March 24, 2025 at 13:31 EDTPA homepage
KINGSTON TWP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)—Police say they conducted a traffic stop which led to a K-9 discovering various drugs and two people facing charges.
On March 22, the Kingston Township Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle which resulted in the arrest of a wanted person.
A K-9 unit was called to the scene and alerted to drugs inside the vehicle.
Kingston Township Police
Kingston Township Police
Several packets of meth seized from apartment, woman arrested
March 24, 2025 at 13:14 EDTPA homepage
LEHMAN TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police stated a former treasurer of the Lake Lehman Elementary Wrestling Club is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $10,000.
According to the Lehman Township Police Department, in February board members of the Lake Lehman Elementary Wrestling Club began to discuss missing funds from their account, and the treasurer at the time, 34-year-old Ryan Alan Shannon, of Sweet Valley, refused to turn over bank statements for more than a year.
March 24, 2025 at 13:02 EDTWNEP
Work expected to wrap up this summer
March 24, 2025 at 12:16 EDTWNEP
Alleged thefts came to light in review of bank records
March 24, 2025 at 11:19 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE TWP. LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former Schuylkill County police officer is accused of getting caught impersonating an officer to police.
Wilkes-Barre Township Police say they pulled over 31-year-old Angel Abreu-Nunez after they saw his truck had a fraudulent/counterfeit Pennsylvania Temporary License Plate.
During the stop, police said Abreu-Nunez identified himself as an off-duty officer and provided a Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission identification card for a police department in Schuylkill County.
March 23, 2025 at 23:19 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Performers of all ages got their chance to showcase their talents in an annual competition in Wilkes-Barre. 25 finalists performed on Sunday afternoon at the FM Kirby Center for the Fourth Annual NEPA's Got Talent.
State Representative Eddie Day Pashinski, a longtime musician with the band, Eddie Day and TNT, served as event host while the Northeast Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association sponsored it.
March 23, 2025 at 19:43 EDTWNEP
Postal workers in Luzerne County rallied against postal system privatization in a nationwide protest on Sunday afternoon.
March 23, 2025 at 18:35 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — From the great outdoors to indoors for some golf fundraising fun. The Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre was the place to be for the Sixth Annual All "Fore" Books Mini Golf Classic event.
More than 100 people signed up to take a swing at the 18-hole course in this family-friendly spin on classic golf fundraisers.
All proceeds support children's programs and early literacy outreach at the library on South Franklin Street.
Irish pride on display in Monroe County
March 23, 2025 at 16:21 EDTWNEP
The home on Main Street in Avoca was engulfed just after 5 a.m. on Sunday, and one person was left dead.
March 23, 2025 at 15:44 EDTPA homepage
COALDALE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Coaldale firefighters were on the scene for hours at a fire that broke out in an RV Sunday morning.
Officials say the Coaldale Fire Department was called at 11:30 a.m. to the 100 block of East Water Street in Coaldale for a reported fire.
In a video shared with 28/22 News by Channel 1 News, a tower of smoke could be seen pouring out from an RV.
Woman dead after fatal fire in Luzerne County
Crews could be seen in the video arriving on scene and working to put out the blaze.
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