EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY, (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say six residents and three cats, one of which died, were displaced by a house fire Sunday morning. According to Edwardsville Police Captain Joe Hudak, everyone is out of the conjoined house on the 200 block of Church Street. The fire also impacted the other side of the house. [...]
Luzerne County partnered with Midwest Food Bank and Fork Over Love in Pittston to distribute hot meals and produce to more than 60 cars.
Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones shows us how the Hazleton One Community Center is helping hundreds of families in need this holiday season.
DALLAS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Severe weather is causing outages to internet, cable, and phone service all across our area. One business, 28/22 News, reported losing internet around 4:00 p.m. Friday. An owner of CK's in Dallas says the outage has disrupted card readers, phone lines, and cable TV inside the restaurant. The outage is hitting [...]
LARKSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Two local borough police departments are set to regionalize at the start of the new year, and a familiar face will serve as chief. 28/22 News reporter Joe Mason shares what this merger will bring to the area. It's official. The Edwardsville and Larksville police departments are merging. The soon-to-be west [...]
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Luzerne County man has been sentenced after accidentally killing his friend. Michael Crawn Jr. will spend one to two years in prison for the shooting death of 17-year-old Hunter Sipple. In September of last year, the teenager was shot at a home in Nanticoke and later died at the hospital. Police say [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Many are out shopping for their holiday feast, less than a week before Christmas. 28/22 News stopped by "Leonard's Keilbasi Market" in Wilkes-Barre, where the staff is busy cooking, smoking, and meeting customer demands. Since 1923, Leonard's has been serving the classic sausage that keeps customers coming back each holiday season. [...]
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Hundreds and hundreds of local kids who might not otherwise get a bicycle for Christmas are getting one thanks to an annual drive. The Scranton School District is among the districts picking up the donated bikes from a warehouse near Pittston. State Senator Marty Flynn (D) of Scranton is partnering [...]
ASHLEY, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A mother and her boyfriend are charged after her 3-year-old was sent to the hospital for a brain bleed, police say. According to the Ashley Police Department, 21-year-old Payton Eleanor Gallagher and her boyfriend, 28-year-old Brandon Charles Connolly, face charges after Gallagher's 3-year-old was severely injured. On September 18, Gallagher [...]
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The coroner confirms a man who was reported missing has been found dead in Luzerne County. Luzerne County Coroner Dion Fernandes tells 28/22 News that the body of 70-year-old Leonard Butera from Jenkins Township was found Thursday evening. Butera was reported missing for six days before his body was found. The [...]
