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Payouts from the 2024 settlement are set to begin in September.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Monday there are now 497 active measles cases in the state. Of those 497 people with measles, 18% of them are hospitalized. In the region, there are 40 confirmed cases: August has been the month in 2026 with the most new measles cases, with more than 300 [...]

It marks the latest in a series of shakeups of top military leadership, with the Army especially seeing major upheaval.

In this trip Back Down the Pennsylvania Road, Mike Stevens takes us to a festival celebrating bean soup.

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — What started as a night out in Downtown Stroudsburg quickly turned into a scene of chaos. A large crowd gathered along Main Street Saturday night, with people and vehicles blocking the roadway. Officials say some vehicles were even doing donuts at the intersection of Main and Seventh Streets. The mayor [...]

Packed streets and burning rubber at a busy intersection in Monroe County is causing a stir in Stroudsburg. Now a curfew is in place to deter large gatherings.

Peter and Sandra Thatcher and their two children were killed in a crash Saturday in Gibson Township.

ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Student leaders from three area high schools gathered at NEIU 19 in Archbald on Monday to participate in Aevidum Student Day. The word Aevidum translates to “I've got your back.” Students in southern Pennsylvania originally created the movement after losing a classmate to suicide, with the goal of ending the [...]

Smucker accused Trader Joe's of infringing on its Uncrustables trademark.

GIBSON TOWNSHIP, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A community is in mourning this week after a family of four died in a car crash over the weekend. Pennsylvania State Police say 45-year-old Peter Thatcher, his 45-year-old wife Sandra, along with their 11-year-old son Noah and 10-year-old daughter Layla, died after their vehicle was discovered about 60 [...]