PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A home collapsed in Plymouth Thursday morning.
Officials say they were called to Gould Street.
Three arrested for alleged burglaries in abandoned Luzerne County home
When they arrived they found an old, vacant home. No one was inside at the time of the collapse and no nearby homes were damaged.
Crews are now being called in to demolish the old house.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown announced a Code Blue will be in place on Sunday, March 10.
On Thursday, Mayor Brown said in a release the City of Wilkes-Barre will have a Code Blue in place in anticipation of severe cold temperatures on March 10.
The Code Blue Emergency Shelter can be found at the Keystone Mission Innovation Center at 90 East Union Street in Wilkes-Barre, according to the release.
HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report that eight people were arrested after being accused of retail thefts at a Walmart in Luzerne County.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers responded to Walmart in Hazle Township for separate retail theft incidents throughout February and March.
On February 24 around 11:00 p.m., troopers were called for a reported retail theft. Police say a 50-year-old woman from Mount Carmel entered Walmart and swapped multiple price tags with lower value onto higher valued items.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Schools across northeastern Pennsylvania continue to celebrate Read Across America Week!
28/22 News Reporter Amelia Sack stopped by St. Nicholas St. Mary's in Wilkes-Barre, to read to Mrs. Reynolds' pre-K3 class.
Singing their way to success in Lackawanna County
She read the book Llama Llama Red Pajama.
This visit was extra special for Amelia because she attended St. Nicholas St. Mary's school from kindergarten through eighth grade and because Mrs. Reynolds was one of her pre-K teachers!
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - President Joe Biden will deliver his third and potentially final State of the Union address before Congress Thursday night.
With the election day less than 9 months away the stakes couldn't be higher for the president.
More than 30 million Americans are expected to tune in to see the president lay out his vision for the country in his most crucial State of the Union address to date.
"He will talk about who's side he's on as he tries to approve the lives of all Americans,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The Office of State Inspector General (OSIG) stated in January that 41 people have been charged with public assistance fraud.
According to OSIG, 41 people have been charged with a felony for public assistance fraud.
OSIG says the restitution owned to the Commonwealth totals $202,973 and the defendants will be temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits within the programs they allegedly defrauded.
PD: Pair used stolen/cloned food assistance cards throughout East Coast
LOYALSOCK TWP., LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are charging a man after they say he made threats against a school in Pennsylvania.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, on March 6 around 8:45 a.m., troopers were called for a man making threatening gestures of firing a gun on school grounds, while holding a dark object in his hand.
Woman in custody for deadly shooting in front of TGI Friday’s
The expanded PIAA Wrestling Championships continued this morning in Hershey. For the first time ever, girls will host their own tournament running at the same time as the boys.
President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Biden repeatedly delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without ever mentioning Trump by name. The scrappy tone from Biden was a sharp break from his often humdrum daily appearances and was designed to banish doubts about whether the 81-year-old is still up to the job.
For their spring performance, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale will present a brand-new choral work celebrating women’s suffrage with “Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs” on Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m., at Stretansky Concert Hall, Susquehanna University, 76 Kurtz Lane, Selinsgrove.
