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The former Tomaino's Lounge along North Main Street caught fire just before 9 a.m. Monday.

Hundreds of people dressed up as the iconic Hollywood figure over the weekend to mark what would've been her 100th birthday.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1, with the climatological peak occurring around September 10.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A drive-by shooting over the weekend near an apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre is under investigation. On May 31, around 8:00 p.m., officers were called to the 900 block of Scott Street for a report of shots fired. Police say Luzerne County 911 received an open-line call during which screaming could [...]

PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been sentenced for the crime of making children watch pornography with him. Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin stated 73-year-old Juan Torres Alvarado, of Blooming Grove Township, previously entered a guilty plea to the charges of possession of child sexual abuse material, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption [...]

The man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in Virginia during a welfare check Friday was arrested two days later in North Carolina.

Scott Baker and his service dog Mal’i reunited after a dayslong search in Jacksonville, Florida.

State police are searching for a masked man who robbed a tobacco store at gunpoint near Lehighton

MAHONING TWP., CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are investigating an armed robbery at a smoke shop in Carbon County. On May 31, troopers were called for an armed robbery at the PA Smoke Shop in Mahoning Township. Police say a man wearing a blue sweatshirt, black pants, and a camouflage mask robbed the shop [...]

Kelly Reilly said there were six "snake wranglers" on set to clear out the snakes from the areas where they were filming.