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The event at Andy Gavin's Pub and Eatery paid tribute to beloved pup Louie.

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some local ladies in Lackawanna County are no doubt feeling like their best selves after an event all about them. Hundreds of ladies and their biggest supporters laced up for the Annual Girls on the Run 5K in Moosic on Sunday. More than 500 runners filled the stadium at PNC [...]

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local high school community is in a giving mood to help students in need this holiday week. Members of Wilkes-Barre Area High School's Key Club teamed up with a couple of businesses for a Thanksgiving food drive. They met on Sunday outside the Wyoming Valley Mall to package [...]

Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones spoke with Friends of the Poor about their decades-old holiday tradition.

DUPONT, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A growing need is bringing two church communities together in Luzerne County. Volunteers are preparing hundreds of Thanksgiving meals for families who depend on the help. Leaders at First Baptist Church of Pittston and Holy Mother of Sorrows in Dupont say working across denominations does not matter when it comes [...]

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Get ready for what's expected to be the biggest Thanksgiving travel rush ever. 28/22 News caught up with some travelers outside the Pilot Travel Center on Sunday near Pittston. They are part of the more than 81,000,000 people AAA projects will travel at least 50 miles from home from [...]

Korin, who was well-known in local comedy, productions, and radio, has passed away. He was 70.

Speaking at the 2025 Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles, California, Glover explained where he has been in the last year and what prompted the tour cancelation.

Flames broke out along the 500 block of Main Street in Eynon just before 2 p.m. Sunday.

Air traffic controllers are preparing for more than 52,000 flights on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.