Luzerne County

HANOVER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Hanover Township Police Department has announced an arrest following the conclusion of a three-month-long drug investigation involving a teenager. According to a statement on the Hanover Police Department's official website, authorities arrested Michael Curtis, 19, from Wilkes-Barre, after an investigation revealed he'd allegedly been in possession of illegal [...]

Officials say the end of summer is a critical time for maintaining blood supplies for patients in need. This summer, the need is even greater.

HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man who accidentally shot himself while outside of a high school in Luzerne County has been charged, police say. 48-year-old Nathaniel D. Altmiller is charged with possessing a weapon on school property and other related offenses after investigators stated he shot himself while securing a gun in his [...]

The proposed project would expand the industrial zoning district from 65 acres to more than 500 acres to accommodate data centers.

Two buildings are now condemned, and nine people are now displaced after a building collapsed early Thursday morning.

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Sky Zone Pittston has permanently closed its doors after more than a decade of providing family fun to residents in Luzerne County. The company's website put out a notice that the Pittston Sky Zone has closed without an apparent explanation. "We hope you had some fun times and created some great [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men robbed a woman at gunpoint Monday in the Geisinger South parking garage, according to a Wilkes-Barre Police release. The men approached the victim around 5:00 a.m. in all back with ski masks and pointing pistols at her, police said. After demanding valuables, which she did not have, they [...]

HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An SUV drove into a train in Luzerne County early Thursday morning, resulting in a derailment and detoured traffic, officials said. Just before 3:00 a.m., Hazle Township Fire and Rescue said they were dispatched to the railroad crossing on South Church Street/Route 309 in Hazle Township for a report [...]

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fire crews responded to a condemned building collapse in Hazleton that resulted in an adjacent apartment being evacuated. Hazleton Fire Department stated they were called for a building collapse at East Diamond Avenue and East 1st Street around 5:00 a.m. Thursday, September 3. Crews say the main building where the [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County joins the country in the nationwide remembrance of 9/11 with its very own ceremony next Friday at the Luzerne County Courthouse. The courthouse is inviting the public to attend a "Ceremony in Remembrance" which will take place at the courthouse rotunda at 8:30 a.m Friday morning. All are [...]