LOWER TOWAMENSING TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) offered a $5,000 reward for information that solves a 21-year-old homicide case. PSP says they are seeking information regarding the death of Amandus Balliet, who was stabbed and killed between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2004, in his mobile home on [...]
The event hosted by the Luzerne County NAACP featured various speakers to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
NEW PHILADELPHIA BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested Wednesday following an investigation into his alleged misuse of the New Philadelphia Borough debit card. Timothy Edmonds of Pottsville, 19, was charged with theft after police say he used the New Philadelphia Borough debit card to make $8,152.99 worth of unauthorized purchases between October [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— There are no fears of melting ice in Scranton at this year's downtown on ice event. Streets in the center city are lined with hand-carved ice sculptures. The annual event kicks off on Friday at 6:00 p.m. 28/22 News reporter Heidi Martens has more of what the annual ice fest will offer [...]
President Donald Trump last year promoted unproven ties between the painkiller and autism, telling pregnant women: “Don’t take Tylenol.”
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Plymouth man is in custody after a search warrant involving animal hoarding took a drastic turn. 28/22 News reporter Joe Mason has more from Luzerne County. Plymouth Borough Police and the Luzerne County SPCA carried out a search warrant at 56 East Shawnee Avenue in Plymouth Borough on Thursday. [...]
The Department of Education said it wouldn't involuntarily collect defaulted student loan debts, about a week after it said it would.
Gene and Betsy Arakawa lived in the home since the 1990s, and even had Architectural Digest profile the home.
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Authorities are looking into a possible attempted child abduction before school was set to begin in Pike County. It happened on Thursday in the Wallenpaupack Area School District. 28/22 News reporter Connor Coar has details about what police are looking into in Palmyra Township. Mario Carastro of Lackawaxen has three [...]
In this week's 16 To The Rescue, meet a 2-year old cat who is having trouble finding her home because she isn't the most outgoing when it comes to meeting new people
