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COVINGTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Students at a local school are taking a pledge to stay safe on prom night. Fellerman and Ciarimboli Law presented their safe prom pledge to hundreds of students at North Pocono High School ahead of their prom on Friday.

The program is put on to explain the dangers and consequences of drinking and driving.

Students heard sobering stories of people their age who lost their lives driving under the influence or were killed by those who were under the influence.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre City Police Department is celebrating new faces on the force. Mayor George Brown and Police Chief Joseph Coffay swore in three new police officers Wednesday afternoon at City Hall.

New officers Jonathan Mason, John Owens, and Paul Sromovski were joined by their families for the ceremony.

VIDEO: Car flipped onto Luzerne County creek

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A close call for a woman at the wheel of a car that flipped onto a creek bank in Luzerne County's Back Mountain.

According to police, the driver of this SUV lost control on wet pavement around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, along Hillside Road.

Vacant building burns in Mount Carmel

The car came within feet of landing in Hicks Creek in Jackson Township.

The woman driving the car managed to walk away from the crash, shaken up, but not injured.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Work zones are popping up all across the commonwealth, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and state police want drivers to know they are watching. 28/22 News explains how Operation Yellow Jacket is cracking down on unsafe driving.

If you think it's just a PennDOT work truck on the side of the road, think again. Behind the wheel might be a state trooper, and if you’re breaking work zone laws, they’ll be ready to call you out.

A police investigation began last year with the hospitalization of an emaciated teenage girl

DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There are growing concerns over firefighter burnout in one part of Lackawanna County. Dunmore and the Firefighters Union are working to reach an agreement to hire full-time firefighters.

Both sides claim safety is their number one priority.

Despite the borough's push for transparency, they have yet to answer our questions regarding the staffing issues.

After months of pleading for new hires to fill vacancies at the Dunmore Fire Department, the borough has taken a step toward progress.

350 Catholic students from around the region joined together to honor Pope Leo XIV and celebrate its historical significance.

Newswatch 16's Mackenzie Aucker shares more about the Union County Library System's Laptop Lending Program.

The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018.

Researchers say they have discovered a type of gecko that hadn't been seen since 1991 and was thought to be extinct — or maybe to have never existed at all.