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Brooks Mine visitors experience vintage lighting on special tour
Scranton, Lackawanna Co. — People visiting the Brooks Mine in Nay Aug Park in Scranton today received a special mine tour. The Underground Miners organization who run the mine did a vintage lighting demonstration to show the type of light coal workers used in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Fire breaks out at Wilkes-Barre Township gas station
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Smoke could be seen for miles near a gas station in Wilkes-Barre Township. 28/22 News had a crew in the area at the time of the fire that said they saw the smoke and flames near the Sunoco Gas Station in Wilkes-Barre Township around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday night. There […]
Giant to start bussing shoppers from closed location in Lackawanna County
SCRANTON, Pa. — A grocery store will begin providing free transportation to its other location after a fire damaged the store in Scranton. Fire damaged the Giant supermarket in the Green Ridge Plaza earlier this month. While repairs are made, the store is temporarily out of business. Starting Tuesday,...
Proposed Luzerne County capital plan seeks millions for projects
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Luzerne County’s administration has identified $6.3 million in future projects in its new proposed annual capital plan, with the understanding council would have to come up with funding to complete all of them. The proposal says $1.8 million is left...
Parades set for Monday’s observance of Memorial Day
KINGSTON — The 105th annual West Side Veterans Memorial Day Parade will step off at 10:30 a.m. sharp on Memorial Day, May 27, honoring America’s fallen heroes. Commander Gary Isaac from the Black Diamond American Legion Post 395 and Commander Chuck Pavlick from the Anthracite VFW Post 283 — both in Kingston — are co-Chairs of the parade.
Ex-Hazleton cop charged in Kline Twp. explosion case asks to be put under house arrest until trial in September
POTTSVILLE — A former Hazleton police officer charged with setting off an explosive device outside the Kline Twp. home of his estranged wife’s boyfriend is asking to be placed under house arrest, with a GPS monitor, until his trial begins in September. Ladell E. Hannon, 33, who is now jailed in Schuylkill County Prison in lieu of $1 million bail, appeared for a bail hearing Friday in county court before President Judge Jacqueline L. Russell. ...
K-9 Kali Celebrates Milestones!
WILKES-BARRE TWNP., LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A K-9 with the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department is celebrating milestones!. Kali, a Dutch shepherd, just celebrated her second birthday!. Last week Kali graduated from Penn Vet School to become certified for patrol apprehension, article tracking, person searches, and narcotics detection. Patrolman Bryan...
Officials report possible cause of Wilkes-Barre Township fire
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is learning more about what caused transformer fires in a Wilkes-Barre business district. Officials say the fires were likely caused by a tractor-trailer that snagged power lines in Wilkes-Barre Township. Around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday thick, black smoke could be seen in the area of Coal Street and […]
PSP: Man arrested for police chase with children in car
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they arrested a man after he started a chase with two children in the car on the North Cross Valley Expressway that ended in a crash in Wilkes-Barre. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on Tuesday around 6:00 p.m., troopers tried to pull over a car, driven by Joevanny […]
Walk-off single sends Ashley baseball to the 4A state championship series
NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — The Ashley Screaming Eagles baseball team is heading to the state championship. In game three against Cardinal Gibbons at home in the bottom of the 7th inning with no score, Drew Potter hit a walk-off single to send the Screaming Eagles to the state championship series against TC Roberson.
Beyond the Byline: On Memorial Day, we honor heroes
WILKES-BARRE — I was just a kid when I first saw my dad’s Purple Heart medal. It was beautiful, but at the time, I had no idea what it meant or why my father received not one, but two Purple Heart medals. Fast forward to recent years and...
Plans for Aldi, Wawa in Wilkes-Barre Twp.
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A longtime fixture is now a pile of rubble, and big changes are coming to a busy spot in Luzerne County. Soon you’ll see a long list of new businesses and some could even save you a few bucks. Shoppers tell me inflation is out of control and they’re […]
H.S. Baseball: Leandri’s two-out single in seventh gives Dallas win in D2-4A championship game
MOOSIC — Dallas’ JJ Rischawy didn’t get the opportunity to get a walk-off hit against Scranton Prep for the second consecutive year. So Jack Leandri did the honors Sunday night in the District 2 Class 4A baseball championship game at PNC Field. Leandri grounded a single to...
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