PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Thousands of local students got to take home some lessons from the pros thanks to an event at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday. It's all part of JA Inspire, a two-day career exploration event that brings together nearly 3,000 high school students from more than 35 schools to explore hands-on [...]
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A hard lesson Tuesday morning at Hazleton Area High School, and it was by design: State police, firefighters, and paramedics staged a mock crash, showing students exactly what happens when someone gets behind the wheel drunk. Fire crews even used real tools to cut apart the car. Paramedics worked [...]
A raffle in France is offering the chance to win a portrait by Pablo Picasso and support Alzheimer’s research at the same time.
PORTER TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Pike County family is out $400 and their birds after a dog attacked and killed 11 of their farm birds in Porter Township. State police say it happened earlier this month. Troopers say the dog hasn't been identified yet, and it's unknown whether it's a stray or someone's [...]
The iconic pasta brand is bringing Formula 1 to the dinner table.
CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police in Monroe County are trying to figure out how a man died. Troopers found him dead Sunday afternoon at a Westbrook Road home in Chestnuthill Township. Detectives are now involved, but police haven't said anything more.
NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In Nanticoke, Tuesday morning, a message of hope and a hard truth: Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) marked National Collegiate Recovery Week. They did so by hosting a special event showing how opioid settlement money from 2021 is funding real support for students in recovery right on campus in Nanticoke. [...]
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY — A major change could be coming to a busy intersection in Stroudsburg. The borough has been awarded federal funding to begin planning a roundabout project aimed at improving safety and revitalizing Main Street. This project is still in its early stages. Borough leaders say it could transform one of Stroudsburg's busiest [...]
The driver was delivering Uber Eats and was unfamiliar with the area when he followed the GPS into the woods.
Some archeologists in the Poconos are gearing up to take a look at a piece of history dating back to the 1750s.
