EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are investigating a series of laptops stolen from an Edwardsville store. According to the Edwardsville Police Department, the man pictured is a suspect who allegedly stole laptops from Name Brand Liquidations in the Gateway Shopping Center on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police say each computer is valued at $900, however, […]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are searching for three men after they allegedly robbed a food truck at gunpoint in Wilkes-Barre. According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, on Tuesday, October 29 around 10:30 p.m., officers were called to a food truck on Hazle Street for a reported armed robbery. Officers said three employees […]

WILKES-BARRE — A woman from Kingston surrendered Wednesday on allegations she abandoned a puppy that was found dead with its head stuck

Wyoming, Luzerne Co. — The Richard L. Ceccoli, the owner of Victory Pig Pizza and BBQ has revealed why the beloved restaurant is closing after being in business from 1942. “I’m getting old enough it's time to put the pizza rag in the pile. It’s time,” Ceccoli said.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — A man from Hazle Township stole a food delivery employee’s vehicle and crashed into a guard rail on Highland P

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There is a report of a crash involving five vehicles on the Interstate 81/Casey Highway split Wednesday afternoon. Lackawanna County Communication Center stated the crash happened in the northbound lanes around 3:40 p.m. and there are injuries reported. Officials say they don’t know the extent of the injuries as first responders […]

WILKES-BARRE — Charges of robbery and harassment were dismissed against Vincent Knarr Jr., 47, who was accused of stealing a cellular ph

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — Scranton's Electric City Aquarium and Reptile Den has been ordered to pay an employee following a retaliation case. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has ordered Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den, LLC. to pay $66,268.03 to a former employee after finding that the employee was terminated in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment by a co-worker to the Human Resources Department.

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We are just two days away from Halloween, and Tuesday night’s horrifying Halloween House can be found in Luzerne County. The skeletons have taken over this home on Academy Street in Plymouth. Dozens of skeletons and gravestones fill the yard and orange and purple lights add an eerie effect. Each […]

FORTY FORT — James Shedlarski, 65, was honored Tuesday by the Forty Fort Volunteer Fire Company for his 47 years of loyalty and service

A Wilkes-Barre man faces a preliminary hearing Wednesday after he was allegedly found trespassing and sleeping in a vacant apartment kitchen earlier this month, telling police he thought he was in Doylestown. Evan John Taylor, 22, of the 30th block of Coach Road, Bear Creek, was charged by Hatfield Police...

EATON TOWNSHIP, WYOMING CO. (WOLF) — A Tunkhannock Area school bus crash sent a few students to some local hospitals Wednesday morning. The district said a bus was involved in an accident around 7:30 a.m. According to PennDOT, the crash happened along Route 29 between Route 292 and Tioga St. in Eaton Township.

EXETER TWP., Pa. – One family has turned their Exeter Township home into a haunted house. They expect hundreds of trick-or-treaters on Halloween and are opening up the experience to the whole community. "Everyone has that house that you go to on a trick or-treater's route that you just...

WILKES-BARRE — A Carbon County woman was cleared of charges she concealed the death of a stillborn fetus found during a traffic stop by the Pennsylvania State Police in Hazleton. Luzerne County prosecutors dropped the case against Mikayla Rose Sando, 26, of Beaver Meadows, citing “prosecutorial discretion,” while faced...

🔺Federal prison officer threatened to kill victim with gun. A federal prison guard from Pennsylvania has been accused of an armed domestic violence attack in Morris County. Patrick O'Kane, of Exeter, Pennsylvania, has been a corrections officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. On Oct. 5, the 45-year-old O’Kane...

A judge ordered a landlord in Scranton to remove lead-based paint from an apartment after a mother sued, claiming her nearly 2-year-old daughter was poisoned from the toxic element. The judge required the landlord to take both interim and permanent lead-abatement steps, and pay for alternative housing for the tenants...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Note: The above video is from an earlier story. The amount of money allegedly stolen by a Lackawanna County travel agent grew to nearly $86,000 this week, as nearly two dozen people came forward recently and made reports with the police. Eileen Miner, owner of Thompson...

For some kindergarten students at Wyoming Seminary Lower School, Wednesday was a day to learn new words. The diyas they co

Luzerne County’s election bureau will upload all mail ballots returned to date by Thursday, county Manager Romilda Crocamo said Wednesda

KINGSTON — Wyoming Valley West answered Delaware Valley’s first goal Tuesday night very quickly. The Spartans, despite