SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As Black Friday shopping winds down, Small Business Saturday is gearing up. The few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas can be the most important sales period for small businesses, beginning with Small Business Saturday. Holiday sales are everywhere you look in downtown Scranton. Markups at 10%, 20%, and 30% in [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Black Friday means it is Record Store Day! Local music lovers flocked to the Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre for the semi-annual event. Every April and Black Friday, the whole industry comes together to celebrate independently owned record stores. Fans line up early to get their chance to buy special [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Many shoppers in our area are headed to the mall looking for those good deals. Shoppers could be seen still pouring in on Friday evening, taking advantage of those Black Friday deals. The long lines of holiday shoppers are a familiar sight this time of year in NEPA. At the [...]
TANNERSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The entrances to the parking lots of The Pocono Premium Outlets were temporarily closed as Black Friday is in full swing for shoppers, according to the Pocono Township Police Department. The parking lot is now reopened, however, there is still traffic congestion in the area, according to police. Police say [...]
COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say a 58-year-old woman died in a Monroe County fire Thursday night. In a release sent out Friday, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department says they were called to the 2000 block of Locust Ridge Road in Coolbaugh Township for a reported structure fire Thursday night. Officers say [...]
POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pottsville Bureau of Police is attempting to identify the person who allegedly burglarized the Pottsville Tobacco Hut. Police released video of the alleged burglary that happened Sunday, November 23, from the tobacco hut located on the 400 block of Nichols Street. Anyone with information is asked to contact Corporal [...]
Across Pennsylvania, more than half a million hunters are stocking up on ammunition, sighting in their rifles and washing their orange gear in unscented detergent in preparation for the first day of their favorite season.
HARRISBURG — Expanding the use of body cameras by state agents, authorizing university funding and the capital budget, and prohibiting discrimination against natural hair are the focus of the latest bills signed into law in Pennsylvania.
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth story in a series called Second Acts, featuring Valley residents who have retired from one lane of life or more and started their second or third acts.
SUNBURY — Four Sunbury residents are jailed and face felony and misdemeanor charges after two teens were involved in an alleged sexual assault inside a Court Street home on Nov. 21, according to police.
