Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones spoke with Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center co-director about the worst bird hoarding case she's ever seen.
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A gym in Luzerne County was packed with girls looking for big opportunities. 28/22 News Reporter Zach Paraway shows how students with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are getting career inspiration. At Penn State Hazleton, the Dr. Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium was filled with young girls [...]
A first-of-its-kind project is taking shape in Luzerne County. A rain garden is popping up along Wyoming Avenue.
JACKSON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A police unit and another vehicle collided on Route 29 in Luzerne County, sending both drivers to the hospital. A crash involving a police vehicle and another car happened on Route 29 in Jackson Township Wednesday afternoon. The driver of the car, along with the police officer, was taken [...]
RICE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A longtime police chief in Luzerne County is being remembered on Monday night: Rice Township Police say Chief Harry Ehret has died. The department says he served the Rice Township and Mountain Top community for the past 30 years. Officers called his leadership and service a lasting mark on [...]
DURYEA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Duryea police need your help, as they are trying to track down a driver who they say crashed into a park retaining wall and took off. It happened last Friday afternoon at Duryea Community Park on Stephenson Street. On Monday, they released surveillance photos of a woman and a dark [...]
RICE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A burglary investigation in Rice Township has now led to criminal charges. Police say three suspects forced their way into a home in the Woodberry Manor section back in February, stealing jewelry, cash, and other items. Investigators believe the three to be part of an organized burglary crew and [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hundreds of pigeons along with other animals were found in conditions officials described as "absolutely horrific" after authorities responded to reports of an animal hoarding situation in Wilkes-Barre. The Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center says it was called by Wilkes-Barre animal Control to a double-block home on the 100 [...]
WEST HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say 11 people are now without a home after a fire in West Hazleton on Tuesday afternoon. The West Hazleton Fire Department Chief Brandon Cressman told 28/22 News they were called at about 3:00 p.m. to a double-block house fire on the 200 block of Allen Street on [...]
Flames broke out around 3 p.m. Tuesday along the 200 block of Allen Street in West Hazleton.
