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Police search for missing young girl in Wilkes-Barre

WIKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre City Police Department is requesting the public's help in finding a missing young girl. Police reported they are searching for Reina Nin who was last seen Thursday, Aug. 20. Nin is 5 feet three inches tall, weighs 190 pounds, and was last seen wearing an all black outfit. Nin [...]

Fundraisers launched to support Nikoli Slivinski's family

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Nikoli Slivinski was just 11 years old when his life was cut short in a fire in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Luzerne County Coroner Dion Fernandes confirmed the boy's cause of death was smoke inhalation. The fire has also displaced nine people. Now, The Slivinski Family is left to pick up [...]

Residents fear losing natural beauty to data center

BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Residents in Bear Creek Township are voicing strong opposition to a proposed data center project and a broader plan to expand industrial zoning near some of Luzerne County's most treasured natural areas. The group "Bear Creek Protectors" has become a leading voice against the project, which is proposed [...]

Free bike helmets available for kids at Pittston Tomato Festival

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY(WBRE/WYOU) — Unwrap. Slap on a sticker, and the helmets go into the bags. Members of Hourigan, Kluger, and Quinn are packing up more than a thousand bike helmets for kids across the region. "And it means so much to us. We love seeing children come back year after year with their families. [...]

Driver dies after PA Turnpike crash due to wet roads

BEAR CREEK TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A New Jersey man has been identified as the victim killed in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike due to wet roadways. 62-year-old Joseph P. Kelly from Sewell, New Jersey, died after losing control of his vehicle while driving too fast on wet roadways, police stated. According to [...]

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