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9-year-old reported missing in Wilkes-Barre

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are searching for a 9-year-old boy reported missing in Wilkes-Barre. Police say 9-year-old Aydin Guzman was last seen on August 5 around 6:00 p.m. in the area of 308 North Empire Court. Officers noted that Guzman was last seen wearing a gray shirt, gray pants, and black/silver sneakers. Anyone [...]

$500,000 winning lottery ticket sold in Luzerne County

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky Pennsylvania Lottery player has won $500,000 from a Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket. A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket sold for the Wednesday, August 5 drawing matched all five balls drawn, 11-19-29-33-39, to win $500,000. The winning ticket was sold at Pantry Quik in [...]

One dead, three injured in Shavertown house fire

SHAVERTOWN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is dead and three others are injured after a house fire on North Pioneer Avenue in Shavertown Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called to the home just after 5:00 a.m. and were met with heavy flames. Shavertown Firefighters say this fire was difficult to manage, taking roughly 45 minutes [...]

Local athlete wins world championship

AVOCA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Nelson Villafane, a 15-year-old from Taylor, is a world champion wrestler after winning the U17 World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. Villafane, who represented Puerto Rico in the tournament, gave up one point across four matches he wrestled in overseas. Wrestling at 45kg, approximately 100 pounds, Villafane still can't believe he [...]

Wilkes-Barre road project snarls traffic

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Traffic is snarled at times at a busy Wilkes-Barre corridor because of a road construction project. A stretch of River Street near Wilkes-Barre General Hospital was down to one lane Wednesday. Word at the scene is that Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority is raising three manholes to prepare for future paving. [...]

PennDOT grants more than $250K to upgrade traffic signals

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Drivers in Wilkes-Barre could soon see safer and more efficient intersections, thanks to new state funding aimed at modernizing the city's traffic signal system. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has granted more than a quarter of a million dollars through Pennsylvania's Green-Light-Go program to upgrade aging traffic signals at [...]

Arson suspect dies in fire, state police says

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) have determined a Tuesday afternoon fatal fire in Plymouth was the result of arson. PSP said the suspect of the arson on Church Street died in the fire. Luzerne County Coroner Dion Fernandes identified 51-year-old Carmelo Millan as the man killed in the fire.

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