WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two shootings are under investigation in Wilkes-Barre City. According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, on Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning, two shooting incidents were reported. On Wednesday around 2:00 p.m., officers were called to the area of South Franklin Street and Ingham Street for a report of gunshots []
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, officers are investigating reported gunfire. Police say on Wednesday, April 24 around 8:53 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Poplar Street for a reported vehicle vehicle stuck by gunfire. According to investigators, the victim called police Thursday morning stating, that []
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is hospitalized after he was rescued from a Wilkes-Barre creek Tuesday evening. Officials tell 28/22 News Wilkes-Barre City authorities were called to the 800 block of South Main Street to rescue a man from Solomon Creek. Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department Chief Mike Bilski says authorities were called at []
“This is an isolated incident, there is no threat to public safety,” the district attorney’s office wrote in a press release Saturday.
Police have opened an unattended death investigation after human remains were found on a property in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is keeping wellness front and center in Wilkes-Barre. The civil rights organization hosted an open walk-up clinic and wellness fair on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. Visitors were able to get a medical consultation and advice from doctors, nurses, []
An internal investigation is ongoing nearly five months after Honolulu police allegedly hit a man with a car before beating him and his son during a New Year’s Day manhunt and shootouts with an attempted murder suspect.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Honorary officials for the day! On Friday, three students from the Graham Academy, a school providing education for students with autism and emotional challenges, got to serve as honorary officials in the City of Wilkes-Barre. Three students, Hunter, Michael, and Dallas, were honored at city hall they had the chance []
Authorities are working to identify human remains that were discovered near a Hudson Valley road. The body was found in Putnam County on Tuesday, April 16 in the area of Ice Pond Road in Patterson, Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police said on Wednesday, April 24. The investigation to identify the remains is still in its "infancy," Hicks said, adding that no official connections to any missing persons cases have yet been made. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice...
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A learning center in Luzerne County will soon be expanding with hopes to tackle the nationwide teacher shortage. 28/22 News Reporter Sydney Kostus was at the center Monday morning to talk about how it's involving the community in its mission. A new mural lines the side of a building on South []
Authorities say more human remains, including a torso, that are believed to belong to a missing woman have washed up on a beach along Lake Michigan
WILKES-BARRE CITY, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre City Cherry Blossom Festival is coming to town and they have released details. According to Mayor George C. Brown the Cherry Blossom Festival will kick off on April 27 and April 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Kirby Park on Market Street. Friday, April 26, []