Luzerne County

DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Spring is here, which also means so is construction season. PennDOT announced its construction plans for this year.

As winter gives way to spring, it also marks the start of construction season. PennDOT is moving forward with both new and ongoing projects

PennDOT's District 4's agenda for 2025 includes $1.2 billion in active construction projects, from interstate upgrades to resurfacing roads to replacing bridges

Action 16's Stacy Lange shares how neighbors in White Haven are still hopeful there will be an arrest in the murder of Thomas Kolasensky.

PennDOT officials in Lackawanna County shared 52 projects planned for the unofficial construction season across six counties.

Miguel Mestanza faces several animal cruelty charges.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Efforts to keep Penn State Commonwealth Campuses open attracted a large crowd to Hazleton today.

State Lawmakers are holding a community meeting to talk about their ongoing mission to convince Penn State officials to keep the Hazleton campus as well as others in Northeastern Pennsylvania open.

Trolley rides rolling for the 2025 season

Penn State announced that declining enrollment and financial challenges have led to a decision to close several Commonwealth campuses.

Hazleton PSU is on the possible chopping block.

Flames broke out along St. Gabriel Road in Sugarloaf Township around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County's Electric City Trolley Museum is now open for the 2025 season with excursions happening daily.

The museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with excursions happening Thursdays to Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.

Luzerne County to adopt AI to boost public services

The trolley also runs to PNC Field for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders games on select Sundays in the summer.

NEWTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — About two acres have been burned after a brush fire in Lackawanna County Wednesday evening.

Newton Ransom Volunteer Fire Department Chief says they got the call for a brush fire around 7:30 p.m. on Fawn Hill Lane in Newton Township.

2 sent to hospital, man facing charges after Luzerne County police chase

Crews were able to put out the flames quickly, but the wind made it a little more difficult.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a useful technology, and one local county has taken an interest in AI as a way to boost the efficiency and distribution of public services.

They're calling it "Next-Gen Luzerne County," a pilot program that county officials say they hope will help county employees better serve their constituents.

AI is seeping into just about everything, and now, it could be a new tool used in local government.

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say two people were sent to the hospital and a man is facing multiple charges after a police chase across Luzerne County.

Police say on April 9, at around noon, an officer was on duty when their patrol vehicle equipped with a License Plate Reader (LPR) received a hit.

Officials explain that the LPR hit was on a 2008 blue Volvo stopped in the southbound lane of Wyoming Avenue at the intersection of Market Street in Kingston with an expired registration.