DALLAS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Cars are once again able to use the access bridge to Fern Knoll Burial Park near Dallas. The bridge collapsed last spring, requiring a new bridge to be built in its place. RBR Earthworks from Luzerne County, which handled the project, announced the reopening on Friday. The company credits [...]
WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hardware stores are once again seeing a shopping rush before the storm hits. People were in and out all day at Gerrity's Ace Hardware in West Pittston, picking up what they needed to battle the elements. Workers there say Saturday was similar to the days before the big winter [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A death investigation was underway Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre. The Luzerne County Coroner responded to a scene in Wilkes-Barre with police after a reported incident Saturday afternoon. In South Wilkes-Barre, Thayer Street was blocked off Saturday night as it had been for most of the day. Pennsylvania State Police say [...]
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Violators of winter weather parking bans will be ticketed and/or towed in the Luzerne County. The bans will be in place to allow space for snow plows to respond to the forecasted winter storm. A parking ban on the following streets in Wilkes-Barre was instated Saturday Feb. 21, with ticketing and [...]
The county coroner, PSP, and Plains Township Police are at a death investigation along North Main Street on Friday evening.
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 [...]
