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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
LEWISBURG — Marlee Tornez barely flinched when asked Friday if she wanted to perform a tracheotomy on a pig’s larynx.
Late March and early April always mark the confluence of the world’s highest-profile religions. Ramadan ended Friday, with Palm Sunday and Easter occurring over next two weekends. April 2 also marks the beginning of Passover.
A UGI utilities natural gas main replacement work is scheduled to begin Sunday, March 22, on a section of Routes 11-15 in Monroe Township.
The League of Women Voters of the Lewisburg Area reminds write-in candidates seeking inclusion in the Union County Voters Guide for the upcoming 2026 Pennsylvania General Primary Election that they must formally notify the organization of their candidacy by March 30.
DANVILLE — The public will have a last chance to comment on changes to the data center ordinance at a 10 a.m. meeting on April 14 at the Montour administration building, conference room B, Montour County Planning Commission Director Gregory Molter said on Thursday.
