WAYMART, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a business is closed and two apartment were evacuated after a car crashed into a building in Waymart Saturday evening. Waymart Police Department Assistant Chief Harry Shaffer confirmed with 28/22 News authorities were called to the 200 block of Belmont Street at about 4:45 p.m. for a reported [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — It's Halloween Night, and 28/22 News wants to see how you are getting into the Halloween Spirit! Head to 28/22’s Report It! page and submit your videos and photos of your creepiest costumes and haunting halloween decorations! Those submissions will be reviewed and appear in this article, and you might see them in [...]
HARVEYS LAKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Participants dressed in witch costumes took to the water Saturday afternoon for the fourth annual Witch Paddle at Harveys Lake in Luzerne County. The event featured paddlers wearing classic witch attire, complete with pointed hats, flowing dresses and brooms as they navigated across the lake. Windy conditions created a [...]
NESCOPECK, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A home was severely damage and a puppy was lost after a house fire in Nescopeck, according to responding officials. Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Harold Baker told 28/22 News authorities were called to the 900 block of First Street in Nescopeck at about 11:45 a.m. Saturday for a [...]
NESQUEHONING, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A rockslide on a train track in Nesquehoning has disrupted Saturday travel plans for passengers, according to the Reading and Northern Railroad. Railroad officials announced on Facebook that all trains have been canceled until further notice as of Saturday afternoon due to an unforeseen landslide that fell onto the train [...]
OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fire crews were on the scene of a 2nd alarm fire that broke out in Old Forge Saturday morning, completely destroying a local business in the process, according to officials. Authorities say the first alarm came in around 1:00 a.m. for a reported fire that broke out on Oak [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Saturday will make 15 consecutive days without rain and that will continue right through the rest of the weekend and into next week. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cold. Low temperatures will drop into the mid 30s. Sunday will be slightly warmer than Saturday as afternoon temperatures climb into the low 60s under [...]
DANVILLE — Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital has been granted Level II trauma center reaccreditation by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.
No new measles cases were reported to the state from Valley counties since Wednesday, according to data released Friday.
SHAMOKIN — A Coal Township business owner forced to remove 20 skill game machines has transformed his business.
