Luzerne County

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State Representatives Bridget Kosierowski, Kyle Donahue, and two other lawmakers are pushing a new bill to regulate kratom sales. The Kratom Standards, Labeling and Consumer Protection Act would allow the regulated sale of unadulterated kratom, while prohibiting products with chemically inflated concentrations of its most addictive components. This comes months [...]

Police say they're dealing with mass amounts of teenagers gathering in parking lots and businesses, often leading to fights or property damage.

The 20-year-old defendant was jailed without bail

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A jury has indicted a man on the charges alleging he sexually exploited a teen reported missing. A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted 27-year-old Christopher Jones of Nanticoke on charges of violating federal child sexual exploitation laws. Jones was charged after a 14-year-old reported missing from Whitehall Borough, Allegheny County, [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pamela Keefe started Prevention Point NEPA - Michalene's Mission eight years ago after the untimely passing of her daughter from a drug overdose. The volunteer-run group provides wound care, Naloxone and STI testing to people across Luzerne County. Keefe says the ambulance they operated out of is no longer functional; [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man who pleaded guilty in the "House of Horrors" case, a disturbing 2024 homicide investigation in Luzerne County, will now spend the rest of his life in prison. Jason Race, 44, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the first-degree murder of Nicole Cuevas. Race pleaded [...]

Jason Race was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, as well as an additional 25 to 80 years for other charges.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arraigned Tuesday after he allegedly stole multiple stained-glass window panes from a Wilkes-Barre church during alcoholics' anonymous (AA) meetings. Paul Herron of Wilkes-Barre, 36, received multiple charges, including institutional vandalism of a place of worship, for stealing 4 window panes in July of 2025, police say. Police [...]

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY(WBRE/WYOU) — 30 bikes in 30 minutes. That's the goal for these manufacturing groups on Tuesday: to take part in a team-building exercise while learning about assembly processes. "They can hopefully take back, learn these principles, and then apply them in their various processes,” said Mark Morgis, Continuous Improvement Specialist. The tour [...]

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local leaders are trying to write the rules before new data center applications can move forward. The Butler Township planning board met Monday to discuss changes to their zoning regulations on data centers. Just last month, the township's board of supervisors took steps to ensure they're protected against potential [...]