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Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people were displaced after a fire broke out in a Wilkes-Barre home on Monday. 28/22 News Reporter Brian Orbin confirmed with Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Damian Lendacky, crews were called to the 200 block of New Mallery Place for a reported structure fire at about 5:30 [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News has an update on a story from last week concerning the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. 28/22 News Reporter Brian Orbin stopped by on Monday, and the church has been demolished. Last week, 28/22 News introduced you to Demetri Patitsas, a Luzerne County [...]

WellSpan announced Monday that Trooper Lucas Amarose has been treated and released from WellSpan York Hospital.

Kayla Jeffers and Jordan Daub welcomed their baby, Weston, two weeks early on Sept. 16.

(WBRE/WYOU)— James Franklin is no longer the head coach at Penn State after just over ten years on the job. See our reaction to the firing. Join Ricky and Alaina as they discuss Week 8 of the high school football season, where just one of the Top 10 teams fell after Southern Columbia got another ranked [...]

Some airport authorities have raised concerns about the appropriateness of displaying overtly political messaging in public facilities.

JENKINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We are now into the fourth month without a budget in Pennsylvania. While state lawmakers work on a compromise, food pantries in our area are beginning to run out of essentials each day. 28/22 News Connor Coar stopped by a food bank in Luzerne County and tells 28/22 News [...]

(WBRE/WYOU)— The Jewish community is coming together after the remaining 20 living hostages were released from Hamas captivity back to Israel early Monday morning. This comes as part of the new Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. 28/22 News Reporter Joe Mason has the latest developments and the local impacts. There was jubilation in Israel early Monday morning as [...]

CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In Lackawanna County, volunteers are selling pumpkins for a good cause. The money raised will help volunteers get to central Appalachia, where they will help people in need. 28/22 News Colby Hughes stopped by and has more on that effort. "Which is a mission trip that we take high [...]