Luzerne County

BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A non-profit is doing everything in its power to provide the local homeless population with support.

28/22 News Reporter Avery Nape met with the founders of the organization to find out how they're picking up the pieces Keystone Mission left behind.

Saint Elizabeth's Way, a support group from Saint Elizabeth's Church in Bear Creek, has been hard at work the past few months.

2nd mobile food pantry rolls out to fight food insecurity

LEHMAN TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County boy was honored Wednesday after saving a man's life at the Luzerne County fair last Tuesday.

Board President of the Luzerne County Fair Alan Pugh collapsed to the ground in a life-threatening emergency.

10-year-old Ben Hineline was in the right place at the right time and sprang into action.

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Ben's parents told 28/22 News that he has always had a big personality, but even a bigger heart and can think on his feet.

The spot of the old, historic Hotel Sterling in Wilkes-Barre is now up for sale, opening the door to new possibilities downtown.

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they have a suspect in custody Thursday afternoon after an armed robbery at an auto repair shop on Wednesday.

Kline Township Police have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Chase Lynn Abbit, currently homeless, but originally from Los Angeles, California.

Butler Township have charged Abbit with receiving stolen property, firearms not to be carried without a license and use/possession of a small amount of marijuana.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man threatened Special Olympics participants at Kirby Park, then later threw fecal matter on the walls of a holding cell.

Officers were called to Kirby Park for a report of a man harassing several people and threatening them with a hammer.

On the scene, police said the victims claimed the man, later identified as Matthew Fisher, 36, of Wilkes-Barre, approached them and a group of people participating in a Special Olympics event held at Kirby Park.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An alleged drug dealer has been arrested after police say a three-month investigation led to the discovery of several pounds of marijuana.

On August 28, the Hazleton Police Department Special Response Team executed a search and arrest warrant at a residence on Peace Street in Hazleton for 22-year-old Sanyel Calzado Berroa.

(WBRE/WYOU) — PennDOT reported a crash on Interstate 80 Thursday morning had shut down all lanes of traffic.

PennDOT stated a crash occurred on I-80 westbound between Exit 256: PA 93-Conygham/Nescopeck in Luzerne County and Exit 242: PA 339-Mainville/Mifflinville in Columbia County around 12:40 a.m.

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Details on the crash are limited at this time. Both lanes of traffic on the westbound side were shut down, and drivers were being directed towards Route 93 and Route 11.

From potato pancakes that support the Lake Lehman Band to baby kangaroos you can hold, the Luzerne County Fair is serving up fun for all ages through September 7th.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There is no mold at a Wilkes-Barre elementary school, 28/22 News first reported about on Tuesday.

The principal at Kistler Elementary in Wilkes-Barre says the test results for mold came back clean.

Mother of victim speaks after thwarted Scranton kidnapping

The tests were ordered after custodians spotted white patches in two classrooms on Tuesday.

School at Kistler Elementary will begin on Thursday as scheduled.

Fire and PPL crews were called after a car hit a pole mounted with transformers that came down and caught fire around noon in Pittston Township.