Luzerne County

After almost a year of closure, the only car access to Fern Knoll Cemetery in Dallas reopened on Friday.

PLAINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Luzerne County Coroner's Office was called to a home on North Main Street in Plains Township Friday afternoon. Officials say EMS was called around 4:00 p.m. Friday to the area. The coroner's office, Pennsylvania State Police, and Plains Township Police all responded to the scene on the 300 [...]

The community support after last week's deadly fire in Kingston is now reaching far beyond the family at the center of it.

An 11-year-old and a 13-year-old died from breathing in too much smoke in the house fire along North Welles Avenue last week, according to authorities.

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner has identified the teenage victim who died in a Kingston house fire last week. Lehigh County Coroner, Daniel A. Buglio, identified the victim as 13-year-old Zachary Scott Scalfer. Buglio stated the autopsy determined the cause of death to be from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries due to the [...]

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A 15-year-old faces charges after police say he led officers on a chase and then crashed the stolen vehicle. Officers on patrol with the Nanticoke City Police Department said they saw a suspicious vehicle in the area of East Union and Meade streets early Friday morning. The vehicle was driving [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crews responded to a two-alarm fire that damaged a home in Wilkes-Barre. The fire broke out here on Dougher Lane just before 3:00 a.m. Friday morning. Dozens of firefighters were at the scene. It's unclear if anyone was hurt or what caused the fire.

Flames broke out along Dougher Lane around 3 a.m. Friday.

PennDOT is temporarily reducing the speed limit on several roadways in the region due to the weather Friday morning.

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Everybody is safely back in their homes on a Kingston street after emergency evacuations Thursday. UGI crews could be seen working on East Bennett Street where neighbors were forced to leave in the morning. It was prompted by what Kingston Forty Fort Fire Department called a gas emergency. They gave [...]