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BEECH MOUNTAIN LAKES – A suspect is in custody after a shooting drew a large... The article Shooting under investigation in Beech Mountain Lakes first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A 39-year-old Sugar Notch man who was reported missing after a crash earlier this month was found dead in the Susquehanna River on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police said. Keenan Saniatan was found in the river in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County. State police said he...
Somewhere in the Pocono Mountains, tucked between two green ridgelines like a secret someone forgot to keep, sits Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, a town so impossibly charming it almost doesn’t seem real. If you’ve never been, you’re missing out on one of the most visually stunning, historically rich, and genuinely...
PHILADELPHIA (WOLF) — A Philadelphia man accused of striking and killing a 20-year-old Conyngham motorcyclist and dragging him more than a mile is facing a third-degree murder charge in addition to homicide by vehicle and several other offenses. Derek Reid, 49, is accused in the June 24 death of...
Two Hospitalized with Serious Injuries After Head-On Crash in Luzerne County
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — While investigating a stolen car, police said they intercepted a drug deal that led to various drugs being seized and charges filed. On Nov. 5, officers were conducting surveillance on a stolen vehicle parked in Wilkes Barre Township, outside a residence on Church Street where suspected drug activity in […]
Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce highlighted a “drastic shortage of lawyers” in his office during Tuesday’s
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was arrested Wednesday after police said she stole a 65-inch TV from a Best Buy at gunpoint and led police on a high-speed chase. Jasmyne Destiny Rakochy, 21, of Harding, was arrested Wednesday and faces several charges, including robbery and fleeing police. Police said Rakochy brandished a […]
The parents of a middle school student from New York have sued multiple entities, including a rafting company in Carbon County, after his drowning death in the Poconos. On Nov. 2, a lawsuit was filed in Suffolk County, New York, by Cesar Hernan Albarracin Guncay and Delia Leonor Guncay Morales against Sag Harbor Union Free School District and Superintendent Jeff Nichols for the May 2026 drowning death of their son , Cesar Albarracin Guncay, 12, in East Penn Township, Carbon County. New York transportation company Hampton Jitney, Inc., and Carbon County rafting company Whitewater Rafting Adventures, LLC, also were named in the lawsuit. On May 27, the Carbon County Coroner’s Office was requested to respond around mile marker 99 on the D&L Trail along the Lehigh River on the report of a drowning. Carbon County Chief Deputy Coroner Jason Smith pronounced Guncay dead at 6:50 p.m. After an autopsy, Guncay’s cause of death was determined to be drowning, and his manner of death was ruled an accident. Four rafts capsized on students' trip According to the lawsuit, the incident occurred during a district-approved overnight whitewater rafting trip for Sag Harbor’s Pierson Middle-High School. About 80 sixth-grade students, including Guncay, and
Compensation has increased for approximately 30 supervisory employees in two Luzerne County human services agencies through agreements County
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Details released on the Caribbean Paradise owner being attacked with a sword before the suspect locked himself in the restaurant. On Nov. 9, officers were called to Caribbean Paradise in Wilkes-Barre for a report of an assault where the suspect was in possession of a sword. The owner said he […]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Questions remain after a wild attack in Wilkes-Barre Monday morning. An eyewitness told 28/22 News the owner of Caribbean Paradise on South Pennsylvania Avenue was unloading his truck when the suspect asked him if the store was open. We’re told the owner responded that the restaurant was not open yet. […]
CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Drivers in the Poconos have been waiting for answers about when a major road might reopen after a rockslide 11 days ago. On Tuesday, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) shared an update on the emergency repairs in Carbon County. It’s been more than a week since a wall collapsed along […]
MAHANOY TWP. – Five men were cited after state troopers allege they entered an abandoned... The article Five accused of trespassing, entering abandoned mine shaft first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PA — A 43-year-old man was arrested on charges of recklessly endangering another person and driving under the influence of alcohol following a motor vehicle accident on W. Saint Mary’s Road. Jeremiah Smith, of Pennsylvania, was taken into custody by the Hanover Township Police Department on...
WRIGHT TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former student is facing charges after he crashed his vehicle into Crestwood High School, claiming the school “screwed him over,” police stated. 22-year-old Dylan Matusiefsky is charged after he crashed a stolen vehicle into the front doors of Crestwood High School over the weekend to “show them,” according to […]
PENN FOREST TWP., CARBON CO. (WOLF) — An Albrightsville woman was arrested after a single-vehicle crash and an encounter with state troopers in Carbon County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Troopers responded around 4:09 p.m. Nov. 1 to State Route 534 near Chief Road in Penn Forest Township. They...
BARNESVILLE – Someone stole the sign for the former Mountain Valley Golf Course at the... The article Township: Someone stole the Mountain Valley Golf Course sign first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
Sixteen acres of bare boulders sit in the middle of a Pennsylvania forest, and not one tree grows among them. Some of those rocks stretch up to 26 feet long. The field is so flat and so empty of soil that it looks like someone paved a clearing with giant stones.
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A packed auditorium at Hazleton Area High School Monday night, as Hazle Township residents voiced their concerns over a proposed 40-page zoning ordinance that could determine where data centers are allowed to be built. Township supervisors are considering revisions to the ordinance, including...
