BLAKELY, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A pair of teens is working to accomplish a running dream together, but they need help to do so: With the right equipment, they can cross the finish line. The teens spoke about their journey as they trained Saturday afternoon. The pair has been friends since a very young age, [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Travelers should expect some traffic delays in Scranton on Sunday for the race. Certain roads will be closed and restricted in Green Ridge, Pine Brook, Center City, Cedar Avenue, North Washington Avenue, and near Scranton High. Heavy pedestrian traffic is expected on some roads, and vehicles will be prohibited.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Thousands of people from all over the country and the world are gearing up for one of the biggest races in the Electric City. Sunday is the Scranton half-marathon, but before the big race, there was a small start to the weekend events on Saturday. Hundreds of runners pounded the [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — After a cool day, warmer conditions are slated to return for the week ahead. For Saturday night, it's expected to be mostly clear and colder with lows projected in the low and mid-30s. The seasonable and chilly weather won't last for very long. For Sunday, there may be partly to mostly cloudy skies [...]
Roman Catholic dioceses across Pennsylvania are among the fastest growing in the nation over the past year, a surge going back at least five years in the local Harrisburg diocese.
SCRANTON, LACKWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Scranton road is now reopened after being closed for a day after a hole opened in the road, caused by a sewer line break. North Main Avenue was closed between Providence Road and Green Ridge Street after a sewer line caused a hole to open in the road. According [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — The 28/22 News team is very proud, as they took home two Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasting awards. The event was held Friday in Harrisburg. Producer Jon Fleig, anchors Nick Toma and Gianna Galli represented the team for their breaking news coverage of the Philadelphia plane crash in January 2025. All team members involved [...]
HARRISBURG — The application period for a popular stipend program designed to recruit and retain classroom teachers in Pennsylvania opens next week.
HARRISBURG — As energy demands swell, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection seeks developers to pursue express-path projects for new power plants and energy storage facilities to buttress the PJM power grid.
LEWISBURG — A Montgomery man accused of punching a game warden at State Game Lands near the lost village of Alvira pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest in Union County Court.On Friday, Michael James Bartholomew, 30, of Sherwood Drive, Montgomery, entered the plea before Union County Judge Michael Piecuch. In pleading no contest, Bartholomew did not admit guilt but acknowledged there was enough evidence for a jury to find him guilty.The plea agreement, if accepted by the judge, calls for a 12-month probationary sentence.
