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BLOOMSBURG -- A man accused of raping a 16-year-old employee while a supervisor at the Berwick Giant Food Store and...

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Halloween spirit is alive and glowing in Kingston, where one home is turning heads with a spine-tingling display. Bright red, blue, and green lights cast a colorful glow over a front yard packed with towering skeletons, creepy clowns, and eerie fog drifting down the alleyway. Every corner is covered in [...]

HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's only Tuesday, but one town is already getting into the Halloween spirit. The Honesdale Area Jaycees held their Annual Halloween Parade Down Main Street. Many local businesses could be seen sporting different float themes, including the circus, JAWS, Beetlejuice, and many others. Kids lined the streets wearing their best [...]

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 113 employees with Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) are set to go on strike next week if they cannot renegotiate their union contract with the school. The contract expired on August 31, and officials with both the Pennsylvania State Education Association and LCCC say they've been in negotiations for at [...]

SALEM TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say there was no fire or injuries after crews were called to a nuclear power plant in Salem Township Tuesday night. The Salem Township Fire Department posted on Facebook that they were called at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday to a reported fire at the hydrogen storage facility near [...]

(WBRE/WYOU)— With the regular season ending, HSFB now turns the page for some playoff football. Join Ricky and Alaina as they discuss Week 10 of the high school football season, in a week full of intense matchups to decide the season. Also, the two talk about a reeling Steelers squad and an Eagles team catching fire [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton's skateboarding community is rolling into something new. A skate park is now open. The new Weston Field Skate Park in Scranton has quickly become a hub for local skateboarders. Funded through more than $956,000 in American Rescue Plan funding, the all-concrete park features quarter pipes, rails, and ramps. The [...]

JIM THORPE, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The Pennsylvania Attorney General has details on the takedown of a drug trafficking ring in NEPA. Attorney General Dave Sunday was in Jim Thorpe on Tuesday morning to announce the arrest of key members of a drug trafficking operation. Sunday, along with area law enforcement, highlighted the months-long operation that targeted [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local university is doubling down on efforts to put an end to the stigma surrounding mental health. The school's football players have now joined the team. Wilkes University's Football Team pledged to become members of the mental health initiative on campus. The Green Bandana Project has been implemented at [...]

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A church in the Poconos is looking to help those who have been impacted by the government shutdown, but first, it needs help from the community. Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church's Helping Hands Food Pantry is in desperate need of donations. With snap benefits ending on November 1, they say the need [...]