ROARING BROOK TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash Saturday afternoon, officials say. Lackawanna County officials confirmed with 28/22 News that authorities responded to the Scranton-Pocono Highway, near the Lake Scranton Parking lot in Roaring Brook Township, at 3:13 p.m. for a vehicle rollover crash. Authorities [...]
LEMON TOWNSHIP, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are seeking information related to the theft of copper wiring from a quarry's main crushing machine. PSP says the theft, which took place between Oct. 9 and Dec. 22 at Keller Crushing and Screening in Lemon Township, left the quarry inoperable. The value of the [...]
In an update on the fundraiser's page, organizers urged anybody looking to donate to instead support those in need.
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County and the City of Scranton issued a Code Blue Frigid Weather Alert for Sunday and Monday nights. The alerts are issued for between 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, until 7:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, and 8:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, until 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13. St. Anthony’s Haven, [...]
LEWIS TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men were arrested in connection to a copper theft valued around $5,000 and caused an estimated $50,000 of damage, police say. Thomas Smith of Williamsport, 46, and Christian Krisher of Watsontown, 23, were arrested by Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) for an April 2024 copper theft, officials say. According [...]
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Due to unstable home circumstances, I took refuge at my maternal grandmother’s house at various times in my life. But when I was a little girl, I was terrified of my “Grandmaw.” She was a very large woman who spoke broken English and met the stereotype of the Eastern European rural immigrant. Why was I terrified of Grandmaw? For starters, I hardly knew her — only from long-distance phone calls my mom placed to her on the weekends, and from summer vacations to Pennsylvania when we visited my mother’s side of the family.
TURBOTVILLE — Turbotville Borough council members voted for Adam Kocher as president of council at Monday night’s reorganization meeting. Tom Barrett was voted vice president.
SELINSGROVE — Jonathan “J.J.” Hernandez celebrated his 10th birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas without his father who has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since October.
While it's unclear what caused the train cars to derail, more than a dozen cars appeared to be involved in the incident.
