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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local elections are less than two months away, but officials in one county are already looking to improve the process in the future. While it won't happen this election cycle, the possibility of new, high-tech voting machines could play a significant role in that process.

28/22 News Reporter Avery Nape was at a voting machine demonstration on Tuesday in Luzerne County.

The spotlight always seems to be on Luzerne County due to polling issues in previous elections.

Hilda Baci, who briefly held the world record for the longest cooking marathon in 2023, prepared a pot of 8,780 kilograms of jollof rice.

Crews were called to a house fire near Carbondale around 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Acre Lake Tavern and Store burned down due to an accidental fire in February. Since then, community members have raised enough money to help reopen the bar.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has denied Monarez' accusations that he ordered “rubber-stamped” vaccine recommendations.

GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters were battling a house fire in a Lackawanna County community Tuesday evening.

Lackawanna County officials told 28/22 News crews were called to the 100 block of Sandy Banks Road shortly before 9:00 p.m. for a reported second-alarm structure fire.

Fire department gets new HVAC system from Mitsubishi

When crews arrived on scene, authorities say it was determined to be a house fire, and the Greenfield Township Fire Department led the response.

Prosecutors submitted charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson to the court Tuesday.

(WBRE/WYOU)— Join Nick and Ricky as they get into some college football analysis with Penn State racking up another blowout win before the bye, and Notre Dame falling in a shootout to Texas A&M

They’ll also touch on some local college football, as well as Nick's daily talk about the New York Mets.

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The show will be hosted by 28/22 Sports Anchor Nick Zelaya and Alaina Losito, and will also be produced and co-hosted by Ricky Turner.

Redford died Tuesday “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is now learning the identities of those involved in a shooting at an apartment building in Luzerne County.

Police say they were called to the Hilltop Apartments in Hazleton on Saturday, where they found two dead and one in critical condition because of gunshot wounds.

Local resource center addressing need for diapers

Officers say the woman found dead was identified as Vanessa Bigg-Carr, and the suspected shooter, Miguel Lara, was also found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.