HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — You might recognize some local scenes in a miniature train display near Hazleton: The Anthracite Model Railroad Society hosted its Annual Holiday Open House. People stopped by to check out the trains as well as the Hazleton area coal regions from Luzerne and surrounding counties. Those in the model [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Runners and walkers shook off the chill for an event in Scranton on Saturday. The Scranton Running Company hosted Shiver by the River. It's held two times a year, and has been happening for more than a decade. Participants could choose from a 5K or 10K, or a two-mile walk. [...]
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado talked about giving President Donald Trump her recent award, prompting the institute to remind about the rules.
ROARING BROOK TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash Saturday afternoon, officials say. Lackawanna County officials confirmed with 28/22 News that authorities responded to the Scranton-Pocono Highway, near the Lake Scranton Parking lot in Roaring Brook Township, at 3:13 p.m. for a vehicle rollover crash. Authorities [...]
LEMON TOWNSHIP, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are seeking information related to the theft of copper wiring from a quarry's main crushing machine. PSP says the theft, which took place between Oct. 9 and Dec. 22 at Keller Crushing and Screening in Lemon Township, left the quarry inoperable. The value of the [...]
In an update on the fundraiser's page, organizers urged anybody looking to donate to instead support those in need.
LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County and the City of Scranton issued a Code Blue Frigid Weather Alert for Sunday and Monday nights. The alerts are issued for between 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, until 7:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, and 8:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, until 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13. St. Anthony’s Haven, [...]
LEWIS TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men were arrested in connection to a copper theft valued around $5,000 and caused an estimated $50,000 of damage, police say. Thomas Smith of Williamsport, 46, and Christian Krisher of Watsontown, 23, were arrested by Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) for an April 2024 copper theft, officials say. According [...]
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Due to unstable home circumstances, I took refuge at my maternal grandmother’s house at various times in my life. But when I was a little girl, I was terrified of my “Grandmaw.” She was a very large woman who spoke broken English and met the stereotype of the Eastern European rural immigrant. Why was I terrified of Grandmaw? For starters, I hardly knew her — only from long-distance phone calls my mom placed to her on the weekends, and from summer vacations to Pennsylvania when we visited my mother’s side of the family.
