No injuries have been reported at this time.
A family-owned restaurant had also suffered a fire previously, the same week, a little further down the road.
This is a developing story; 28/22 News will have more information as it becomes available.
May 23, 2025 at 11:13 EDTPA homepage
WEST HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man was shot three times in the abdomen outside the VFW in West Hazleton.
According to police, they responded to a call on Winters Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Friday morning for a man with a gunshot wound.
Expect a cool, soggy Memorial Day weekend
Police say there was a multi-person fight happening inside the VFW bar that spilled into the street that ended in a man being shot three times.
According to police, they do not have anyone in custody.
May 23, 2025 at 10:04 EDTPA homepage
(WBRE/WYOU) — Sunday brings grey skies and no rain with plenty of sunshine and pleasant temps for Memorial Day.
It will be unseasonably cool and breezy conditions will be with us as we start the holiday weekend. A chance of a scattered shower is possible through Sunday.
We do dry out for Memorial Day though.
The unsettled weather will return for the midweek period, along with near seasonal temperatures.
A slow-moving area of low pressure to our north will continue to give us a chance at a stray shower later Sunday
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