WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A section of Interstate 81 south in Luzerne County was closed as crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash. The closure was between Exit 165 (309 South) and Exit 164 (Nanticoke), according to 511PA. The road reopened early Friday afternoon. The crash happened just before 10:00 a.m. Friday, and it [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Multiple people are displaced after a fire that broke out early Friday morning in Wilkes-Barre. According to fire officials, the fire began in an apartment in the Sherman Hills complex around 3:00 a.m. Five units were damaged and deemed unlivable. The fire chief says an unattended candle sparked those flames [...]
Nearly 60 people were forced from their homes after a fire in an apartment in the Sherman Hills Apartments in Wilkes-Barre.
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — $500,000 is going to the SPCA of Luzerne County's expansion to the former Dundee Gardens in Hanover Township. This is part of a more than $52 million investment in community and economic development projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It’s all thanks to the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Grant Program. Todd Hevner [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Students got a chance to test out different careers in the medical field before committing to them. That's what dozens of high schoolers got to do for a week at a local college's summer camp. Learning the tools and skills needed for basic suturing, high schoolers took up the challenge [...]
Editor's Note: A video was removed from this article because it contained a misattribution. WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County will now be operating the city of Wilkes-Barre's homeless shelters. County officials hope they can collaborate with municipalities and streamline services for residents in need. "By taking the leadership role, we can ensure consistency [...]
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hazleton City Police said Tuesday they are looking for a 70-year-old man who went missing earlier that morning. Joseph Ward, 70, was last seen Tuesday around 7:30 a.m. near 710 Grant St. in Hazleton, police said. He may have been wearing denim shorts and an older graphic shirt. Police ask [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Wilkes-Barre City Police were searching for a missing 13-year-old girl who has since been found. The teen has been located and is safe.
Homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter charged in a hit-and-run that killed 59-year-old man back in December
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The driver involved in a hit-and-run crash where police say a man died after being hit by the suspect's plow pickup truck is now facing charges. A months-long investigation began into a hit-and-run crash that occurred in December 2025 that killed 59-year-old Fausto Hernandez-Perez of West Hazleton. On Tuesday, July [...]
