WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's been nearly eight months since the start of the conflict between the United States of America and Iran. During that time, Americans have seen gas and diesel prices fluctuate. Regular gas is moving closer and closer to $5.00 a gallon and diesel is now surpassing $7.00 a gallon in [...]
POCONO PINES, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, one local business is asking the community to help make the holiday a little easier for families in need. It's a simple way to make a difference this Thanksgiving, bring a nonperishable food item to help a family in need. Evara Studios [...]
ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An intense rescue unfolded Tuesday in Lackawanna County at a popular state park. Volunteers and emergency crews were on the scene for two hours getting a man out of a dangerous situation. 28/22 News Reporter Colby Hughes was there and explained the situation. Around noon on Tuesday, emergency crews rushed [...]
Video courtesy of Mark Yeninas. WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Video provided to 28/22 News shows a fire that broke out in the deli section of Walmart. Crews were called for a fire at Walmart in Wilkes-Barre Township around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. Flames can be seen coming from a frying station inside [...]
ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Emergency crews responded to a report of a man who fell 40 feet into the Archbald Pothole. Crews say that a man fell approximately 40 feet into the Archbald Pothole in Lackawanna County around 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The man was rescued by first responders and taken to [...]
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With the house majority at stake, Tuesday's debate at Penn State Schuylkill was a bitter one. Republican incumbent Dan Meuser was joined on the stage by his democratic opponent Rachel Wallace. The pair voiced their stances on a number of local and national issues ranging from the war in [...]
SHAMOKIN, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been charged after police say he shot a relative of a woman he was following home from a bar. 37-year-old Timothy Wagner has been charged with attempted homicide after a shooting in Shamokin left a man injured with a gunshot wound. Shamokin Police Department was called Sunday, [...]
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Three family members have been sentenced for their involvement in a deadly Wawa shooting that killed a 17-year-old. Andrew Joseph Quattrochi was sentenced on criminal homicide charges in the death of Garrett Gearheart, 17, who was shot in the back during a group assault inside Wawa on West Main Street [...]
OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The district attorney states that a teen has been charged with arson for a fire that occurred at a former grocery store in Old Forge. Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher says a 15-year-old has been arrested for allegedly starting a fire at the former Ray’s Shur-Save Supermarket in [...]
NEWTON TWP., LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say a woman is charged with DUI after troopers chased her as she drove a dirt bike. On Oct. 19, around 6:30 p.m., troopers said they were pursuing a dirt bike in Newtown Township for driving recklessly on Newton Ransom Boulevard. State police say they stopped the [...]
