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Restrictions lifted on interstates from Thanksgiving storm

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — PennDOT has lifted all speed limit and lane restrictions that were enacted for the Thanksgiving storm.

The following vehicle restrictions have been lifted:

Tier 1 and speed limit restrictions on:

Interstate 81: Interstate 476 Exit 194 (Clarks Summit) to New York State line

Interstate 84: in Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike counties

Interstate 380: in Lackawanna and Wayne Counties

Storm system approaches NEPA for Thanksgiving

Man arrested for allegedly assaulting two women, police

WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they arrested a man after he allegedly assaulted two women and fought with police during his arrest.

According to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department, on November 25 officers were called to a scene in the Georgetown section of Wilkes-Barre Township.

Search for killer in 1970 Monroe County homicide continues

Search for killer in 1970 Monroe County homicide continues

BARRETT TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are continuing their investigation into finding the killer of a 1970 homicide in Monroe County.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, on September 8, 1970, John William Leonard, Sr., was found dead in his taxi cab on the grounds of the Buck Hill Falls Lodge in Barrett Township. Leonard was pronounced dead at the scene with the cause of death being multiple gunshot wounds.

Remains pulled from crumbling mausoleum

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News has the exclusive story of a crumbling mausoleum in Luzerne County and the removal of remains from that mausoleum.

The Good Shepherd Memorial Park in Plains Township has been the focus of an I-Team investigation for more than a decade.

The story gets deeper every time we report on it.

The owners of the cemetery and mausoleum insist they did not know they were buying a cemetery and as a result, have not maintained it.

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