Skip to content Skip to navigation

Local News

DUI checkpoints set in Pennsylvania

(WBRE/WYOU) —  State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania during the weekend. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” Police say checkpoints will be placed on roadways this weekend that [...]

World's Smallest St. Patrick Parade sets new best

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Parades for St. Patrick’s day come in all shapes and sizes, but for this parade in Nanticoke, they are trying to keep it short. "This is radio. Its these little stunts that kind of just snowball into a big thing. And this has snowballed into something everyone looks forward to [...]

Victim in Lackawanna River death identified

SOUTH SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner has identified the man who drowned in the Lackawanna River on Thursday. Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland identified the victim as 56-year-old Eric Miller. The cause of Miller's death was drowning and hypothermia. Rescue workers were alerted to the victim around 11:50 a.m. Thursday. Scranton Fire Chief John [...]

Couple sentenced for plotting $23K theft from mini mart

TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A couple has been sentenced for stealing over $23,000 from a mini mart where one of them was the manager at the store. A married couple, Alyssa Sparks, 31, and Robert Sparks, 40, were sentenced after an investigation revealed that, when Alyssa was the manager of the Dandy Mini Mart [...]

13 alleged drug trafficking ring members charged

CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators say they have charged 13 people for distributing various drugs across the Carbon County area. The Attorney General's Office collaborated in a Carbon County-based investigation targeting the distribution of illegal narcotics and related criminal activity. The investigation aimed to dismantle a drug ring allegedly trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other narcotics [...]

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Local News