Luzerne County

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced upcoming lane restrictions and rolling slowdowns overnight in Luzerne County on Interstate 81. PennDOT says lane restrictions and rolling slowdowns will be put in place on Interstate 81 North and Southbound in Luzerne County. Authorities explain that it will happen in Luzerne County between Avoca/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International [...]

Mericle Surplus Giving handed out free clothes within the Hazelton Area School District.

Guy Scatton is charged with terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, and simple assault.

BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police say he pointed a gun at another driver's head during a road rage incident. 69-year-old Guy V. Scatton, of Drums, was arrested following a road-rage incident involving a gun, police stated. According to Butler Township Police, officers were called around 6:00 p.m. [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — Friends and family gathered in Butler Township, Luzerne County, to honor Joseph Barna, a decorated Marine Corps veteran and published author remembered for his service to others. Barna served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, where he was wounded in combat and earned two Purple Hearts. He later wrote and published [...]

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was charged with assault after she allegedly slashed one woman in the face and drove into another woman during an altercation at a Kingston gas station. Joann Johnson, 52, faces several assault charges after allegedly attacking two women following a Monday morning altercation in the parking lot of [...]

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was in Luzerne County Tuesday, announcing more than $17 million is heading to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in the next year and a half as part of the Working Families Tax Cuts. “You have new radios. We have already switched you over or almost all the [...]

The Christ Lutheran church in Hazleton has one of the largest organs in Pennsylvania, ready for the community to see the work a member did to expand the instrument.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police were searching for a teen reported missing in Wilkes-Barre Tuesday. Police say a 13-year-old from Wilkes-Barre was reported missing Tuesday, August 25. They have since been found safe.

WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Fetty Wap is set to bring a Halloween Party to northeastern Pennsylvania, with a concert at the Mohegan Arena. Grammy-nominated rapper Fetty Wap will be performing at the Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township on October 30. A venue presale opens Thursday, August 27, at 10:00 a.m. and closes at [...]