KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Four are in custody after shots fired near the Wyoming Valley West Middle School early Friday, the superintendent reports. Wyoming Valley West Superintendent Dr. Suppon stated that shots were fired near the middle school around 1:00 a.m. Friday on Chester Street near Wright Avenue. Kingston Police Department responded to investigate and [...]
LUZERNE COUNTY, (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department says officers arrested a man on Wednesday for passing forged money. Denzel Marlon Thomas, 30, was caught passing fake $10 and $20 bills to add money to a debit card, officials say. Thomas faces similar charges of forgery and theft in Wilkes-Barre City and Wilkes-Barre Township. [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky Pennsylvania lottery player in Luzerne County has won $1 million from a Powerball ticket. Two winning Powerball® tickets were sold in Pennsylvania in the Wednesday, December 17 drawing, which were worth a combined total of $1.2 million. It includes one prize worth $1 million sold at a Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in [...]
Newswatch 16's Melissa Steininger spoke with officials in Luzerne County about the first property tax increase in Wilkes-Barre Township in nearly three decades.
Skyler James Lefort, 27, faces multiple charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl while out on bail for a similar offense, officials say
WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man is facing charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager and giving alcohol to minors. Wyoming Area Regional Police say they got a report of a sexual assault on November 2. Officer Robert Shupp spoke with a family member of the 15-year-old victim and [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A bad crash happened just outside the 28/22 New Studio on Tuesday afternoon. A car landed on its side just outside our doors on South Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre. People ran to the scene to find one man inside the vehicle. He was able to speak with those outside the [...]
Flames broke out around 11 a.m. Tuesday along McLean Street.
An elderly woman in Luzerne County lost a large part of her life savings after falling victim to an online scam.
DUPONT, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Luzerne County Coroner has identified a man who died as a result of a fire in Dupont on Tuesday. The fire is out, but the investigation is ongoing at 403 McLean Street in Dupont. Several local fire and EMS crews were battling the blaze, and most of them have [...]
