LA PLUME TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY — At Keystone College, students are getting outside to encourage others to learn about the great outdoors. "Share the importance of the wildlife and things of it, like nature and such. It's important to gauge the students and others as well," said Daryan Brown, a junior at Keystone. It is [...]
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is home to nearly 300 colleges, universities, and technical schools. If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of students who attend [...]
EAST STROUDBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An undercover investigation in Monroe County helped put an alleged drug dealer in prison. 35-year-old Jayson Diaz from East Stroudsburg was sentenced on April 17 to 96 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. Between October and November 2024, a confidential source purchased cocaine and [...]
McCLURE — The aroma of bacon hung over McClure Station Park on Saturday as crowds enjoyed the 10th annual Bacon Fest.
(WBRE/WYOU) — Near-record cold temperatures are expected for Monday night! Temperatures will fall into the 20s with widespread frost. Freeze Warnings are in place for portions of central and eastern Pennsylvania. If you've already started your gardens, then you need to protect your plants! Any flurries and snow showers will end. Warmer weather will return [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A community rallied behind a police officer fighting cancer on Sunday. Members of the police department pulled together a benefit to support her on her journey. 28/22 News Reporter Colby Hughes stopped by and detailed its success. Nancy Baumann has dedicated more than two decades of her life to the [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — After closing their doors earlier this year, a local business announced it will return to the area to serve up the strange and unusual. On their Facebook page, The Strange and Unusual announced on Sunday that they will be opening their doors again: When we closed our doors in Kingston earlier this year, [...]
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania American Water announced Sunday night before 9:00 p.m. that a water boil advisory for their customers in parts of Clarks Green and South Abington Township. Authorities say Pennsylvania American Water experienced a loss in positive water pressure due to an issue at a booster pump station, and about 580 customers [...]
LANSFORD, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A death investigation is underway after authorities say a body was found in Lansford Saturday afternoon. The Carbon County Coroner's Office said in a release on Sunday that they were called at about 2:44 p.m. on Saturday to the area of Panther Creek and the #9 Coal Mine in Lansford [...]
Two people were transported to the hospital Saturday after the truck they were in was struck by a train in Lower Augusta Township.
