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(WBRE/WYOU) — As temperatures drop and roads become slick in northeastern and central Pennsylvania, we wanted to know if salting roads was an effective way to keep drivers from slipping and sliding while traveling.

PennDOT is reminding drivers to slow down and exercise caution as temperatures are expected to drop and remain in the low teens through Wednesday.

While crews continue to treat roadways, PennDOT explains the low temperatures may impact the effectiveness of the materials used.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Viewers have been sending 28/22 News pictures from all across our region as a winter storm rolls into our area.

Here are some of the pictures that have been submitted throughout the day showing everything from scenic backyards with deer, to a snowy parking lot.

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HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As snow falls across northeastern Pennsylvania, firefighters were called to action in Huntington Township.

At around 3:00 p.m., Huntington Valley Volunteer Fire Company and multiple other fire crews were called to the unit block of Ftorkowski Road in Huntington Township for a reported fire incident.

Battling red-hot flames in the thick of a Sunday winter storm, fire crews were challenged near Shickshinny.

Smoke, making it unbearable to see, poured from a multi-barn fire at Silver Lake Farms in Huntington Township.

DANVILLE — The tireless hunt for the perfect prom dress was made easier and more affordable for those who attended the Danville Prom Closet Saturday.

Editor's Note: The video in this article has been removed for accuracy.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) says a major roadway in both Luzerne and Columbia Counties was closed after a tractor-trailer crash on Sunday and has since reopened.

Shortly after 4:00 p.m., PennDOT announced Interstate 80 Westbound is closed, with a detour in place on Route 93, from mile markers 247 to 256, Conyngham/Nescopeck, in Columbia and Luzerne Counties after a multi-tractor-trailer crash.

Vehicle and speed restrictions put in place across NEPA

ESPY — A kitchen fire at a duplex apartment on Lackawanna Avenue here left one dog dead and a cat missing, but the apartment's occupant escaped with only singed hair, he said...

MOORESBURG — An early-morning fire left a 61-year-old woman homeless and mourning two dogs she feared were lost in...

BERWICK — A man pointed a gun at a clerk and stole more than thousand dollars worth of lottery tickets from a West Front Street gas station here Sunday morning.He then ran off...

HARRISBURG — The union that represents the faculty at Bloomsburg and the other campuses of Commonwealth University...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican