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Parker Summers delivers in ninth, leads Pa. to Big 26 Classic series victory over Maryland
The annual Big 26 Baseball Classic came down to the ninth inning on the final day, and James Buchanan standout Parker Summers played the hero for Team Pa. Summers delivered a two-out, two-run single to right that snapped a 2-2 game in the top of the ninth. It landed Pa. a 4-2 victory Sunday in the best-of-3 series finale.
Making sure no kid goes hungry in Berwick
BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Making sure no child goes hungry was the goal Monday in Columbia County. More than 150 families received a free, healthy, and nutritional lunch on Monday in Berwick. Dozens of volunteers from the Youth Action Center and For the Cause Teen Center teamed up with local food banks to give […]
Fundraiser held in East Stroudsburg hopes to revamp Dansbury Skatepark
EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s the second year that skateboarding is being held in the Olympics and with the games bringing light to the sport, skateboarders in the Poconos are using it to their advantage. A crack at a skatepark is not an ideal floor plan. “This crack, it’s just hard to go […]
Schuylkill County Fair Opens Today: A Week of Agriculture, Entertainment, and Fun
SUMMIT STATION - The anticipated 2024 Schuylkill County Fair will kick off on Monday, July 29th, under this year's theme, "Flourishing In Opportunity, Rooted in Agriculture" at the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds in Summit Station. Thousands of locals and visitors will gather at the fairgrounds to enjoy a week-long extravaganza of...
B3Q Smokehouse moving to former Tipsy Turtle location
SWOYERSVILLE, Pa. — A restaurant in Luzerne County is leaving one borough and headed to another this fall. It's been more than a year since a restaurant on Owen Street in Swoyersville has seen any action. “We used to have Tipsy Turtle in Swoyersville. It was a restaurant before...
Woman charged with shooting in Columbia County
CONYNGHAM TWP. COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman is facing numerous charges after police say she fired multiple shots around a Columbia County neighborhood. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on July 22 around 9:30 p.m., troopers were called to the 120 block of Middle Avenue in Conyngham Township for an active shooter. Troopers said they […]
New details in homeless camp homicide investigation
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is learning more Monday about a homicide investigation in Luzerne County. Human remains were found in a wooded area near Hazleton. The coroner says the victim died from blunt force trauma. 28/22 News learned the remains, which have not yet been identified, were found near or in […]
Police: West Scranton 'explosion' caused by man burning trash
SCRANTON, Pa. — Police in Lackawanna County say a man caused an explosion when he used five gallons of gasoline to try and burn some trash Saturday in his West Side backyard. Officers ended up arresting Salvatore Licata, who police say acknowledged using gasoline to set the fire behind...
UPDATE: Three Injured in 5-Vehicle Crash on Route 309 Between Hometown and Tamaqua
Three people were injured in a 5-vehicle crash on Route 309 last week in Rush Township. According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville, the crash occurred around 11:30pm, on Thursday, July 25th, 2024, on Route 309 just south of the Ye Old Hauto Road. Troopers say the crash began...
Whitmer and Shapiro stump for Harris in Pennsylvania
(The Center Square) – Two prominent Rust Belt governors teamed up in southeastern Pennsylvania on Monday to stump for Vice President Kamala Harris. Govs. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., and Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., headlined a rally at Wissahickon High School in Montgomery County, highlighting Harris’s legal career and social politics as defining pillars of her presidential potential. […]
NCLGS Lawmakers Rebuke concerns of brick-and-mortar casino cannibalization
In Pennsylvania, lawmakers met to discuss potential model online casino legislation. Regulators in three states worked to dispel the belief that brick-and-mortar casinos would be cannibalized if online gaming continued to grow. These regulators and lawmakers met at the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States. They aimed to discuss the model online casino language that might be used in laws. David Rebuck is the former director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. Online gambling has been legal in the Garden State since 2013. At the NCLGS conference in PA, Rebuck had this to say about his non-concerns with online brick-and-mortar casino cannibalization.
$150K Powerball winner in Pennsylvania as jackpot grows
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — A $150,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Pennsylvania for Saturday’s drawing along with over 24,000 other winners. The $150,000 winner matched four of the five numbers and the Powerball on June 26 and had Power Play (3) active. Without Power Play the ticket would have been worth $50,000. Two other tickets […]
Penn students, administrator testify at Pa. Senate hearing on campus antisemitism
Two Penn students — rising College sophomore Benjamin Messafi and rising Wharton and Engineering senior Noah Rubin — and one administrator testified about their experiences with antisemitism at Penn at a hearing convened by the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee to reassess policies on harassment and hate speech. Messafi,...
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