July 28, 2025 at 18:25 EDTPA homepage
MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A heads up for Monroe County residents: Monroe County officials announced on Monday they will be launching a county-wide property assessment.
In a release, Monroe County officials announced they have partnered with Tyler Technologies to perform a county-wide property assessment.
The initiative comes after the county's last reassessment carried out in 2020, the release explained.
July 28, 2025 at 17:55 EDTPA homepage
28/22 NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22's Here's to You, Kid! shines a spotlight each week on young people doing good things, and often big things in the community. This week, two kids we previously profiled are being honored with scholarships because of their achievements in 2024.
"So my purpose of the project was to record every single name, date of birth, date of death," explained Aaron Girvan.
July 28, 2025 at 14:19 EDTPA homepage
E. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men were arrested after a 'high-risk ' search warrant was executed, resulting in multiple weapons and drugs seized.
On Tuesday, July 8, the Stroud Area Regional Police Department SWAT Team executed a "high-risk" search warrant at a home on Borough Street in East Stroudsburg.
Stroud Area Regional Police: Kaleb Tallada and Jesse Hahn
Man accused of throwing brick at Fox56 station
July 28, 2025 at 14:16 EDTPA homepage
SMITHFIELD TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner confirms that a man injured in a motorcycle and vehicle collision has died.
Monroe County Coroner Thomas A. Yanac states 60-year-old Kris Kierski from Pike County was pronounced dead on the scene, around 11:00 p.m., on July 27.
Victim identified after incident in Hersheypark
Kierski died after a crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle on Independence Road in Smithfield Township.
July 28, 2025 at 14:14 EDTPA homepage
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Saving lives and increasing penalties for drug traffickers: That's the mission of a new federal law.
It's called the HALT Fentanyl Act and was recently signed into law by President Trump. Law enforcement officials and drug addiction counselors say the law is long overdue.
It's all about preventing fatal fentanyl overdoses. Rarely does a day go by when we don't hear about or report on the deadly impact that fentanyl is having in our communities.
July 28, 2025 at 13:43 EDTPA homepage
PLAINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested after police say he threw a brick at the Fox56 station window.
Plains Township Police were called to State Route 315, Fox 56, for a caller stating "send everyone." The caller reached out to 9-1-1 a second time, claiming he was avoiding someone trying to kill him and threw a brick through a window to gain entry, police stated.
County sues pool contractor for ‘leak-plagued’ pool work in McDade Park
July 28, 2025 at 11:18 EDTPA homepage
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Coffee, cappuccinos, and cats? All three things you can find at a new cafe in Monroe County.
28/22 News stopped by the shop and has more on how they're helping four-legged friends find their forever home.
Getting your fix for caffeine and playing with cats, both are on the menu at the new Cozy Kitty Cafe in Stroudsburg.
Owner Amanda Counterman says she had the vision of opening a shop like this one on McConnell Street back in February, and now it’s finally come to life.
July 28, 2025 at 11:02 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County has filed a lawsuit against the contractor hired to reconstruct the "leak-plagued" swimming pool at McDade Park.
The county's suit against D&M Construction Unlimited, of Dalton, alleges that the "contractor breached its contract with the county through 'defective' work."
D&M was hired for the $2,637,000 contract in February 2023 to work on a new bathhouse and renovate the pool, which was supposed to be completed by July 2023.
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 EDTPA homepage
SIMPSON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky lottery player has won $1 million off a $20 scratch-off ticket in Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, a retailer in Lackawanna County sold a $1 million-winning All Cash Scratch-Off. All Cash is a $20 game that offers top prizes of $1 million.
Beer Express on Main Street in Simpson will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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July 28, 2025 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Work could begin as soon as August in Bloomsburg
BLOOMSBURG -- Work to remove Boone's Dam on the west end of town could start next month, Veolia Water Company says.
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