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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A controversy regarding a decision not to use ballot drop boxes in Luzerne County for the November election is taking yet another turn.

County Manager Romilda Crocamo, who made the decision citing safety and security concerns, is now asking the State Attorney General to investigate her decision.

All of this comes after critics of her decision, also requested the attorney general, to investigate that decision.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they are searching for a person of interest in a homicide investigation in Wilkes-Barre.

According to the Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce, investigators are searching for the man pictured below who they say is a person of interest in a homicide shooting on Northampton Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Luzerne County District Attorney

Luzerne County District Attorney

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The attorney general announced the main supplier of a Luzerne County-based drug trafficking organization was found guilty by a jury.

According to Attorney General Michelle Henry after a week-long trial, the jury found 26-year-old Stanley Sabatel guilty of multiple drug charges.

After a joint investigation between multiple agencies, officials said Sabatel was discovered to be a supplier for mid-to upper-level street dealers of methamphetamine.

EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A tip led to the arrest of an 18-year-old man possessing child sexual abuse material, police stated.

According to the criminal complaint, officials received a CyberTip from an electronic service provider Google that suspected child abuse material.

Investigators have charged 18-year-old Keifer Colin Neil with sexual abuse of children and criminal use of a communication facility.

Pike County man charged in death of his parents

DALLAS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is looking back at the life of a former president who is approaching the century mark, and how a local historian has a tie to our country’s longest-living president, Jimmy Carter.

On October 1, 1924, the 39th president of the United States was born.

“He made history on the first day of his life, the first day he was born. He’s the first president to be born in a hospital,” said Larry Cook, Presidential Historian

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters battled a heavy smoked fire at a business in Scranton Wednesday morning.

"You could see it for miles, we were coming down from Dickson City, and you could see a big cloud of smoke," said Braden McCammon from Scranton.

"It looked bad, it looked bad, it looked like a bomb was set off or something," said Sherry Williams of Scranton.

Plumes of thick black smoke billowed across the Scranton sky Wednesday morning.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lanes have reopened after the completion of a mural along the President Biden Expressway.

The traffic pattern on the inbound lanes of the President Biden Expressway, at Jefferson Avenue in downtown Scranton, has returned to normal Wednesday morning.

Four seasons of Lackawanna County mural

The mural’s completion took around 15 months of planning and painting.

The art piece represents "The Four Seasons of Lackawanna County".

DINGMAN TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a Pike County man has been arrested for homicide after his parents were found dead in their home.

On September 24 around 5:00 p.m., police responded to a domestic incident at a home on the 100 block of Larkspur Land North in Dingman Township where they found Colin John Winkler, 32, on the rear deck with blood all over his person, according to police.

Man accused of stealing multiple guns from shop

LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Center has opened in Lewisburg, supporting those in Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, or Union Counties that Tropical Storm Debby impacted in August.

FEMA may be able to help residents pay for temporary housing, home repairs, rental assistance, and other needs caused by the disaster according to Trey Paul, Media Relations Specialist at FEMA.

Recognizing college athletes in Wilkes-Barre

MIFFLINBURG — Nine members of the Mifflinburg Area High School’s FFA Club will travel to Indiana next month for the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo.