TAYLOR, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Lackawanna County high school gymnasium is getting a new look. 28/22 News got a look inside Riverside High School in Taylor as crews work to renovate the gym. The project includes a new floor, updated lighting, new baskets, shot clocks, and other upgrades. The floor was the original from [...]
TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Kalahari Resorts is lending a helping hand to those in need. Volunteers gathered on Tuesday at the resort in Tobyhanna Township to repackage shampoo, soap, lotion, and related items into individual care packages. The more than 3000 toiletry items will be donated to the Pocono Mountains United Way to [...]
CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested Tuesday after an almost 24-hour search and chase in Carbondale that started with him disarming a police officer of his stun gun, according to police. Brandon Heaps of Berwick, 38, was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly disarming and stunning a police officer during a Monday evening [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Another day bringing thousands of people to downtown Scranton to witness history. Union Pacific Big Boy's 4014 and 4012 have officially reunited, and the excitement brought people from near and far to the Electric City. 28/22 News Reporter Colby Hughes was once again on the Big Boy beat for 28/22 [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY(WBRE/WYOU) — American history has taken its place at Steamtown in Scranton and has done so in Epic proportions. "It was just an amazing, iconic, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to see this massive American power,” said Jeremy Komaz, Superintendent at Steamtown Historical Site. The Union Pacific 4014, also known as the Big Boy [...]
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) scheduled lane restrictions and closures for Wednesday and Thursday on Interstate 81 in Luzerne County. Between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, and Thursday, June 18, the left lane of I-81 northbound, between Bear Creek/Route 115 (Exit 170A) to Moosic (Exit 180), will [...]
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was hit and killed by a train in Kingston Monday afternoon, police confirm. The Kingston Police Department stated that around 3:00 p.m., on June 15, a man was killed after a train hit him on the tracks over Market Street. The department tells 28/22 News that the train [...]
AVOCA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — History has made its way to the tarmac at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. World War II B-29 bomber, named "Fifi," has been traveling around the country, and now it has touched down here as part of the airpower history tour visiting the airport. A PT-13 Stearman also landed moments behind [...]
DANVILLE — Pa. Collector’s Society reported an attempted break-in at its 450 Mill St., Danville, location.
HARRISBURG — The Democratic voting majority in the Pennsylvania House again acted to shift bills between committees rather than voting on any of three proposals intended to ban transgender females from competing in women’s scholastic and collegiate sports.
