SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Sergeant of the Dunmore Police Department is facing charges after allegedly using drugs that had been confiscated as evidence. In November 2025, the Dumore Police Department requested that the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office investigate a medical episode involving Sergeant Stephon Burgette. According to the DA's Office, Burgette was [...]
WEATHERLY BOROUGH, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — After lifting a water boil advisory Thursday afternoon, a Carbon County borough issued a new water boil advisory Friday morning. The latest advisory was issued for a water main break on the east side of the Weatherly Borough, which resulted in a loss of pressure for the west side [...]
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Viewmont Mall will reopen Friday after closing and evacuating Thursday night due to a gas leak. Viewmont Mall Property Manager Associate Rosemary Bohenek said the mall will open for business at 11:00 a.m. Friday. However, some stores currently do not have power, but should have power back Saturday morning To [...]
LIME RIDGE -- Teachers at Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech will continue working under an expired contract for now after...
BLOOMSBURG -- An attorney for the town warned Community Strategies Group to come...
BLOOMSBURG -- A rural Bloomsburg man is accused of financially exploiting his elderly parents in Almedia by using their...
BLOOMSBURG -- The Bloomsburg Fair has announced two country singers made popular 30 years ago will perform at the...
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick resident won $50,000 playing Powerball, state records show.
That made Catherine Gensel the...
MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Five people are now facing prison time in what federal prosecutors call a wide-reaching fentanyl trafficking conspiracy tied to Monroe County. Investigators say the group moved drugs through the mail and continued coordinating sales even after one member was jailed. Four of them come from New Jersey, while the fifth comes from [...]
SUNBURY — Northumberland County Jail officials are speaking with federal officials about the possibility of housing ICE detainees.
