DANVILLE -- The next construction phase on Geisinger Medical Center's 11-story patient tower began this week as loads...
BLOOMSBURG -- Columbia County Commissioner David Kovach saw an opportunity to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the...
DANVILLE -- The celebration of America's semiquincentennial kicked off Wednesday in Montour County with the...
ORANGEVILLE -- Flames spread through the wall of a home here after a space heater under the kitchen sink caught fire...
SLABTOWN -- A fire that broke out after a man used a torpedo heater to thaw pipes under his house completely gutted the...
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Scranton hotel and bar have been demolished after an early December fire. Crews tore down the West Side Hotel and Kilcoyne's earlier Wednesday. An excavator could be seen cleaning up debris in the now-empty lot. The fire broke out in the early hours of December 10. Several residents had [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As the cold temperatures are expected to continue for Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre's mayor announced Wednesday night that a Code Blue shelter will be open into next week. On Wednesday, Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown announced the Code Blue Shelter at the Calvary Bible Church on 410 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, for [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) - Lackawanna County leaders made a costly decision by allowing juveniles who've committed crimes to be sent across the state, and potentially even farther. Lackawanna County's Board of Commissioners approved a deal Wednesday with a juvenile detention center in Erie. Each juvenile sent out of the county that goes to the [...]
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) says Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County will receive restrictions and moving lane closures on Thursday. Between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., I-81 north and south between exits 180 (Moosic) and 186 (Dunmore/Drinker Street) will have lane restrictions and moving lane closures on 15-minute intervals, according [...]
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Bluestone is a staple of northeastern Pennsylvania's history, from old sidewalks and stoops to landmark buildings that still stand today. Now, one local man is making it his mission to preserve that legacy one stone at a time. For generations, bluestone has been a defining part of northeastern Pennsylvania, quarried [...]
