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SUNBURY — Shikellamy High School students solved a mock murder on Friday that occurred inside the Shikellamy Apartments, room 405.

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg Area School Board approved an agreement for outpatient mental health for students during Thursday night's public meeting.

DALLAS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Rice Township Police Chief Harry Ehret, 61, was laid to rest Friday in Luzerne County after serving his community for 30 years. His funeral marked the end of a life dedicated to public service in the close-knit Mountain Top community. Chief Ehret was widely known and deeply connected to [...]

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One person was shot in what police are calling an isolated incident Thursday night in Edwardsville. According to West Side Regional Police Department Captain Craig Cebrick, police were called around 10:30 p.m. Thursday for multiple shots fired on Church Street in Edwardsville. Cebrick says one person was struck by a [...]

WASHINGTON TWP., LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say they are searching for a woman who was involved in a fatal wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Onanyeli Rosario-Mesa, 25, of Allentown, is wanted for the following charges: In March 2025, state police were called to a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 476 northbound in Washington Township, [...]

POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A family of three was displaced after a fire destroyed their home in Schuylkill County. Crews were called around 9:00 a.m. Friday for a working fire on North 17th Street in Pottsville. The fire chief tells 28/22 News that it took 45 minutes to get it under control. Officials say [...]

HAMILTON TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The truck driver involved in a Monroe County crash that killed three people last year has pleaded guilty to homicide charges. Mark Rideout pleaded guilty on April 9 to the following charges: Samantha Crich, 40, of Wilkes-Barre, a 14-year-old passenger in her car, and Bryan Franco, 25, of Hellertown, [...]

RIVERSIDE — Spring cleaners in Riverside can dump some junk for free on April 25.

DANVILLE — Children ages 10 and younger will have an opportunity to celebrate America’s 250th while biking with their friends in downtown Danville on May 3.

SUNBURY — Authorities are investigating a Wednesday night swatting incident that led multiple police departments and first responders to a home in Point Township.