October 11, 2024 at 12:22 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Wilkes-Barre man has been found guilty of third-degree murder and other charges after a woman was shot dead last year according to police.
Natanihel San Martin was found guilty of third-degree murder, two counts of recklessly endangering another person, and endangering the welfare of children after he allegedly murdered a woman in February 2023.
Suspect in custody after Sunday morning homicide
October 11, 2024 at 12:19 EDTPA homepage
STROUD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former honeymoon resort that put the Poconos on the map has been demolished following years of fires and growing safety concerns.
28/22 News took a deep dive into the resort’s history dating back to the 1940s and has what’s next for the property.
Some may see just an excavator and boulders left at this property in Stroud Township, but others remember history as part of the ‘honeymoon capital of the world’ era.
Celebrating National Walk to a Park Day in Scranton
October 11, 2024 at 11:53 EDTPA homepage
WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A school in Luzerne County is dismissing early after officials say the smell of gas could be detected.
According to a post from the Wyoming Area Intermediate Centers Facebook page, the Secondary Center will be evacuating and dismissing students early on Friday after the gas smell was noted.
Suspect hospitalized, house burning after Scranton standoff
The school states that students were dismissed starting at 11:45 a.m.
October 11, 2024 at 11:01 EDTPA homepage
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man has been charged with rape by forcible compulsion, and indecent assault of a person less than 16 years old after turning himself in.
According to Hazleton Police, Arvin De Jesus Mercedes, 20, turned himself in on October 1. Police say the charges come from an investigation involving the rape of a juvenile female.
Wanted suspect arrested after Bloomsburg shooting
October 11, 2024 at 10:02 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One man was hospitalized and a house was set on fire after a standoff with Scranton police Friday morning.
The suspect is 43-year-old Michael Scott Wormuth, he's currently in custody at Geisinger CMC with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said he was breathing when he was being taken to the hospital and he's likely in critical condition
At 7:22 Friday morning police received a call from a female who fled a domestic dispute with her ex-boyfriend, Michael Scott Wormuth, at 405 Bartel Street in Scranton.
October 11, 2024 at 09:24 EDTDaily Item
A portion of Little Mexico Road will be closed in Jackson Township, Snyder County, during a bridge repair next week
October 11, 2024 at 07:22 EDTDaily Item
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of stories featuring high school marching bands from across the region. They will publish Fridays in The Daily Item.
October 11, 2024 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Controversial bitcoin operation’s fate unclear as computers not in sale
BEACH HAVEN -- The controversial bitcoin mine feeding off the nuclear plant here is closed, at least temporarily, after...
October 11, 2024 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Orange Township trucking firm sends six tractor-trailers to North Carolina
ORANGE TWP. -- A local trucking company wanted to send one tractor-trailer load of supplies to help the victims of...
October 11, 2024 at 01:00 EDTPress Enterprise
Gap is $13.6 million; Council of Trustees to meet today with possibility of faculty, students speaking up
HARRISBURG -- The State System of Education's Board of Governors approved a budget for Commonwealth University's 2024-...
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