Luzerne County

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police arrested two after selling methamphetamine mixed with fentanyl to a confidential informant (CI).

According to police, 38-year-old Rebecca Shiner and Theodore Goetze have been arrested after they sold methamphetamine mixed with fentanyl to a CI.

Search for missing woman in Luzerne County

Police say between February 1 and February 10 officials began an investigation on Shiner and Goeteze. During that investigation, a CI was told to obtain a specific amount of methamphetamine in exchange for cash.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman is being accused of spitting and kicking an officer multiple times while being arrested.

According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, officers responded to a domestic disturbance in the 120 block of Academy Street around 11:00 p.m. Sunday.

Police say once on the scene officers tried to break up an argument between a man and Mariah Figueroa Torres, 22, of Wilkes-Barre. Torres was reported to have spit at an officer, and kicked the officer multiple times in the legs, as stated in the affidavit.

HUNTINGTON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say they are searching for a missing woman out of Luzerne County Tuesday.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers are searching for Linda Carmella Shaw of Shickshinny. Police say Shaw is considered missing and endangered and was last seen Monday near the Susquehanna River in Salem Township.

Mother charged with abandoning child at hair salon

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A mother is being charged after police say she abandoned her child at a salon and was not located until the following day.

According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, on Sunday around 9:00 p.m., officers were called to the 300 block of South Maon Street for a child left at a hair salon.

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Cooking for a cause: That was the goal Monday in Luzerne County. The 13th Annual Cooking for a Cause was held in Plains Township at the Woodlands.

The event was created when the Brotherhood of Chefs formed and decided that they wanted to do something to benefit a local charitable organization, and chose to partner with the Wyoming Valley Children's Association (WVCA.)

The event included-- live music, raffles and plenty of tasty food.

Scranton hoping to avoid flooding, damage with meeting

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A weekend drug bust has landed five people in jail in Luzerne County.

On Main Street just near the center of Nanticoke, an apartment in this house behind me was the center of an investigation by multiple different police agencies lasting several weeks.

"They're up and down the sidewalk selling drugs," said Nanticoke resident Pauline Michaels.

MOUNTAIN TOP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — This week's Here's to You Kid features a young filmmaker who's taking his talents to the West Coast.

28/22 News reporter Iyee Jagne takes us to Mountain Top to meet Chris Laverty.

After doing film for years Chris decided to apply to a 6-week film program at the University of Southern California. The program is very exclusive and only takes a total of 36 kids throughout the country. Chris is one of the 36.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Red Cross is helping the 12 victims of Monday morning's house fire in Wilkes-Barre.

The fire broke out at a double home on Regent Street around 4:30 a.m. Monday.

Flames were shooting through the roof when crews got there. Firefighters had it out quickly.

American Red Cross helping victims of disaster in NEPA

Everyone escaped but two families, including eight children, need new places to stay.

Crews from Wilkes-Barre and several neighboring communities were called in to fight it.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Helping victims of disasters is one of the main goals of the NEPA chapter of the American Red Cross.

The NEPA chapter of the American Red Cross serves 12 counties across our area.

In 2023, volunteers and staff responded to more than 200 house fires or other disasters and helped nearly 1,000 people.

"We are right on scene, usually when the fire chief calls us, we are with the first responders there," said American Red Cross NEPA chapter executive director Sherry Nealon-Shrive.

HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's only happened twice in the last 55 years in Luzerne County: A coroner's inquest, but the legal wheels are now in motion for it to take place next week.

The inquest will be held in the mysterious 1970 disappearance of a Luzerne County woman, 22-year-old Ilonka Cann vanished without a trace from her home near Sweet Valley.

28/22 News first reported word of the inquest.

State police investigators hope to finally solve this 54-year-old mystery: What happened to Ilonka Cann? Was she murdered? and by whom?