WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities tell 28/22 News a water main break is to blame for a sinkhole that closed a Wilkes-Barre road Monday afternoon. 28/22 News was on scene Monday afternoon as crews said a sinkhole on the corner of Moyallen and South Sheridan Street was the result of a water main break. [...]
BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Montour County Coroner has released the name of a 16-year-old boy who lost his life after a drowning over the weekend. Authorities say that Wilkes-Barre PSP and the Montour County Coroner's Office are investigating the death of 16-year-old Enias Mins. Officials explain that Mins entered the water [...]
NEW CASTLE TWP., SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A UTV crash has killed a woman and sent three others to the hospital, PSP states. On May 17, around 9:30 a.m., troopers were called to the Famous Reading Outdoors property off Darkwater Road in New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, for a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) crash. Police [...]
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A section of Interstate 81 has been shut down due to a tractor-trailer crash in Susquehanna County. PennDOT states Interstate 81 northbound is closed starting at mile marker 228 in Susquehanna County due to a tractor-trailer crash. Drivers are being detoured off the New Milford/Lakeside exit to Great Bend. Drivers can [...]
EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman is facing charges after police say she was involved in a knife fight that left multiple people injured. 29-year-old Shaneak Hankerson of Edwardsville is charged with aggravated assault for an alleged knife fight where multiple people were injured as a result, police say. According to the West Side [...]
PALMYRA TWP., PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A motorcycle driver was killed after police say he crashed into another vehicle while traveling at a high speed. 28-year-old Ryan Johnson of Newfoundland died after his motorcycle collided with a car on State Route 390 at the intersection of State Route 507 in Palmrya Township On May 17, [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — We're tracking near-record heat as well as significant changes for the Memorial Day weekend. A warm and muggy night is ahead. Temperatures will fall into the mid- to upper-60s. An isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible. Near-record highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s will be here on Tuesday. The record at [...]
VALLEY TWP., MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner's office is investigating the identity of a woman who was found dead in a pond over the weekend. The Montour County Coroner's Office and Milton PSP were called around 10:10 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, for a body in a pond on Roberts Lane in Valley Township. [...]
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The fire marshal is trying to figure out what caused a massive fire that destroyed apartments and forced at least 10 people from their homes. Crews were called in from all over Columbia and Montour counties to fight it, having to pull water from the Susquehanna to help the battle [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — An East Stroudsburg man is accused of attempted homicide after Pennsylvania State Police say he tried to run down someone with his vehicle. In a release, state police say it happened Friday evening at the Martz Bus Terminal in Delaware Water Gap. Troopers say two men got into a heated argument with 65-year-old [...]
