HARRISBURG — The end of the federal government shutdown brings about the resumption of SNAP benefit payments in Pennsylvania and beyond, while the adoption of a new state budget brings about new accountability measures for the commonwealth’s administration of the nutrition assistance.
(WBRE/WYOU)— Penn State's bowl game hopes are on the line as the team travels to East Lansing to battle for the Land Grant trophy. Join Ricky and Alaina, along with WLNS-TV and WLAJ-TV Sports Director AIan Kress, as they preview the big game. WHTM's Caleb Nixon will also have more on the history of the rivalry [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— As cold weather sets in, the city of Scranton is preparing to help protect the homeless. Local shelters are working together to make sure everyone has a warm place to sleep. 28/22 News reporter Heidi Martens has more. The city is once again opening its code blue shelter at Weston Field. [...]
WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One man is facing charges in connection with a theft of services that cost one man over $40,000 and has left him homeless. 28/22 News reporter Connor Coar has more about this case. Alan White, of Scranton, has been charged with home improvement fraud and theft by deception. White [...]
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— November 13 is National Roentgen Day. You're probably asking yourself, 'What is Roentgen Day?' So did 28/22 News reporter Joe Mason, who explains what it is all about. It's National Roentgen Day at Luzerne County Community College. A day that pays tribute to Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, the man who discovered X-rays. [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Investigators call her the "Black Widow." Joann Curley pleaded guilty to poisoning her husband, Robert, in 1991 by spiking his iced Tea with rat poison. Prosecutors say he died a slow, painful death. We'll take a look back at the 1991 murder and talk with the family of the victim and the [...]
EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Fletcher, North Carolina man was charged Wednesday after police say he stole $137,000 from an Exeter woman trying to buy a home online. According to the affidavit from the Wyoming Area Regional Police Department, the victim, an Exeter woman, made seven payments for a property in North Carolina to [...]
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A police investigation is underway after a person was shot in Hazleton early Thursday morning. Police say they were alerted to several Flock Gun Shot Notifications in the area of East Beech Street and South Poplar Street around 4:30 a.m. As they were responding, Luzerne County 911 also received multiple [...]
ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Another heated data center discussion in Archbald. This time, people took to the streets ahead of the borough's council meeting to express their concerns. A vote on data centers was not on the agenda at Archbald's borough council meeting on Wednesday, but they were on the minds of around a [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One person has been displaced after a fire broke out at a home across the street from the Lackawanna County Prison. Firefighters responded to a house fire around 9:20 a.m. Thursday on the 1300 block of North Washington Avenue, across the street from the Lackawanna County Prison in Scranton. There were [...]
