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ORANGEVILLE -- Police arrested two men for breaking into a warehouse multiple times and stealing items from inside,...

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A problem-plagued road in Wilkes-Barre is finally open for good. The city fully reopened Horton Street on Friday. Part of the road had been closed since June after two sinkholes opened up. The road briefly reopened for Thanksgiving but had to close again after the holiday so crews could replace a [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— 'Tis the season for the flu, and health professionals want to remind you to give yourself and others the gift of health by getting your flu shot. 28/22 News Reporter Heidi Martens has more from Lackawanna County. State health and aging leaders spent the morning urging everyone in Pennsylvania to get [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A daughter is speaking out after a brutal attack with a machete left her mother fighting to recover. The daughter of the sole survivor in Tuesday night's horrific machete attack in Scranton is speaking out exclusively with 28/22 News. She says her mother is in stable condition at an area hospital. [...]

TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— This is the time of year when the excitement and festivities of the holiday season begin. Christmas in our Hometown, historic Tunkhannock, is underway. The festivities begin Friday evening with the Santa Parade, where PA Live! Co-host Chris Bohinski once again takes on the role of “Pinecone the Elf” Grand Marshal, riding in [...]

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A South Williamsport man faces arson charges after a fire in his own home. They say 24-year-old Paul Best III admitted to lighting a boot on fire on Monday, then leaving as smoke alarms sounded. Investigators say Best told them he 'panicked' as the flames grew out of control at the [...]

HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A new mental health center is now open in northeastern Pennsylvania. It is a resource center that many say is very much needed in Wayne and Pike counties, 28/22 News Reporter Joe Mason was at Friday's opening and explained the center's goals. The Northeast Regional Crisis Stabilization Center is now officially [...]

LEWISBURG — Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department released information about an October pedestrian accident on Fairgrounds Road.

LEWISBURG — A Lewisburg woman who admitted her role in a July DUI crash involving a 3-year-old in Mifflinburg was placed in the treatment court program in Union County.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are investigating two pedestrians hit by a vehicle in Scranton Thursday night. Police said they closed a portion of Mulberry Street near the intersection of Harrison Avenue around 5:30 p.m. on December 11 after a man and a woman were hit by a vehicle. Video surveillance showed the vehicle [...]