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Crews are working to clear downed trees and branches hanging on power lines in the Tannersville area.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Volunteers in Wilkes-Barre are giving back, helping veterans in need on this Fourth of July weekend. Valor Clinic Foundation volunteers set up behind the McDonald's on Northampton Street. They provided veterans with basic necessities like food, footwear, and clothing. Volunteers say it is important to help those in need, no [...]

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Radio and electronics enthusiasts are spending part of their holiday weekend checking out communications, computers, and electronics in general. Plains Polish American Veterans Pavilion welcomed people to the annual Murgas Amateur Radio Club Hamfest. A Hamfest is like a flea market, but filled with all kinds of radio equipment [...]

DURYEA, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Volunteer firefighters are answering the call this holiday weekend. Crews responded on Sunday at around 1:00 p.m. in Duryea. Fire sparked inside a home along the 1100 block of Spring Street. A firefighter told 28/22 News the fire damage was confined mostly to the kitchen area. They knocked down the [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — As crews continue their work restoring electricity across the Keystone State, authorities say thousands of residents are still without power. As of 9:30 p.m., over 11,000 customers were without power in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday, with over 3,400 of those customers coming from Monroe County, according to PPL Service Electric. You can check PPL’s [...]

The sea plane carrying eight people made a “hard landing” around noon, according to the New York City Fire Department.

Several senior officials made rare public appearances after the war, while Iran's new supreme leader remained out of public view.

The FIFA Code of Ethics has strict restrictions about gifts, violation of which could lead to fines and bans.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) on Sunday released a statement as a truck driver is accused of killing Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Trooper Michael Pahira Jr. on Interstate 81 on Wednesday. The statement comes from PSTA President Stephen Polishan following the death of Trooper Pahira Jr., who was struck and killed by [...]

PINE TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A teenage motorcyclist is dead after a fatal crash in Lycoming County, according to Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). State police say the fatal crash happened as a 17-year-old motorcyclist was traveling south on State Route 287 in Pine Township, Lycoming County, around 5:10 p.m. on the Fourth of July. [...]