WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a woman is facing charges after they found 3D printed guns, children, and animals living in deplorable conditions inside a Wilkes-Barre home. On July 10, Wilkes-Barre City police investigated a domestic call on Madison Street. Officers said they found a 3D printer, manufactured weapons, gun parts, children having [...]
SWIFTWATER, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men have been arrested after police say they held a Sheetz employee while demanding money and cigarettes. On July 12, the Pocono Township Police Department was called for an armed robbery at the Sheetz in Swiftwater. Police say two masked men came into the store, grabbed an employee, and [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Heat Alerts are in place for central and northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be warm and a bit muggy Monday night. There is a small chance of a shower or rumble of thunder across northern Pennsylvania. Temperatures will be in the lower and middle 60s by morning. Tuesday will be sunny, [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — Both of Pennsylvania's United States Senators weighed in on the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham. Democrat John Fetterman said the following on X, formerly known as Twitter: Sudden and awful news about Senator Lindsey Graham. The United States Senate lost a foreign policy giant. On a personal level, he had always been kind, [...]
SUNBURY — Despite the rain that fell in the Valley Saturday night, giving residents a scare that Sunbury’s nearly 30-minute fireworks display would be postponed, Mother Nature cleared the way just before the grand finale to the city’s Sunbury Celebration weekend.
SUNBURY — Barring a third continuance, Sunbury City Council will vote to sign an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program contract or move on without it Monday night.
State Attorney General Dave Sunday is encouraging members of the state House to act before the July 24 deadline on Senate Bill 1400, which would put in place a new sentencing structure for those convicted of second-degree murder going forward.
LAUREL RUN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For one weekend a year, the phrase "pedal to the metal" takes on a whole new meaning near Wilkes-Barre. Drivers from across the country took on the twists, turns, and steep climb this weekend of the annual Giants Despair Hill Climb, and this year, the one-mile race up Easton [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A reenactment is one way to learn about history, but how about having food with a founding father? That is exactly what happened on Sunday at Brunch with Thomas Jefferson at Posh in Scranton. Historian Tom Pitz portrayed Thomas Jefferson for a special presentation. Pitz has been Thomas Jefferson for [...]
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fifes, drums, and muskets are taking people back to the times of the founding of our nation. People came to Nesbitt Park in Kingston to participate in or watch the Battle of Wyoming reenactment, celebrating America 250. The battle was a big 1778 defeat for the patriots in the Wyoming [...]
