November 18, 2024 at 23:14 ESTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Putting gifts under the tree for families in need is the goal of a local nonprofit organization.
Valley Santa is gearing up for its 41st year of giving.
Volunteers help push along the process of gift wrapping for Valley Santa.
The organization has been making Christmas miracles come true for more than 40 years and this year, they're getting ready to help more families than ever before.
November 18, 2024 at 23:11 ESTPA homepage
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County Children, Youth, and Families hosted its 31st Annual Adoption Celebration Dinner on Monday at the Holiday Inn in Plains Township.
The dinner welcomes back children and their adoptive families.
The event gives children a chance to connect with other kids who have been through the system and have also found a forever home.
The event featured a full range of dinner options, desserts, a magician, and coloring games.
Feeling like the holidays in Honesdale
November 18, 2024 at 22:17 ESTPA homepage
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A road is closed in Kingston after a part of the road collapsed. Union Street from Mercer Avenue to Schuyler Avenue is closed.
Director of Public Works for Kingston Borough Adam Gober says a water main break at around 2:00 p.m. Monday is what started the issue.
Feeling like the holidays in Honesdale
He also said water started to enter a sanitary manhole causing a pressure build-up.
The Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority has inspected the manhole to ensure it's clear and functioning properly.
November 18, 2024 at 20:33 ESTDaily Item
SUNBURY — A jury is in place and two Sunbury men facing attempted homicide charges will head to trial beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
November 18, 2024 at 20:33 ESTDaily Item
Pennsylvania lawmakers did not vote on a proposal that would let the state’s nonprofits accept cashless payments for raffle ticket sales.
November 18, 2024 at 20:33 ESTDaily Item
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday ordered all 67 counties to comply with the commonwealth’s existing Election Code and not include in tabulations, including the U.S. Senate recount, any mail-in ballots cast with dating errors on the outer return envelope.
November 18, 2024 at 20:33 ESTDaily Item
LEWISBURG — One of the victims of a June 2020 shooting in Lewisburg told a jury on Monday that he couldn’t recall any of the details from the incident.
November 18, 2024 at 20:33 ESTDaily Item
SUNBURY — A Schuylkill County woman pleaded no contest just minutes before jury selection Monday in a case stemming from the 2023 overdose death of a 15-year-old Mount Carmel resident.
November 18, 2024 at 19:50 ESTPA homepage
HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's starting to feel like the holidays in Honesdale. Each year, the Greater Honesdale Partnership, a community-building organization, sets up Christmas trees on the poles that line Main Street.
This is to signal the beginning of the holiday season for the borough and an invitation to this season's activities in the area.
Crews begin Christmas transformation of Public Square
November 18, 2024 at 19:26 ESTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's starting to look more like Christmas in Downtown Wilkes-Barre.
The Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works (DPW) is working to set up Christmas lights and an ice skating rink in Public Square.
AM Water finishes dredging Roaring Brook in Lackawanna County
On Monday, they were putting sand down, then, eventually, the plastic to make the skating rink.
Those working to set up say it will take several days before the square is finished being transformed for the holidays.
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