March 31, 2025 at 12:14 EDTPA homepage
LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A wanted man was arrested at a gas station and found with various amounts of drugs inside his car, police stated.
On March 27, around 4:00 p.m., the Lehighton Police Department assisted the attorney general’s office in arresting a wanted man. Officers say 41-year-old Kyle Kubin, of Lehighton, had an active warrant for aggravated assault with a weapon, out of Franklin Township.
Man sentenced for stealing SNAP benefits from Pa. residents
March 31, 2025 at 11:05 EDTPA homepage
WASHINGTON TWP., LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner has released the identity of the motorcycle rider hit and killed in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike over the weekend.
The Lehigh County Coroner, Daniel Buglio, stated that 50-year-old John Joseph Sweeney of Bristol died from blunt force injuries due to his motorcycle colliding with an SUV on I-476 in Washington Township on Sunday, March 30.
State police determined that an SUV driven by a 24-year-old woman from Perth Amboy, NJ, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes and struck two motorcycles.
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 EDTPA homepage
(WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities have sentenced a Romanian National for stealing thousands of SNAP benefits from Pennsylvania residents.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus, 29-year-old Stefan-Alin Doleanu of Romania was sentenced to 24 months for wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
Police nab SNAP benefits skimming suspect
March 31, 2025 at 01:16 EDTDaily Item
MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Hose Company accepted a $50,000 donation from Rusty Rail Brewing Company and community members at a chili cook-off Saturday.
March 31, 2025 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Revamped program will focus less on drugs, more on best life choices
BERWICK -- D.A.R.E., the once-popular anti-drug program that was later discontinued in many schools over questions...
March 31, 2025 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Brothers achieve highest Scouting honor, but still embrace rivalry
BLOOMSBURG -- On Sunday, identical twins Landon and Noah Costa received their Eagle Scout pins and neckerchiefs side by...
March 31, 2025 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Family plans to turn business over to new flooring company
DANVILLE -- Buckley's Carpet & Linoleum is closing after more than 63 years of helping folks furnish homes and...
March 31, 2025 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Several Twisted Tea cans allegedly in vehicle
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- A Berwick man trying to get home from a bachelor party in a UTV ended up intoxicated and asleep on...
March 31, 2025 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Brush fire was largest of seven local crews spent Sunday battling
LIGHTSTREET -- Firefighters here spent three hours Sunday dousing a brush fire that threatened to burn a nearby house...
March 30, 2025 at 23:18 EDTPA homepage
THROOP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local community is deciding whether to allow a local landfill to run treated leachate through its sewer system.
As 28/22 News first told you, Keystone Sanitary Landfill wants to send the treated landfill liquid to a wastewater treatment plant in Throop instead of Scranton.
On Sunday afternoon, 28/22 News spoke with more people who live in Throop concerning the possibility of sending leachate to their sewer system.
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