HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man missing for nearly a week has been found on Sunday evening. The Hazleton City Police Department says Yalexis Puguero was located after being reported missing.
Emergency crews used a crane and safety harnesses to bring two adults and two children to the ground after a 2½-hour ordeal.
"All you could see was just the round part of her face, like her mouth, her lips. You couldn't even see her ears. It was all submerged."
State Police report a 45-year-old was struck by a tractor-trailer Thursday night near Pottsville.
Race weekend kicks off at the Poconos with multiple events including races, bands, and Kids Day.
N. MANHEIM TWP., SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are reporting that a man riding an electric bike died after being hit by a vehicle. A 45-year-old man from Schuylkill Haven died after being hit by a vehicle while he was traveling on his electric bike. The crash happened on June 11 around 11:00 p.m. [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- A bill to create a cannabis control board in Pennsylvania seemed all but certain to pass, until it didn't. Sen. Dan Laughlin's (R-Erie) Senate Bill 49 was not a legalization measure, but it would have transferred oversight of the state’s medical marijuana program from the Department of Health to the newly [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — We are on Weather Alert due to the potential for a few strong and severe storms this afternoon and early evening. Before periods of storms roll through, expect near record-breaking heat with high temperatures into the upper 80s and lower 90s. Heat indices of 90 to 100 are expected today with some muggy [...]
LEWISBURG — Arby’s in Kelly Township will open June 29.
SUNBURY — A Sunbury man faces up to 25 years in state prison after it took a Northumberland County jury more than six hours Thursday to convict him of three felonies related to sexually assaulting the 11-year-old daughter of his girlfriend in 2019.
