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LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre Area School District and Luzerne County Community College have established a new scholarship endowment program to assist high school students pursuing higher education. Scaled to support about two dozen students annually, the Angeline and Conrad Kotlowski College Ready Scholarship Endowment provides financial assistance for high schoolers to take courses [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Shapiro Administration announced $7.3 million dollars was awarded toward fresh fruits and vegetables for schools through the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), giving students access to fresh produce to help improve overall health. The announcement came Friday that 249 schools across 29 counties would be receiving the grant through the Fresh [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Friday, Sept. 25 marked Dolly Parton Day.  If you read off the date, you get 9-2-5, one of Dolly's greatest hits. Parton passed away on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 after a decades long music career and helping communities around the country. The United Way of the Wyoming [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As cyber threats continue to evolve, a $1 million investment from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is helping King's College prepare students for careers in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology. The funding has enabled the creation of a new Cybersecurity and Computer Science Learning Environment on the college's [...]

UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are seeking more victims in a "sophisticated fraud scheme" that has totaled around $6.5 million in profits across several states, according to a release. The scheme was discovered in a September arrest of two men, where they were found with hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of [...]

BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Berwick Area Education Association declared Friday they scheduled a work stoppage for Tuesday, Sept. 29, following a breakdown in negotiations with the school board. According to the association statement, the school board rejected a tentative agreement, refused to return to the negotiation table, and secretly requested factfinding that they [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Friday there are now 890 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 98 more than Monday’s update. Of those 890 cases, 173 are hospitalized and less than 1% are fully vaccinated. In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, there are 78 confirmed cases:

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fire Chief John J. Judge IV will leave the Scranton Fire Department after 25 years of service. On January 2, 2027, John J. Judge will officially retire from the Scranton Fire Department as fire chief. Judge was appointed fire chief in November 2020. "Firefighters often choose this profession for a [...]

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two separate Northumberland County residents were indicted federally on drug trafficking charges through a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative, according to DOJ releases. Hailey Marie Monterosso, 27, of Kulpmont, and Joshua Dinklocker, 28, of Coal Township, were both arrested through the DOJ Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, according to two DOJ [...]

POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they have charged a 14-year-old girl after she made school shooting threats on Discord. On September 24, Pottsville Police were called to the Gillingham Charter School to speak with a school administrator about a former student who made threats towards the school on the social media app, Discord. [...]