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Fire displaces 13 people a week before Christmas

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— More than a dozen people are out of their homes one week before Christmas after a fire in Scranton. Crews were called late this morning to the burning home on Moosic Street between Prospect and South Webster Avenues. Officials say no one was hurt. Crews got the flames under control in a [...]

Sunbury man sentenced for deadly bar shooting

SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Sunbury man faces more than four decades in prison for a deadly bar shooting. A judge sentenced 45-year-old Randy Easton on Wednesday. Easton was convicted of shooting and killing 33-year-old Joseph Rice. The shooting happened in 2023 outside Laughter's Bar in Sunbury, where Easton was just leaving. Easton was convicted [...]

Noem says Coast Guard will remove divisive language on hate symbols from policy

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The Coast Guard will remove divisive language from its new workplace harassment policy that downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday. Noem’s announcement, made over social media, comes after the military branch allowed the more lenient language to quietly take effect Monday, [...]

A new facility brings valuable experience to Lackawanna College

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Lackawanna College is expanding. It is adding a new building to house multiple programs already in place at the school. 28/22 News reporter Connor Coar takes us to the groundbreaking ceremony in Scranton. Shovels were in the ground in downtown Scranton. Lackawanna College is set to build a 17,000-square-foot facility that [...]

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