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Programs designated as professional degrees face federal loan caps of $200,000, while other graduate programs are capped at $100,000.

COURTDALE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A smoky house fire in Luzerne County leaves a family displaced and a pet dead. Crews were called to North Street in Courtdale just after 9:00 a.m. Monday morning, where smoke was pouring from a second-floor window. Firefighters knocked down the flames in about 30 minutes. No one was home [...]

ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News now knows the name of the teen killed in Lackawanna County. Police say a 19-year-old, Tyvon Ash of Scranton, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Authorities say he was shot early Sunday morning on South Laurel Street in Archbald. He was rushed to the hospital, [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Wilkes-Barre man has now been sentenced after a deadly shooting outside a Wilkes-Barre movie theater in September of 2024. 29-year-old Brandon Del Castillo will serve between 20 and 40 years in prison. Del Castillo pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges in the death of 35-year-old Lonnie Davis [...]

The 16-foot-tall giraffe, who was on the loose for nearly two weeks after escaping from a ranch near Leakey, was safely returned on Monday morning.

While the golden goal rule no longer exists in FIFA competition, it remains one of the most memorable and also one of the most controversial rules in soccer history.

For two years, Autumn Taylor saw nearly a dozen specialists before someone finally named what was stealing her energy: narcolepsy.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As people in our area prepare for the anticipated heat, some are offering tips to stay cool this week. "I'll never move south to be in this heat every day," Barry Snyder from Scranton Running Company said Monday. There is a certain humor for Snyder when it comes to the [...]

Florida wildlife officials say the 31-year-old woman's boyfriend "was trying to get her from the alligator’s mouth" before he called 911.

Rinsch, best known for the 2013 samurai fantasy film “47 Ronin,” was convicted in December of federal wire fraud and other charges.