WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say the owner of two dogs who were found loose on multiple occasions has been cited after the animals allegedly killed or injured cats around the area. According to the Williamsport Bureau of Police, two dogs have repeatedly been reported running loose within the city. Officers investigated the reports [...]
PLAINS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Wilkes-Barre Area School District reports that a student at Solomon-Plains Elementary School was left on a school van last week. According to Superintendent of the Wilkes Barre Area School District, Dr. Brian Costello, on Friday, June 5, the district was told that an elementary student had not made it to [...]
LONG POND, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police will implement special traffic patterns to help attendees at the Pocono NASCAR Race on Sunday. On June 14, as the race takes place at the Pocono Raceway in Long, the following traffic patterns will be in effect: Before the race, Route 115 from Interstate 80 to [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Big heat and humidity will return later this week. In the meantime, Monday night will be clear and pleasant. Temperatures will fall into the 50s. Tuesday looks nice! You can expect sunny skies, warm temperatures, and low humidity. Afternoon numbers will be in the lower and middle 80s. The humidity will crank up [...]
SUNBURY — Sunbury Mayor Josh Brosious and Police Chief Brad Slack will discuss the police department’s participation in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) Program during Monday’s city council meeting.
KULPMONT, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A house is a total loss after a fire tore through a home in Kulpmont Borough late Sunday night. According to officials, there are no reported injuries. When 28/22 News arrived on scene just before 9:00 p.m., the fire was extinguished by multiple fire crews on scene. Multiple cars and [...]
WILKES-BARRE (WBRE/WYOU) -- The Penguins playoff push ended Sunday night, just shy of a Calder Cup Finals birth. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton fell to the fourth seeded Toronto Marlies 2-1 in overtime of Game 6, and 4-2 in the AHL Eastern Conference Finals. The Penguins and Marlies were tied for most of the night at one after both [...]
LEHIGHTON CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — If you live in Carbon County, you may have felt a tremor overnight. The United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center, PDE, or USGS, detected a 1.8-magnitude earthquake near Lehighton early Sunday morning at about 12:30 a.m. Earthquakes of that size are generally considered minor and rarely cause damage. [...]
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tech were stolen from a warehouse. Troopers were sent out to a warehouse on Forest Road in Hazle Township on May 27 in the morning. After an investigation, they determined over $200,000 was stolen, and more items were damaged. [...]
BANKS TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News now knows who died in a one-car crash late Friday night. State police say 19-year-old Perla Decena Castillo of McAdoo was killed in a crash in Carbon County; she was a passenger in the car. The crash happened in Banks Township at East Main Street and Lincoln [...]
