HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police warn that skill games formally become illegal next month and small businesses that don’t comply face “criminal prosecution and immediate seizure of the machines.”
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An annual tradition brings local students together with first responders in a unique way by serving them lunch. The goal is to thank local hometown heroes for the sacrifices they make every day and to honor the role they had in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. To celebrate [...]
JENKINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As communities observe Hunger Action Month, food banks across Pennsylvania are receiving a major boost in their efforts to combat hunger. The AllOne Foundation is investing $975,000 to support three organizations serving families facing food insecurity: Second Harvest Food Bank in the Poconos and Lehigh Valley, the Central Pennsylvania [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A longtime downtown Wilkes-Barre restaurant is preparing to serve its final customers this weekend. King of King's Gyros and Cheesesteak Factory will close its doors after 16 years in business. Co-owners Eric and Jason Negron opened the restaurant in 2010, bringing their family's gyro and cheesesteak recipes to Northeastern Pennsylvania. [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new project to update Scranton's aging water mains is happening sooner rather than later. Pennsylvania American Water announced the $5 million project to replace roughly one mile of aging water main. The work was supposed to start in 2028, but now it's been moved up to next year. Improvements [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — AARP Pennsylvania issued a warning Thursday to SNAP recipients, urging them to protect themselves from card skimming theft. Since the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards do not have chip readers, an AARP representative said the cards are more vulnerable to skimming schemes. To protect themselves and their families from theft, the representative recommended [...]
SHENANDOAH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Since 2003, the 16-foot tall 800-pound Cross of Gratitude has visited churches from Africa to the Americas. It's been carried by Christians and Muslims alike, blessed by three different popes, and last Monday, for the second time, it arrived at St. Michael's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; the oldest Ukrainian catholic church [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Lackawanna County District Attorney announced they have reached an agreement with Isla Paraiso to end operations for their nightclub, while keeping the restaurant open. The establishment was temporarily shut down last week because of several violations, leading to Thursday's agreement. In their three months of nightclub operations, District Attorney [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — State police released the results of their Labor Day weekend checkpoint enforcement with over 400 DUI arrests. The Pennsylvania State Police stated that they investigated 790 vehicle crashes during their Labor Day weekend enforcement from September 4 to September 7. Police say three people died out of the 152 crashes that were injury-related. [...]
MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police have identified the victim killed during a two-tractor-trailer collision on Interstate 380 Wednesday afternoon. 43-year-old Patricio S. Correa Serrano died after a tractor-trailer hit his tractor-trailer, causing the vehicle to crash into a tree, PSP said. On September 9, troopers were called to Interstate 380 Southbound at mile marker 4.3, where [...]
