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PA fire department in need of volunteers

THROOP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The number of volunteer firefighters has been on a downward trend for years, with many fire companies seeing dwindling membership numbers. One local fire company asked community members to consider joining their team to provide a vital service. 28/22 News Reporter Colby Hughes explained the call to arms. The vicious [...]

PA Hunters bring in big game for scoring session

DALLAS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's a big day for hunters who managed to bag any big game animal in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission Northeast Region held a big game scoring session in Dallas on Saturday. It allowed hunters to bring in their game to be officially scored. Any whitetail deer, elk, or bears [...]

Easter Bunny hops to free community breakfast

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Easter Bunny is getting a workout this weekend: Earlier in the day, it hopped into Plymouth for a free, community Easter breakfast at Faith Baptist Church. Families got to enjoy a meal, arts and crafts, and photos with the Bunny. The non-profit Youth Enrichment Project teamed up with the [...]

Celebrating Easter early with Wilkes-Barre Easter egg hunt

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Easter is still two weekends away, but some local communities are already getting in on the celebrating. Lots of treats were up for grabs on Saturday at the Parsons Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt in Wilkes-Barre. Kids took over the Wilkes-Barre Bears Football Field to scoop up all the candy [...]

Hidden History: The 270-year journey...

SUNBURY — While cleaning out a safe at the Sunbury Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1 last year, Company President Wes Stephens discovered a set of letters revealing that the fire company once owned a historic cannon, a pre-Revolutionary weapon that residents of several Susquehanna Valley towns spent nearly a century stealing from one another.

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