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Man accused of threatening Special Olympics participants with hammer

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man threatened Special Olympics participants at Kirby Park, then later threw fecal matter on the walls of a holding cell.

Officers were called to Kirby Park for a report of a man harassing several people and threatening them with a hammer.

On the scene, police said the victims claimed the man, later identified as Matthew Fisher, 36, of Wilkes-Barre, approached them and a group of people participating in a Special Olympics event held at Kirby Park.

2nd mobile food pantry rolls out to fight food insecurity

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A community action agency in Columbia County is celebrating its one-year fight against food insecurity with its mobile food pantry.

“For families, when it comes to something with their income that they need to cut, food is always that one thing,” said Sandy Winhofer, self-sufficiency supervisor at Central Susquehanna Opportunities.

But a new pantry on wheels is hitting the streets to fight back.

Weather Alert: Rain heading for northeastern and central Pa.

(WBRE/WYOU) — After days without rain for most of northeastern and central Pennsylvania, things will change on Thursday.

A cold front is moving into western Pennsylvania on Thursday morning, progressing to the east. 

By the afternoon and evening, showers and storms will push from central PA into eastern PA. A few storms may become strong to severe with damaging winds and a few downpours as the main concerns.

Given how dry it's been, the flood threat is very low.

Crash on I-80 had shut down all lanes of traffic

TN man dies in Monroe County motorcycle crash

TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Tennessee man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Monroe County.

75-year-old Philip Bramande of Harriman, Tennessee, crashed his motorcycle on I-80 West in Tobyhanna Township on Wednesday, August 20, around 10:30 a.m., according to police.

Police conducting death investigation in Carbon County

Police say Bramande veered off the roadway for unknown reasons. His motorcycle traveled down a grassy embankment when he was thrown off the vehicle and struck a tree.

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