TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Human trafficking is on the rise nationwide, and Pennsylvania is no exception. That's why state lawmakers have passed a bill expanding awareness training in the hospitality industry. 28/22 News reporter Heidi Martens has more on how it is being rolled out in the Poconos. A bill moving through the Pennsylvania [...]
(WBRE/WYOU)— The Shapiro administration is working to recruit and maintain workers in the child care industry. The commonwealth is now accepting applications for childcare worker bonuses. 28/22 News reporter Joe Mason explains what this new initiative is all about. "We're not just talking about that problem. We are doing something about it by getting more [...]
LUZERNE COUNTY, (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department says officers arrested a man on Wednesday for passing forged money. Denzel Marlon Thomas, 30, was caught passing fake $10 and $20 bills to add money to a debit card, officials say. Thomas faces similar charges of forgery and theft in Wilkes-Barre City and Wilkes-Barre Township. [...]
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Now to a real blessing for families in need in the Poconos. A blessing box now stands outside the Pocono Mountains Association of Realtors building in Stroudsburg. Dozens attended the blessing box dedication ceremony. The box's mission is to provide essential resources for the community during difficult times, not only during [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— More than a dozen people are out of their homes one week before Christmas after a fire in Scranton. Crews were called late this morning to the burning home on Moosic Street between Prospect and South Webster Avenues. Officials say no one was hurt. Crews got the flames under control in a [...]
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Sunbury man faces more than four decades in prison for a deadly bar shooting. A judge sentenced 45-year-old Randy Easton on Wednesday. Easton was convicted of shooting and killing 33-year-old Joseph Rice. The shooting happened in 2023 outside Laughter's Bar in Sunbury, where Easton was just leaving. Easton was convicted [...]
NEW BERLIN — Sparks fly and hammers ring as students at SUN Area Technical Institute work to restore a classic car from the 1950s to benefit a local fire company in New Berlin.
Ever since 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object, was discovered on July 1, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), scientists and the public have been fascinated by it. Is it a comet? Or something else?
HARRISBURG — A new impaired driving charge targeting repeat offenders who successfully completed a rehabilitative program after an initial arrest for driving under the influence was approved by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
MIDDLEBURG — A Los Angeles man accused of threatening to kill a Geisinger nurse and another woman will be extradited to Snyder County.
