(WBRE/WYOU) — PPL reported tens of thousands of customers without power as damage from Friday night's storms is compounded by damage from Saturday night's storms. The counties most affected by the outages are Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, and Wayne counties. Lackawanna County is reported to have more than 6,200 customers without power, Luzerne County is reported [...]
FREELAND, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — While America marked its 250th year, a local community celebrated its own milestone anniversary. Freeland was formed 150 years ago, and Saturday, the borough held its second annual Community Picnic in the Park & Apple Pie contest. The best part was that everyone could enjoy free hot dogs, hamburgers, and [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration and fireworks in Wilkes-Barre have been canceled because of weather. Mayor George C. Brown announced just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday that the remainder of the celebrations will be canceled. You can stay current on all the latest weather alerts and track the storm using the Future [...]
RENOVO BOROUGH, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An early Saturday morning fire resulted in the loss of equipment, and the demolition of a Clinton County building. According to a Renovo Fire and EMS official, crews responded to a commercial building fire just before 3:30 a.m. near Fifth Street and Erie Avenue in Renovo Borough. While the [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton Police have closed the FIFA Fan Zone in downtown Scranton due to storms. The gates to the FIFA Fan Zone are closed because of the storms. The celebration will return Sunday, July 5.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The NEPA Philharmonic announced Saturday they have canceled the Independence Day performance at Kirby Park. The Philharmonic said the reasons were due to forecasted storms. In the release, safety concerns for musicians, attendees, and staff were cited as reasons for the performance's cancellation. As of 4:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon, there [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Heat Alerts are still in place but are expected to expire later this evening. With that being said, we're also now in a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 11 pm. We are tracking the chance for showers and storms in which a few could be stronger. Damaging winds and heavy rain will be the [...]
ELYSBURG — Knoebels Amusement Resort's 100th Anniversary celebration weekend began on Friday with a parade, leading to the unveiling of the founder’s statue.
(WBRE/WYOU)— In just a short amount of time, Friday's storm left behind downed trees, dark intersections and thousands without power. Traffic and streetlights throughout Wilkes-Barre were knocked out, trees were down from Wilkes-Barre to Avoca, and even hours after the storm, PPL said tens of thousands of customers were left without power. The storm came [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crowds filled Courthouse Square Friday night for the 'Scrantastic Spectacular.' Families came out for food vendors, games, kids' activities, live music, and one of Scranton's biggest fireworks displays of the summer. The night included a performance from Shane Profitt, followed by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. Then came the fireworks over [...]
