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3 detained after suspicious bank transactions and chase
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Three suspects have been detained after a series of suspicious bank transactions were reported in the Scranton area Friday afternoon. In a release, Scranton Police say just before 3:00 p.m. they responded to the report of a suspicious person trying to conduct a transaction inside the Community Bank on the 500 […]
Fire displaces two families, causes heavy damage to Pittston duplex
PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — Two families were displaced from their home this afternoon after a fire broke out on Butler Street in Pittston. Seven different fire companies were out on scene for hours working to put of the flames of the 2nd alarm fire. “The fire burned up...
Avoca: Farmers market opens this week
The weekly event so many of you wait for each summer has arrived in Avoca — the farmers market!. Stop by between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesdays in the Queen of the Apostles Parish Hall parking lot, 742 Spring St., to pick up fresh from the farm produce and other items for sale from various vendors.
On the GEFA Trail—A Pair of All-Star Games, GEFA and The Dream Game!
Tagged under: All-Stars, District 2, Gameday Hub, GEFA, News. 2024 Episode 14. We were planning on going to our 20th and final Spring/Summer football game this weekend, but by some luck we ended up with a 21st. This was easily the most football games we have ever attended during the spring and summer months. And although 21 is only a small percentage of the 109 sporting events we have been to so far this year, it has put football on a course to possibly end up as our most watched sport in 2024, a mark held by auto racing every year for Guy since 1973.
Cowboys Exec: Competition Committee Views 18-Game Season As ‘Probably Inevitable’
After expanding the NFL’s regular season from 16 games to 17 in 2021, it seems to be just a matter of time before they add an 18th game. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gave the first hint of this at the 2024 NFL Draft when he appeared on the Pat McAfee Show and hinted at continuing to expand the schedule.
Several people displaced in Pittston fire
PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A second alarm fire damaged a home in Luzerne County Saturday afternoon. According to Chief Frank Roman of the Pittston Fire Department, crews were called to the 100 block of Butler Street for a working second alarm fire just before 1:30 p.m. Officials say that the fire started somewhere else in […]
Non-profits set to beautify Washburn Street Cemetery
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Volunteers are helping clean up a local cemetery that’s been neglected for some time. Seven groups gathered in West Scranton at Washburn Street Cemetery. Volunteers spent several hours pulling weeds, cutting up downed trees from recent storms, and cleaning headstones. The beautification project was organized by “Christmas Miracles from Heaven” […]
GREATER PITTSTON'S PAST: Capitano-Nash Motor Car Company
Ninety-eight years ago in June of 1926 the Capitano-Nash Motor Car Company showed off its new Broad Street garage in the former Strand Theater after a down-to-the-bones transformation of the building. The concrete, brick and steel building, reputed to be fireproof, was four floors and 28,000 square feet. The lower...
247 Sports analyst shares controversial Auburn football quarterback hot take
Following SEC Media Days, 247 Sports shared hot takes about every SEC football team heading into the 2024 season. Over four days, all 16 head coaches converged at the Omni Dallas for the 2024 SEC Media Days. The league welcomed two new teams and several new head coaches ahead of the unprecedented 2024 season.
Moosic residents rally against planned mega warehouse at planning meeting
MOOSIC, Pa. (WOLF) — A peaceful protest took place in front of the Moosic Boro Building in Moosic Thursday evening. The group organizing the protest call themselves the "Say No to the 1.1 Million Square Foot Warehouse Committee", and planned to protest Thursday's Planning Commission meeting. Vesper Land Management,...
Over the Falls, No Swimming Allowed
The Look Back: November 2022 – Repost-Read – Crossing Bridges. Celebrating “WalkingSquares” challenge. Walking over a bridge along a stream that forms several amazing falls!. You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face dangers. Difficulties always come, but they do...
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