Luzerne County

The projects underway in Luzerne County hope to restore different parts of nature.

WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police arrested a man who they say burned a Verizon work van. Jason Drevenik was arrested in connection with a burglary of the Verizon Communications facility on Casey Avenue and the burning of a Verizon work van on August 10, the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department stated. During the investigation, [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police in Wilkes-Barre are investigating a shots-fired incident that occurred early Wednesday morning. Around 6:00 a.m. on September 2, officers responded to Trethaway Street for reports of shots fired. Police taped off the area and could be seen placing multiple evidence markers near spent shell casings that littered the road. [...]

EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Wyoming Area Catholic School had a fire drill scheduled for Tuesday, but nobody expected they would actually have to deal with the real thing. A fire on Tuesday morning forced students and staff from Wyoming Area Catholic School to evacuate just a week into the new school year. According to [...]

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pittston City and Pittston Township have proposed a deal that would transfer township land to the city for housing development, providing both municipalities a boost in revenue. The deal would transfer 22.3 acres of undeveloped land in the Stauffer Pointe Development property, currently in Pittston Township, to Pittston City. The purpose [...]

Interstate 80 westbound is closed at the Nescopeck exit in Luzerne County.

A fire reported Tuesday at Wyoming Area Catholic School prompted an evacuation. Students and staff are going to the Wyoming Area Secondary School to be released.

EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A fire has broken out at the Wyoming Area Catholic School; students and the facility have been evacuated. At approximately 10:00 a.m., crews were called to a fire at the Wyoming Area Catholic School in the 1600 block of Wyoming Avenue in Exeter. Wyoming Area Regional Police Department stated that [...]

SUGARLOAF TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A tractor-trailer pileup had traffic at a standstill on Interstate 80 Tuesday morning. PennDOT says the closure was on the westbound side of I-80 between Conygham/ Nescopeck Exit in Luzerne County and the Mainville/Mifflinville Exit in Columbia County. Pennsylvania State Trooper Petroski stated the crash happened around 4:00 a.m. [...]

BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Hundreds showed up Monday in Luzerne County to fight against the potential expansion of industrial land into residential neighborhoods. People living there say the proposed expansion is largely tied to the interests of data center developers in the area. As crowds waited to get into Bear Creek Community [...]