WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As a hub for the ever-growing LGBTQ+ community in Northeast Pennsylvania, HEAT NEPA Bar and Night Club showed their community spirit as they rallied around one of their own facing a frightening medical challenge. Stephanie Sparkles, a long time drag performer and active community member at HEAT NEPA, experienced a [...]
A World War II veteran celebrated his 101st birthday by skydiving for the second time, and he already hopes to make another jump at 102.
Roman was the first woman to serve in an executive role at NASA, and she helped get the Hubble Space Telescope approved, earning her the nickname “mother of Hubble.”
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy and is designed to give scientists a look at the bigger picture of the universe.
(WBRE/WYOU) — Showers have started to move back into the area and look to be sticking around through much of the upcoming week. Sunday night will be mostly cloudy with showers and the potential for a storm. It'll be muggy with a low in the mid 60s. Patch fog is also possible into Monday morning. [...]
Xavier Leathers told police he woke to find his mother being choked. The 12-year-old boy stabbed his mother's boyfriend twice to stop the attack.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association said in a statement the union “is actively discussing these allegations with FAA leadership.”
One police officer was killed and a second was injured in a shooting that unfolded while officers were pursuing a person of interest in a domestic dispute call.
In October 1778, Col. Thomas Hartley of the Continental Army warned that enemy warriors and Tory rangers living along the Chemung River had been raiding Susquehanna settlements. The Chemung is a major tributary of the Susquehanna River’s North Branch.
About 90 Americans are still missing. Some village residents were returning to see what could be salvaged from their decimated homes.
