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Helping local families keep kids safe with car seat safety check

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — MotorWorld hosted a free car seat safety event Tuesday in Luzerne County to help local families keep children safe on the road. Certified child passenger safety technicians from the Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department assisted parents with checking and installing safety restraints. Families who registered for the event in advance were [...]

Family displaced after fire damages Wilkes-Barre home

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A structure fire damaged a home on Madison Street in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday afternoon, leaving a family without a place to stay. Emergency crews extinguished the flames quickly and no injuries were reported. The local fire chief said emergency responders arrived at the scene shortly after 1:00 p.m. and observed [...]

Recognizing National Recovery Month this September

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More than 1 in 10 adults in the United States have reported a Substance Use Disorder. In this National Recovery Month, 28/22 News Reporter Zach Paraway, sat down with someone recovering and how they are helping others. Kate Favata works at Wyoming Valley Behavioral Health as Manager of Community Partnerships [...]

Teen stabbed multiple times outside of Hazleton High School

HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Charges have been filed after police say a teen was stabbed multiple times outside of Hazleton High School. On September 18, the Hazleton Area School District Police Department was called to the frontof the bus line for a fight while the high school was dismissing students. The fight relocated [...]

Pittston Twp., City land transfer moves forward

PITTSTON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Following approval votes from both municipalities, a proposed transfer of land from Pittston Township to Pittston City will move forward for approval from the county and the state. The proposed annexation from would transfer 22.3 acres of undeveloped land at the Stauffer Pointe Development from the township to the [...]

Wilkes University receives $200,000 state grant for nursing lab

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A major funding boost for Wilkes University is on the way. The university has been awarded $200,000 in state grant funding to purchase new equipment and technology for a new state of the art nursing simulation center. The upgrades will include a six bed unit, mannequins and other technology that [...]

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