MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new study focused on air quality is underway in the Poconos. It aims to better understand how the air we breathe impacts everyone. A national conversation about air quality is now reaching the Poconos, as local groups take a closer look at conditions here at home. This new study, called [...]
(WBRE/WYOU)— The Flyers continued their dominance on Monday night, thrashing the Penguins 3-0 and extending the series 2-0, headed back to Philadelphia. Do the Penguins have a shot, or is this thing over? Mike Tomlin will now be a part of Football Night in America's coverage on NBC. How do you think he'll do in [...]
BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One of the suspects in a gruesome murder is now on trial in Bradford County court. Testimony was underway in Terry Parker's case Tuesday morning. He is one of three people accused in the 2024 murder of Michael Pruitt. Authorities believe Parker shot Pruitt in a remote area near Gillett, where [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It was a campus celebration with a purpose on Tuesday at the University of Scranton: Students turned the Loyola Science Center into a hands-on Earth Day showcase, hosting a fair focused on sustainability and everyday environmental action. Under the theme "Students for Sustainable Living," guests moved from table to table, [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There's a shakeup in youth sports across Luzerne County. From big league dreams to major changes at home, District 1631 Little League is stepping into a historic summer. A national spotlight returns July 23, as the East Region Junior Softball Championship lands in Nanticoke. Days later, Jenkins Township hosts a [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — A Pike County man is out $40,000 on Tuesday after state police say a scammer pretended to be his mortgage broker. State police say the suspect contacted the 39-year-old from Blooming Grove Township and convinced him to wire the money straight to a fake account. Troopers say it happened earlier this month, and [...]
DURYEA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Duryea police say they need your help identifying two people in a burglary investigation. A man and a woman were caught on home surveillance camera around 4:50 a.m. Saturday, going room to room through a house on McAlpine Street. They walked out with a large flat-screen TV through a side [...]
LANSFORD, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Carbon County Coroner's Office has identified a body that was found Saturday afternoon near the area of Panther Creek and the #9 Coal Mine. The Coroner's Office has identified the man as Noel Jones of Lansford borough. Jones was reported missing on November 20, 2025. The Carbon County Coroner's [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Animal control officers and the SPCA are on the scene at CDE Exotics on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. The store is known for selling and rescuing reptiles and other animals. 28/22 News is there and said officials are bringing bins inside the store from the back entrance. It is [...]
CLIFTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For many, the key to prom season is finding that perfect dress to wear on their special night. "To have a great dress is to look good; it means that you think you're pretty and you're just confident overall," says North Pocono High School student Nadia Londo. Salon Joy [...]
