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  • Wilkes-Barre hospital employees taking stand for staff, wages

    WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local hospital employees are taking a stand when it comes to their staff and wages. The unionized workers are less than a month away from voting to strike. 28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci was at a meeting they held Thursday evening. Geisinger Wyoming Valley's Unionized Technical Employees met Thursday evening []

  • Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney retires after 20 years

    KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — After two decades of putting criminals behind bars, a well-known, local prosecutor is leaving the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office. The retirement comes after a career of convictions, one that includes one of Luzerne County's most notorious cases. After 20 years of more than 100 homicides, sexual assaults, active shootings, []

  • Rust-colored water flowing into creek in Edwardsville

    EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Downstream from Toby Creek, rust-colored water is flowing in a creek in Edwardsville behind Market 32 grocery store. "Even normal rain it's a different color," said Edwardsville resident Matthew Scott-Amos. About three miles downstream from Sunday's mine subsidence in Toby Creek in Luzerne, rust-colored water can now be seen in []

  • U of Albany football player, Monroe Co. native dies

    EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A local area NFL draft pick has sadly passed away. Devastating news hit the football world as AJ Simon, a star at Pocono Mountain West High School, and later on at Bloomsburg University as well as the University of Albany, passed away Tuesday at the age of 25. Albany released this []

  • New details on mine subsidence in Luzerne County

    LUZERNE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)_ — 28/22 News has been following mine subsidence in Toby Creek, in Luzerne Borough, behind Luzerne Lumber. The mine void opened up on Sunday, draining water from the creek, and is causing concern for nearby homeowners and businesses. Since then several other potential mine-related issues have popped up across Luzerne County. []

  • New storage, maintenance facility opens in Hazle Township

    HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The new Hazleton Public Transit Bus Storage and Maintenance Facility is officially open. It's located across from the Hazleton airport in Hazel Township, Luzerne County. The $27,000,000 million project is the largest project in the city of Hazleton's history. The Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Mike Caroll, officials from the []

  • PSP reminds drivers of active work zone road rules

    DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We are in the midst of National Work Zone Awareness Week and state police are reminding drivers about the rules of the road when entering an active work zone. On Wednesday in York County, three construction workers were killed in an active work zone crash. It's a tragic reminder at []

  • Students hit pavement for Opioid Awareness Month

    WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local pharmacy students organized a yearly opioid awareness walk. April is Opioid Awareness Month and students at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre hit the pavement Thursday to make others aware of the epidemic. The students also sell t-shirts and hotdogs and all proceeds are donated to the Wilke Barre Fire Department. []

  • Bloomsburg PD inputs safety measures for ‘Block Party’

    BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Bloomsburg University spoke on Wednesday to students, residents, and parents alike, about a non-sanctioned event, "Block Party." According to Bloomsburg PD, this weekend, April 19-21, a non-sanctioned event known as "Block Party," will be happening in Bloomsburg. The Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg and the Towns of Bloomsburgs will be implementing the following []

  • 140 birds seized during cockfighting investigation

    SUGARLOAF TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials from the district attorney's office say 140 birds were seized from a Luzerne County home during an investigation into the possible breeding and fighting of roosters. First Assistant District Attorney Tony Ross told 28/22 News on Thursday, April 11, a collaborative effort between multiple agencies served a warrant []

  • Man found guilty of South Scranton stabbing

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been found guilty of a South Scranton stabbing after a two-day trial. Waliek Shakur Vereen, 27, was found guilty of stabbing a man twice in his stomach with a pocketknife on July 6, 2023, in the 1300 block of Prospect Avenue where Vereen lived, according to District Attorney []

  • PSP Tips offers a $10K reward for information leading to New Philadelphia killers

    NEW PHILADELPHIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Tips is now offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the solving of the murders of two New Philadelphia teens in October 2023. PSP Troop L - Frackville Station is investigating the double homicide that occurred in New Philadelphia Borough, Schuylkill County on []