KINGSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Reports of door-to-door salespeople knocking on residents' doors after dark have sparked concern and debate throughout the Back Mountain community. Residents took to local community pages Thursday night after a man riding a hoverboard was seen going door-to-door in Kingston Township selling pest control services. According to multiple social [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A historic steam locomotive is bringing thousands of people to Scranton. Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 and its sister train were reunited in June. On the first of two display days, the Steamtown National Historic Site hosted around 30,000 people, and that number of visitors is only projected to continue [...]
(WHTM)-- The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly planning to sell or give away seven warehouses originally purchased to detain illegal immigrants, two of which are located in Pennsylvania. The New York Times reported Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to give away seven of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain immigrants [...]
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police have taken a Kingsley man into custody after they say he beat a man with a cane. According to a release from police, on June 18, 42-year-old Kyle Earley was visiting a residence on Joy Lane when he got into an altercation with the 71-year-old victim. During the [...]
BEECH CREEK BOROUGH, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people have been hospitalized, and one is facing potential charges after a suspected DUI crash in Clinton County. Around 11:00 p.m. on June 7, police were called to the 100 block of Main Street in Beech Creek Borough for a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and a [...]
DANVILLE — There will be a lane restriction next week on Route 11 or Northumberland Street in Danville for a utility upgrade project.
HARTLEY TOWNSHIP — A 74-year-old Millmont man was the victim of a scam that lost him $45,600 in early June, according to state police in Milton.
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DALMATIA — Former Line Mountain student Levi Ferster has been elected the 2026–2027 Pennsylvania FFA State president
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— In April, Pittston Township Supervisor and Roadmaster, David Slezak, was ordered by the Pennsylvania Ethics Commission to pay a little over $6,800 back to the township. The order primarily stems from work he had township employees perform on his personal property between 2022 and 2024, according to the ethics commission [...]
