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WHITE MILLS, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people were taken to the hospital after they crashed into a pole barn and a parked car.

Honesdale State Police tell 28/22 News a vehicle lost control and traveled off the road around 11:30 a.m., Friday, in White Mills.

Gordon Potratz

Police say the vehicle struck a fire hydrant, went through a pole barn, and then hit a parked car, ending up on its side.

Man accused of murder, burning woman’s body has court appearance

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Celebrating more than a century in business is a huge milestone for any local shop, but one in Luzerne County is also welcoming a new expansion to its legacy. 

28/22 News has more from Wilkes-Barre with how they're ringing in history... Kielbasi rings, that is.

Turning on the lights and opening up shop is something 89-year-old Ed Balicki has done as the owner of Leonard’s Kielbasi Shop in Wilkes-Barre for more than 50 years.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Visitors are invited to Oxygen Day in the Garden at the Priestley House on Sunday.

NORTHUMBERLAND — The board of directors at Suncom Industries Inc. announced the hiring of Nicole Fertig as chief executive officer following Peggy Vitale’s retirement after 36 years.

SELINSGROVE — An orientation night is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 13, for Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School students.

WASHINGTONVILLE — Though a bridge replacement and roadway resurfacing project continues on Route 54, Hillside Road near Washingtonville, Montour County, is open as of Thursday.

SUNBURY — A live wildlife show, intro to paddling lessons, kid-friendly activities, food trucks and live music are just some of what visitors will find at the Fourth Annual Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Outdoor Expo.

Pennsylvania promised a better mental health system in 2011. But the failure to follow through has created dire consequences

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Nanticoke man has been charged in a scheme that the Department of Justice said defrauded over $850,000 of emergency pandemic funding.

According to the Department of Justice, Joseph Kaminski, 55, of Nanticoke, defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) of over $850,000 in emergency pandemic funding that was made available to small business owners through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

DUI conviction overturned due to unauthorized blood draw

MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities have charged a woman after they say she faked a cancer diagnosis to get nearly 8,300 oxycodone pills from providers in three counties.

Attorney General Dave Sunday stated that Brandi Leigh Bachman has been charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly 8,300 oxycodone pills from 19 different providers while claiming she had terminal cancer.

Between 2021 and 2024, Bachman, 40, told providers in Monroe, Lehigh, and Carbon counties that she had a malignant melanoma and it metastasized to her lungs, the release states.