NESCOPECK TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The victim killed after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-80 has been identified. 20-year-old Jamison Styer from Danville died after crashing his vehicle into a truck directing traffic after a tractor-trailer had crashed on Interstate 80. State police say they were called to I-80 Eastbound in Nescopeck Township for [...]
Shooting Starz Gymnastics hosts the 12th annual Warrior Invitational for local veterans at Split Rock Resort.
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Police are still looking for the thieves who they believe stole two bodies from a cemetery in Plains Township earlier this month. People who live nearby say they want answers too. 28/22 News reporter Avery Nape was at a taxpayers' meeting this evening to find out what the township is [...]
On the same day, the federal government reopened, and the state government passed a budget that's been delayed for 134 days. Some are already feeling the impact.
WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One man is facing charges in connection with a theft of services that cost one man over $40,000 and has left him homeless. 28/22 News reporter Connor Coar has more about this case. Alan White, of Scranton, has been charged with home improvement fraud and theft by deception. White [...]
Little Lights Daycare in Hazle Township is stepping up to meet the growing need in the community and expanding its hours to 24 hours, six days a week.
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— November 13 is National Roentgen Day. You're probably asking yourself, 'What is Roentgen Day?' So did 28/22 News reporter Joe Mason, who explains what it is all about. It's National Roentgen Day at Luzerne County Community College. A day that pays tribute to Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, the man who discovered X-rays. [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Investigators call her the "Black Widow." Joann Curley pleaded guilty to poisoning her husband, Robert, in 1991 by spiking his iced Tea with rat poison. Prosecutors say he died a slow, painful death. We'll take a look back at the 1991 murder and talk with the family of the victim and the [...]
Hazleton Police say one person was taken to the hospital after being shot around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. No arrests have been made so far.
EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Fletcher, North Carolina man was charged Wednesday after police say he stole $137,000 from an Exeter woman trying to buy a home online. According to the affidavit from the Wyoming Area Regional Police Department, the victim, an Exeter woman, made seven payments for a property in North Carolina to [...]
