KLINE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters are on the move Friday in Schuylkill County as a brush fire scorched nearly a dozen acres. Fire crews from several departments were on the scene for hours fighting the blaze. More than ten acres of land were destroyed Friday afternoon in Kline Township. No one was injured []
MCADOO, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A brush fire started up Friday afternoon in Schuylkill County. According Schuylkill County Communications, Crews were called to the 800 block of Trescow Road at 2:23 p.m. for a brush fire. Credit : Vincent Chitswara Officials say there is no one injured, and as of 5:30 p.m. first responders had the []
A fire destroyed a home on Forest Avenue in the City of Jamestown on Saturday. The house, located at 131 Forest Avenue, next to Pilgrim United Church of Christ was owned by Jack Smith. The Jamestown Post-Journal reports the house was vacant. According to comments by the City of Jamestown on social media, there will […]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A duplex in Scranton was damaged after a fire Saturday evening. Scranton Fire Department states that crews were dispatched to a first-alarm fire just after 6:00 p.m. on the 200 block of Prospect Avenue. Officials say that no one was injured, and that the people displaced are currently being helped []
ASHLAND, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— First responders were called to the scene of an apartment fire in Schuylkill County early Monday morning. At 3:53 a.m., officials say firefighters were called to the 1100 block of West Centre Street for the report of an apartment building fire. As firefighters arrived on the scene, the Schuylkill County Communications []
MINERSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has died from his injuries sustained in a Schuylkill County house fire. The Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio reported that 77-year-old Mario Ramirez of Minersville died Sunday due to injury complications. Buglio stated Ramirez had 34.5% total body surface area burns he sustained during a house fire on []
Tornadoes have caused havoc in America's mid-west causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and damaging hundreds of homes.
As of Friday night, there were several reports of injuries but no immediate deaths reported.
Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa
A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions
By JOSH FUNK, MARGERY A. BECK and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Nebraska. As of Friday night, there were several reports of injuries but no
POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Schuylkill County will pay $1.7 million as part of a settlement in a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against a former commissioner. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 claiming Commissioner George F. Halcovage Jr. sexually harassed and assaulted four county workers. The settlement unanimously approved by the current board of []