(WBRE/WYOU) — Beginning Oct. 1, 2026, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Pennsylvania will see an increase in benefits and income limits to accommodate for inflation and rising food costs. The average increase for SNAP recipients will be $18, and the minimum benefit amount will increase from $24 to $25, according to [...]
LEWISBURG — Lewisburg Downtown Partnership and Bucknell University will host Oktoberfest Saturday.
TURBOTVILLE — A Warrior Run School director at Monday night's meeting described the state of landscaping across the district as "a mess."
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CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people are facing charges after police say a drug deal gone wrong resulted in a kidnapping and ended with a snakebite leading to their arrest. 30-year-old Evan Paul Pletcher and 23-year-old Chelsey Kay Probst, of Lock Haven, are charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault for an incident that occurred on [...]
LEWISBURG — A rebid of East Buffalo Township’s solar panel project resulted in a contract more than $73,000 higher than the original bid due to an error in the original bidding package.
(WBRE/WYOU) — Sheetz announced that it is celebrating National Coffee Day with a special offer for its customers. Sheetz is offering a free self-serve coffee, hot or iced, any size, including XL, with any purchase. This limited-time offer is available starting on National Coffee Day, Tuesday, September 29, through Thursday, October 1, at all 850+ [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — State police released the results of their DUI checkpoint enforcement, which was conducted over the weekend in Luzerne and Carbon counties. Pennsylvania State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint from September 25 to 26 across various areas in Carbon and Luzerne counties. As a result of the checkpoint, police said they arrested two people [...]
HANOVER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Flames shut down a military manufacturing plant in Luzerne County. That fire broke out at General Dynamics on Hanover Street in Hanover Township around 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. 28/22 News found smoke coming from the building that makes mortar shells for the military. Our news crews were informed on [...]
Pennsylvania on Monday surpassed 900 measles cases, after adding more than 100 additional cases in the past week.
