SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The City of Scranton will host an electronics recycling event on Sunday. The event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Department of Public Works headquarters, 101 W. Poplar St. This is the second electronic recycling event of 2025. According to the release from the city [...]
BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A deadly highway crash near Hazleton is to blame for causing a traffic detour on Friday afternoon. Interstate 81 southbound between Exit 151B (I-80 West-Bloomsburg) and Exit 151A (I-80 East-Stroudsburg) was closed to all traffic until just before 5:30 p.m. while crews cleared a "serious" dump truck rollover with [...]
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An event featuring Kyle Rittenhouse was canceled following threats to the Woodlands Hotel, the host location. According to TJ Fitzgerald, contact for the event hosts NEPA Republicans, the event is fully canceled and all registered attendees will be fully refunded. Fitzgerald said there was not time to plan a [...]
NESCOPECK TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The victim killed after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-80 has been identified. 20-year-old Jamison Styer from Danville died after crashing his vehicle into a truck directing traffic after a tractor-trailer had crashed on Interstate 80. State police say they were called to I-80 Eastbound in Nescopeck Township for [...]
MIFFLINBURG — Groundbreaking for the Wildcat Athletic Complex project in Mifflinburg Area School District is expected in May.
MILTON — Rutter’s Milton won Global Convenience’s 2025 Best Foodvenience Store in the World Award, becoming the first U.S. company to finish first in the international competition.
BLOOMSBURG — Officials in Columbia and Montour counties expressed relief...
SHICKSHINNY -- The Northwest Area school board is considering closing one of its schools to address a nearly $1 million...
NESCOPECK TWP. -- One person was killed in a fiery crash along Interstate 80 here Thursday morning that shut down the...
WAPWALLOPEN -- A late-night barn fire near here killed 200 chickens, 15 goats and two or three turkeys, the fire chief...
