WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are searching for a man reported missing in Wilkes-Barre. The Wilkes-Barre City Police Department is searching for 39-year-old Kevin Panowicz. Details on when Panowicz was last seen or heard from were not given by police. Anyone with information is asked to contact Wilkes-Barre City Police at 570-208-4200 or message [...]
SUGARLOAF TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Someone in Luzerne County is officially three-quarters of a million dollars richer. A Pennsylvania Lottery Cash Five jackpot ticket worth $750,000 was sold at Pantry Quik on Route 93 in Sugarloaf Township for Monday night's drawing. The winner hasn't been announced yet, meaning they may not have come forward, [...]
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Drums man told police there was a gun under his seat during a traffic stop in Butler Township, and that was just the beginning. Butler Township Police say 40-year-old David Deroy from Drums was pulled over near East Butler Drive and Drasher Road Sunday night just after 10:00 [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Spring weather is bringing more than sunshine: potholes are back. Drivers are feeling the bumps, and local tire shops are seeing the damage. 28/22 News Reporter Joe Mason went to Luzerne County to see the impact firsthand. Potholes continue to be a pain for Pennsylvania drivers. As winter gives way [...]
RICE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — At Urbanski farms, March mornings begin with tapping trees and collecting sap for the maple harvest. Once the sap is gathered, it's processed into sweet maple syrup. Bill Urbanski operates the farm with his family. "Once the sap gets collected, we then run it through a reverse osmosis machine. [...]
WEST HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A brazen theft cut off communications at a state police barracks in Luzerne County. Authorities say a thief cut phone lines on Dessen Drive in West Hazleton and made off with $5,000 worth of copper last week. Troopers lost emergency phone service for several days. They've charged Daniel Igo [...]
State troopers in Luzerne County say a man who cut lines for the copper knocked out their phones for days. A contingency plan still allowed for emergency calls.
David Deroy faces a felony charge of firearms not to be carried without a license and misdemeanor drug offenses.
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WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's everyone's least favorite season between winter and spring in Pennsylvania: Pothole season. In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews were taking advantage of Monday's nice weather to repair and patch potholes in Wilkes-Barre Township, near the Highland Park Boulevard exit and the Mountain Top exit. Road crews [...]
