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Route 61 In Schuylkill County Reopens After Gas Line Break (UPDATED)
Route 61 between Frackville and St. Clair has reopened, PennDOT told Daily Voice Wednesday evening. The highway was shut down on Tuesday morning, May 14 after a contractor accidentally struck a gas main during a reconstruction project, officials said. Traffic was detoured to US 209, Route…
DUI checkpoint set in Pennsylvania
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania for Memorial Day weekend. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” Police say checkpoints and roving patrols will be placed […]
PD: Drug house shut down, cocaine and guns seized
PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators say they have shut down a drug house in Luzerne County resulting in an arrest, crack cocaine and guns seized. Pittston City Police Department reports in May an investigation was done into the distribution of crack cocaine from a home in the 200 block of Parsonage Street. A search […]
Nanticoke man charged with threatening to murder President Joe Biden before Scranton visit
LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A Luzerne County man has been charged with threatening to murder President Joe Biden before the president's Scranton visit back in April. Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of threats against the President and interstate communications with a threat, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
Cheating fears lead to beating
Briar Creek Township, Pa. — A Berwick woman is facing charges after she beat another woman she believed was having an affair with her boyfriend, police say. Jennifer Ann Ungureit, 31, stood outside the alleged victim's home on Water Dam Road on March 26 at 5:15 p.m., according to Officer Dustin Sabol of the Briar Creek Township police. Ungureit was there to confront the woman over the alleged infidelity, and...
Controversy surrounds proposed memorial for New Philadelphia murder victims
NEW PHILADELPHIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A controversy is unfolding in a Schuylkill County community over a proposed memorial for two murdered teens. 16-year-old Angelito Caraballo and 18-year-old Hunter Mock from New Philadelphia were murdered last year. Their mothers want to honor the teens with a memorial, but they say their effort is being rejected […]
Luzerne County magistrate’s office burns in fire
EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crews responded to a fire at a Luzerne County magistrate’s office Thursday morning that left two firefighters injured. Multiple firefighters responded to the fire around 10:00 a.m. in Edwardsville where former Judge James Haggerty’s office caught fire. Edwardsville Fire Department Chief Bill Court tells 28/22 News battled the flames with […]
Dad of homicide suspect charged with witness taunting
LEHIGHTON BOROUGH, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say the father of a man accused of committing a homicide while wearing a ghost face mask has been arrested for taunting a witness with the mask. According to the Lehighton Borough Police, on May 14 officers were called to the 200 block of Carbon Street for a woman […]
Wilkes-Barre man gets prison for dealing meth
A Wilkes-Barre man has been sentenced to serve up to 10 years in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Emile Occean, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy Mannion for distributing meth in Luzerne County between March 31, 2022, and April 12, 2022.
Kitten rescue leads to adoption in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A kitten was rescued and then adopted in Luzerne County on Wednesday. The Wilkes-Barre city firefighters on East Ross Street said a vehicle pulled up to the fire department's headquarters, hoping to get help for an unexpected visitor in the engine compartment. When firefighters went to...
Crews battle house fire in Lansford
LANSFORD, Pa. - Crews battled a house fire in Carbon County Wednesday. It broke out shortly after 5 p.m. at the 200 block of East Abbott Street in Lansford, according to county dispatchers. No word yet on if anybody was injured or what may have caused the fire.
FOX56 Community Calendar through May 18
NORTHEAST & CENTRAL Pa. (WOLF) — Here’s what’s happening in your community with FOX56’s Alyshia Hercules:. Happening now through Saturday is the Annual Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Department carnival. Rides open daily at 6pm. Enjoy food, live entertainment, games, and more. Tuesday, May 14 - Saturday,...
Educator named School Counselor of the Year
HUNLOCK CREEK, Pa. — As children filled the gymnasium at Ross Elementary in Luzerne County, Allison Everett, the school counselor, thought it was going to be a typical assembly. "I thought it was a PTO assembly about a book fair, and I was asked to take some pictures, so...
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