Susquehanna County, PA

SCRANTON, Pa. — 'Smiles for Mikey' was held at the 606 Club in Scranton for 11-year-old Mikey Budzinski,. The event was $10 dollars for adults, $5 for children, and included a pasta dinner as well as live music. All the money raised is going toward a motorized wheelchair for...

SOUTH GIBSON, Pa. — Driving off Route 2067 in South Gibson, you'll find a house with a free egg stand right on the road, along with many different animals roaming around. "I only had the mini pig and then a couple dogs and a cat and when we came here," Kylah Jones of South Gibson said. "We quickly accumulated turkeys, ducks, chickens, a tortoise, another dog."

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)– Of the more than 107,000 estimated drug overdose deaths in the United States last year, more than 80,000 were the result of opioids. A Susquehanna County woman who experienced the loss of a child to opioid addiction is trying to spare other families that same pain. It is called “Forever twenty-eight,” […]

RUSH TOWNSHIP, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A 26-year-old from Bradford County is the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident that took place in Susquehanna County. The crash happened Monday morning, just before 8:30. Police say Justin Moon was traveling south on State Route 706 when lost control of the motorcycle and crossed into oncoming traffic. […]

The Associated Press reports a judge is ordering a temporary halt to Governor Tom Wolf’s plan to toll as many as nine major bridges on interstates in Pennsylvania, including one on Interstate 81 in Susquehanna County. Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler on May 18 ruled in favor of Cumberland...

More meet records were broken on the second day of the District II track and field championships. Ella Dougher of Western Wayne broke the Class 2A girls’ pole vault record by clearing a height of 12 feet, 3 inches, earning the gold medal. In the 100 meter dash, Susquehanna’s Tatum Norris set a new meet […]

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating two fatal crashes in Susquehanna County over the past several days. On Friday, May 13, 31-year-old Zachary Fry of Thornhurst, Pennsylvania was killed when, Pennsylvania State Police say, he sped through an intersection at State Route 547 and State Route 492 in Jackson Township without stopping at a posted stop sign.

RUSH TOWNSHIP, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Susquehanna County Coroner was called to the scene of a motorcycle crash in Rush Township. The crash happened at 9:00 Monday morning on State Route 706 in Rush Township. The crash closed Route 706 for several hours from the intersection of State Route 267 to the intersection of […]

CONKLIN, N.Y. — Monday appeared to be a normal day in Conklin, New York, as people went about their day, but on the minds of many was the horrible massacre that occurred two days ago in Buffalo. According to police, Payton Gendron, 18, from Conklin, shot and killed ten...

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A man from Bradford County died in a motorcycle crash on Monday in Susquehanna County. Police say Justin Moon, 26, of Sugar Run, lost control of his motorcycle on Route 706 in Rush Township, near Montrose. Officials say Moon traveled into oncoming traffic and crashed....

Authorities arrest Gregg Zahora, 32, of Hallstead, PA after he was found to be allegedly responsible for an arson attempt. On the morning of Monday, May 9th, crews from the Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Company responded to reports of a fire at the Brackney Inn which lives near the Pennsylvania and New York border in Susquehanna County.

RUSH TWP, SUSQUEHANNA CO, (WOLF) — The Susquehanna County Coroner was called to a scene in Rush Township following an accident involving a motorcycle and a dump truck. The crash occurred on Monday morning along State Route 706. As a result, Route 706 from the intersection of State Route 267 to the intersection of PA 858 has been closed.