SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For the people feeding the crowds through the 50 years of La Festa Italiana, the work starts long before opening night. Vendors were in the final push Wednesday ahead of the Labor Day weekend tradition. At Electric City Pizza, prep started back in early August. They're stocking dough, cheese and [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — People living near a restaurant/night club in Scranton say they have had enough, and now the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office agrees. Many people in West Scranton would eat lunch and dinner at Isla Paraiso, but now, they're finding locked doors instead. Tanya Howells has lived in the neighborhood for [...]
LAFLIN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The community was praying Wednesday for a new beginning for the Wyoming Area Catholic School community. Students and staff were evacuated from the school Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in the building. Everyone made it out safely. Eileen Rishcoff is the principal of Wyoming Area Catholic. She says [...]
The projects underway in Luzerne County hope to restore different parts of nature.
The family of the trooper hit and killed along the interstate in Schuylkill County is searching for justice.
SCRANTON, LACKWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Shapiro Administration has awarded $123.4 million to the Scranton School District as part of a three year progress plan to fund schools around Pennsylvania, according to a press release by the administration. Teachers, students and local leaders met with Governor Josh Shapiro at Neil Armstrong Elementary School on Wednesday, [...]
Due to a lack of lifeguards to keep an eye on the water, swimming won't be part of the weekend plans at Mauch Chunk Lake Park.
Before Greensboro, young protesters in Wichita took a stand at a segregated lunch counter and helped change the course of American history.
Contour Airlines will soon offer a daily flight from Williamsport to Charlotte.
Flames broke out along North 7th Street in Shamokin around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
