Brunson used the ceremony held Wednesday at Andrew Hamilton School to celebrate the power of public education, teachers and music and arts education.
Stained glass windows, a new altar, and restored statues are all in the works before the Perpetual Adoration Chapel in Mahanoy City can be reopened to parishioners.
(WBRE/WYOU) — The "Scripps National Spelling Bee" is underway this week right outside Washington, DC. More than 240 kids are spelling words that some of us have never heard before.
The quarterfinals kicked off Wednesday morning, and the semifinals will get underway later.
There are two spellers from our area who made their way down to the nation's capital: 10-year-old Anjali Agarwal from Danville and 13-year-old Rowena Creswell-Blickley from Pottsville.
They both shared what this opportunity means to them.
The FDA reports the related cucumber recall has been linked to 26 Salmonella infections across 15 states.
The Dallas School District is addressing a false mass shooting story spread by former student Calvin Polachek.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A new report shows a promising trend nationwide: drug overdose deaths are on the decline, but what does that mean for us here in NEPA?
28/22 News Reporter Julie Dunphy spoke with the Lackawanna County Coroner to find out if this national trend is taking root locally, and what's behind the shift.
In Lackawanna County, the coroner says the trend is cautiously encouraging, but fentanyl remains a major threat.
For years, the drug overdose crisis has devastated communities across the country.
CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A more than a century-old piece of Carbondale history is finally coming back home! A granite fountain, once a fixture in the city in the early 1900s, is making its return thanks to a remarkable story of postcards, connections, and community pride.
It all started with a postcard from California. A man’s “happiness project” of an old 1907 postcard of Carbondale mailed to city hall. That small act of kindness set off a chain of events from other Carbondale residents that led to something much bigger.
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress caught up with the Odyssey of the Mind team from Pocono Mountain East about the win.
A memo shared by Democratic Sen. Marty Flynn said he will soon introduce a bill that would use an independent commission model to regulate recreational sales.
The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website.
