NESQUEHONING, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An alleged train thief's second attempt went off the rails in Carbon County. Newly released video shows a break-in at the Reading & Northern Railroad in Nesquehoning back in June. Police say after posting bail, Michael McFadden Junior returned weeks later, climbed aboard a locomotive, and tried to get it [...]
CANAAN TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Seven years after a deadly prison cell killing, a federal jury has delivered its verdict. A jury convicted 41-year-old Rudy Mendoza of voluntary manslaughter following a five-day trial. Prosecutors say Mendoza's cellmate was found dead inside their special housing unit cell in July 2019 with multiple head and face [...]
NEW MILFORD TOWNSHIP, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman and a child were killed, and a girl was injured in a Wednesday afternoon side-by-side crash in Susquehanna County, according to Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). Taryn Briggs, 18, of New Milford, and an unidentified 13-year-old from Springville were killed in a crash just before 3:00 p.m. [...]
SHAVERTOWN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is dead and three others are injured after a house fire on North Pioneer Avenue in Shavertown Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called to the home just after 5:00 a.m. and were met with heavy flames. Shavertown Firefighters say this fire was difficult to manage, taking roughly 45 minutes [...]
AVOCA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Nelson Villafane, a 15-year-old from Taylor, is a world champion wrestler after winning the U17 World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. Villafane, who represented Puerto Rico in the tournament, gave up one point across four matches he wrestled in overseas. Wrestling at 45kg, approximately 100 pounds, Villafane still can't believe he [...]
POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A tribute Wednesday afternoon brought a community together to celebrate the life of a young woman who was killed in a car crash last week. A somber tribute in Schuylkill county brought hundreds of people to Laurel Boulevard in Pottsville on Wednesday. Holding checkered flags, they honored the life of [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Traffic is snarled at times at a busy Wilkes-Barre corridor because of a road construction project. A stretch of River Street near Wilkes-Barre General Hospital was down to one lane Wednesday. Word at the scene is that Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority is raising three manholes to prepare for future paving. [...]
OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Nearly one year after a fire ripped through a plaza, its doors are back open in Lackawanna County. Footage captured in August of last year shows flames tearing through the building in Old Forge. Police say a customer noticed smoke coming from the roof the Gulf Gas station and [...]
LEWISBURG — Three projects in Union County received more than $1.1 million for traffic signal modernization at three intersections through the Green Light-Go Program.
SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove Borough Council has approved a land development plan for 12 townhouses and up to six commercial spaces on North Market Street.
