July 23, 2025 at 20:54 EDTPA homepage
COALDALE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Three houses were involved in a third alarm fire in Schuylkill County Wednesday night, according to authorities.
Coaldale Fire Chief Steven Polischak confirmed with 28/22 News crews were called to the unit block of East Howard Avenue in Coaldale for a reported third alarm fire just before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
Chief Polischak said that the first and second floors of a house were fully involved with one boy entrapped inside after a fire on East Howard Avenue Wednesday evening.
July 23, 2025 at 20:43 EDTWNEP
In the decade up to 2023, sea levels rose by a global average of around 1.7 inches, with parts of the Pacific rising higher still.
July 23, 2025 at 20:11 EDTPA homepage
LUZERNE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The 28/22 Hunger Free Summer campaign is in the home stretch of its third year. To help area children and families in need, we are partnering with local Gerrity's The Fresh Grocer and Gerrity's Ace Hardware stores.
Week five of our campaign is underway in Luzerne, and that's where we find 28/22's Andy Mehalshick collecting donations.
Learn more about the 28/22 Hunger Free Campaign
July 23, 2025 at 20:06 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In court, several family members of the victims addressed Kohberger directly.
Wednesday's hearing gave the families of the four victims the opportunity to describe the anguish they've felt since their loved ones were killed in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022.
Emotions were high inside this Boise courtroom where the families and friends of four murdered University of Idaho students came face to face with their loved ones' killer.
July 23, 2025 at 20:01 EDTPA homepage
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News now knows the name of the victim in an Allentown homicide investigation.
Police say 22-year-old Jerkera Battle was found dead inside her apartment Tuesday morning.
The coroner says her cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.
Woman charged with posing as nurse in Pa., other states
27-year-old Adam Makowka is charged in connection to Battle's death.
Police are still investigating what led to the crime.
July 23, 2025 at 19:55 EDTPA homepage
MOSCOW, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man who co-owns three restaurants in Lackawanna County was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week.
Nasario Damian Contreras, or Damian as his community knows him, was detained by ICE outside of Isabella's Eatery in Jefferson Township, one of his three businesses.
Woman charged with posing as nurse in Pa., other states
North Pocono residents took to Facebook to spread the word about the beloved business owner.
July 23, 2025 at 19:39 EDTDaily Item
SUNBURY — The Northumberland County Conservation District has discovered West Nile virus positives in seven Valley municipalities and all four Valley counties so far this year.
July 23, 2025 at 19:28 EDTWNEP
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Bondi told Trump his name was among many high-profile figures mentioned in the files.
July 23, 2025 at 19:20 EDTPA homepage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing Democratic calls to testify before Congress following a newspaper's revelation that she told President Donald Trump that his name appeared in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Bondi told Trump his name was among many high-profile figures mentioned in the files, which the Justice Department this month said it would not be releasing despite a clamor from online sleuths, conspiracy theorists and members of Trump's base.
July 23, 2025 at 18:48 EDTWNEP
Wednesday's announcement was foreshadowed by cryptic Instagram posts last week by Nicks and Buckingham.
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