WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A third person has pleaded guilty in connection to a May 2024 stabbing that resulted in the death of a 33-year-old man. Justice Flenory, 25, pleaded guilty Friday morning to third-degree murder of Scott Knox, according to the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office. Flenory's sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 2. [...]
PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One of northeastern Pennsylvania's largest food festivals is back this weekend as the 22nd Annual Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival takes over Main Street. The two-day festival celebrates the region's rich Polish heritage with a wide variety of food, live entertainment, a parade, and dozens of food, craft, and specialty vendors. [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new chapter began Friday for the Luzerne County Sheriff's Office as Genesis Arias was officially sworn in as sheriff during a ceremony in the Luzerne County Courthouse rotunda. A Hazleton native and U.S. Army veteran, Arias becomes the first woman elected sheriff in Luzerne County history. She is also [...]
TERRY TOWNSHIP, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A person has been found dead after their car caught fire, according to Pennsylvania State Police. PSP reported that a person driving a Ford truck crashed early Friday morning on Wyalusing New Albany Road. The driver's car hit some nearby trees, catching on fire afterward. The driver was pronounced [...]
Severe storms moving through the Susquehanna Valley on Friday led to a flood warning from the National Weather Service.
LEWISBURG — Geisinger officials and local leaders gathered Thursday in East Buffalo Township to observe the opening of the Danville-based health care system’s $32 million cancer center along Route 15.
SUNBURY — Principals across various Shikellamy School District buildings spoke in favor having a school police officer inside their buildings following a presentation on adding a third member to the department.
DANVILLE — The Danville SPCA is offering adult cats for $25 adoption fees effective immediately through Sunday.
Tom Horner arrived at Ground Zero when it was still a shocking scene of destruction and death. Horner, then a member of the Johnstown Fire Department, arrived mere hours later, on Sept. 12, when the World Trade Center site was filled with building debris, mangled vehicles and still-unsettled dust.
SUNBURY — Two out-of-state individuals accused of releasing 683 mink from a Northumberland County fur farm in 2024 will head to trial in December.
