KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — After a deadly house fire in Kingston, officials say they now know how a young teenager passed away. In a release sent out on Saturday, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio says an autopsy was completed on a 13-year-old boy at the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Forensics Center. Authorities say [...]
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/ WYOU)— A community in Luzerne County continues to rally around survivors of a house fire, which left two children dead. A donation drive has been set up for the family of those two children. 28/22 News reporter Avery Nape was in Kingston Friday to explain how the community is stepping up [...]
A Kingston house fire devastated a local family, but the Wyoming Valley community quickly moved to support them.
Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones shares how students are preserving history at Wilkes University's Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon.
PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Luck was not on the side of a popular St. Patrick's Day event this year. Local officials announced that the Pittston St. Patrick's 5K Run and Walk is cancelled. Pittston's mayor said he spoke with fire, police, and EMS crews to make the tough decision. The cancellation was due to this [...]
This Valentine's Day weekend, firefighters in Luzerne County are letting love bloom with their annual Valentine's Day Roses fundraiser.
HANOVER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested for his alleged role in a drug trafficking organization where he received multiple drug packages to his home. Dennis Jackson, 19, faces drug charges after police say he received approximately 20 pounds of meth to his Hanover Township home in November, 2025. According to the [...]
PLAINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly transporting fake drugs from New York to sell in Pennsylvania. Police say Samantha Batista of Yonkers, New York, 33, was stopped on Route 115 in Plains Township and found with two rectangular packages "recognized as being consistent with traditionally packaged kilogram quantities [...]
Crews responded to Cherry Street in Edwardsville around 8:30 a.m. Friday.
The Kingston community is now rallying around a family as they deal with an indescribable loss.
