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 [...]
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.
