SWIFTWATER, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — With winter approaching, local homeowners who rely on heating oil are already watching those prices. Many of them say they're worried about what those costs could mean for their budgets this winter. One local resident says she's watching the cost of heating oil, along with her other monthly bills, continue [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced charges Monday for 12 men after a long-term investigation into a multi-million-dollar high-potency THC product trafficking ring. The ring would traffic marijuana and other high-level THC products from warehouses to convenience stores and smoke shops across the Commonwealth, according to a release from the office of Attorney General [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Monday there are now 693 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 17 more than Friday's update. Of those 693 cases, 133 are hospitalized. In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, there are 54 confirmed cases, three more than Friday's report: In the state, 99 of the confirmed cases have [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Three men were convicted Thursday after a two-week trial for running a drug organization out of a Wilkes-Barre barbershop, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Jerrod Curtis, 42, Paul Chavis, 56, and Reneard Harris, 68, all of Wilkes-Barre, were found guilty before a U.S. District Judge in Scranton [...]
A Pennsylvania woman's death is the state's third this year involving the measles virus. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong says on Facebook the 40-year-old woman died Saturday from complications associated with measles. The post did not identify the woman other than as a resident of a rural area some 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania’s two previous deaths involving measles were infants. Both previous deaths were in August. Doctors deemed measles a “significant condition” at the time of one infant's death.
HARRISBURG — Three organizations in Northumberland and Union counties received a combined $34,000 in cultural and historical support grants from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC).
SHAMOKIN DAM — Charges are pending against the driver in Thursday’s fatal accident that killed a 71-year-old Shamokin Dam woman.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man suspected of using fake cash at Sheetz pulled a gun on officers before being arrested, police stated. On September 12, 32-year-old Maurice Davis Jr., of Brooklyn, went to Sheetz and added $300 to a Cash App account using five $20 and two $100 bills that police said were [...]
SHAMOKIN DAM BORO, SNYDER COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A driver was killed after police say a vehicle ran through a red light, causing a collision. A two-car crash killed 71-year-old Bonnie Shenck on North Susquehannock Trail in Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County, on September 10. Police say a Ram truck was traveling north, approaching the intersection [...]
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky lottery player has won $1,000,000 from a scratch-off ticket in Pennsylvania. In Lackawanna County, a $1 million-winning Snake, Rattle and Roll Scratch-Off was sold. Snake, Rattle and Roll is a $20 game that offers top prizes of $1 million. M Kumar P Inc. (Food Express) in Throop Borough will receive a [...]
