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Insider: Second Postponement in Play for Steelers Game
15/01/2024

Insider: Second Postponement in Play for Steelers Game

The Pittsburgh Steelers could wait another day before playing their Wild Card game.

Report: Steelers Playoff Game Could Be Postponed Second Time
15/01/2024

Report: Steelers Playoff Game Could Be Postponed Second Time

The Pittsburgh Steelers Wild Card game is in danger of being moved a second time.

New Evidence Discovered in D.B. Cooper Skyjacking Case Uncovers 'a Compelling Person of Interest'
14/01/2024

New Evidence Discovered in D.B. Cooper Skyjacking Case Uncovers 'a Compelling Person of Interest'

Investigator Eric Ulis said he traced fragments from D.B. Cooper's tie to a Pennsylvania steel company that worked with...

Watch the Pandemonium as Hockey Fans Break Record Hurling 75,000 Teddy Bears Onto the Ice for Charity
14/01/2024

Watch the Pandemonium as Hockey Fans Break Record Hurling 75,000 Teddy Bears Onto the Ice for Charity

A professional ice hockey team in Pennsylvania broke a franchise record last week, not for goals scored, but for the number of teddy bears tossed onto...

Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge marks 90 years in operation
14/01/2024

Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge marks 90 years in operation

The Upper Black Eddy-Milford 'Toll Supported Bridge' turns 90 years old today. It's one of...

Luzerne County launches innovative pizza trail: Eat and earn points for prizes
14/01/2024

Luzerne County launches innovative pizza trail: Eat and earn points for prizes

LUZERNE COUNTY(WOLF) — Because who doesn’t love pizza, especially in Northeastern Pennsylvania?. There’s a slice of pie heaven being launched in Luzerne County, and it’s Visit...

Agencies preparing for coming storm in Wilkes-Barre
14/01/2024

Agencies preparing for coming storm in Wilkes-Barre

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Multiple agencies across our region have been working together to prepare for what Mother Nature throws our way. Closing the flood gates on Regent Street in South Wilkes-Barre is just one of the precautions officials took to avoid creek flooding. Gusty wi...

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry should be removed from the ballot | PennLive letters
14/01/2024

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry should be removed from the ballot | PennLive letters

Thank you to Gene Stilp for filing the lawsuit against Scott Perry seeking to remove him from the 2024 primary ballots using the14th Amendment. Perry clearly...

Crash involving state police vehicle sends trooper to the hospital in Schuylkill County
14/01/2024

Crash involving state police vehicle sends trooper to the hospital in Schuylkill County

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — A crash in Schuylkill County sent a state trooper to the hospital. Pennsylvania State Police at Schuylkill Haven say one of their...

Former Valley View employee receives house arrest for recording special needs child
14/01/2024

Former Valley View employee receives house arrest for recording special needs child

A former Valley View employee accused of recording special needs child has been sentenced. In March of 2023, Cala Tolerico, the employee, was charged after she...

Buffalo Bills vs Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game postponed until Monday by NFL with stadium battered by snow and wind
14/01/2024

Buffalo Bills vs Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game postponed until Monday by NFL with stadium battered by snow and wind

THE Steelers-Bills playoff game has been postponed due to extreme weather. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Steelers and Bills have to wait out the winter storm rolling through Buffalo before they can face off. The game, initially scheduled for 1 pm ET on Sunday, will now take...

House catches fire in Athens
13/01/2024

House catches fire in Athens

ATHENS, Pa. (WETM) — A multi-family home caught fire in Athens on Saturday afternoon. According to Bradford County Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Rosenheck, a fire was reported at a house containing two apartment units on the 100 block of Maple Street just before 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 13. The ...

Man charged for taking pants off in public
13/01/2024

Man charged for taking pants off in public

Watsontown, Pa. — A man made a spectacle of himself in public as he reportedly removed his pants and lit them on fire, according to police. State police at Milton cited Joshua Brown, 28, of Allenwood, after they were called to the 1900 block of Eighth Street in Delaware Township shortly after 8 a....

Hunters that won Pennsylvania lottery for elk licenses harvest 118 this fall and winter
13/01/2024

Hunters that won Pennsylvania lottery for elk licenses harvest 118 this fall and winter

BENEZETTE — About 82% of Pennsylvania elk hunters filled their tags this license year. The Pennsylvania Game Commission awarded 144 licenses over three separate seasons and 118 elk were harvested by hunters in northcentral Pennsylvania. The number was evenly split with 59 bulls and 59 cows being s...

2 chances for snow in the next few days for South-Central Pennsylvania
13/01/2024

2 chances for snow in the next few days for South-Central Pennsylvania

A couple of rounds of winter weather could bring snow to South-Central Pennsylvania in the coming days. Here's what the WGAL News 8 Storm Team is...

Nonprofit director prohibited from operating kennel
13/01/2024

Nonprofit director prohibited from operating kennel

SUNBURY, Pa. — Anne Gibbs walked into the Northumberland County Courthouse in Sunbury on Thursday to face charges of animal neglect. Gibbs, 60. runs the nonprofit...

Taking down statues was always about removing white people from history
13/01/2024

Taking down statues was always about removing white people from history

Several years ago, the country was in uproar over the removal of statues of people affiliated with the Confederacy. The country’s social justice overlords told us this removal was necessary because the presence of these molded pieces of metal reinforced white supremacy. And because of systemic whi...

Crash closes stretch of Northeast Extension, after multiple crashes closed highway earlier
13/01/2024

Crash closes stretch of Northeast Extension, after multiple crashes closed highway earlier

We have a heads up for drivers. A crash has closed the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike heading north, between...

Judge drops charges against Lackawanna County OYFS workers
13/01/2024

Judge drops charges against Lackawanna County OYFS workers

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A judge has ruled to drop charges of failing to protect children from abuse against five current and former caseworkers at Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services (OYFS) and supervisors. Judge James Gibbons ruled the five have immunity from prosecution...

NFL Makes Decision On Bills vs. Steelers Amid 'Impossible' Travel Conditions
13/01/2024

NFL Makes Decision On Bills vs. Steelers Amid 'Impossible' Travel Conditions

Those hoping to attend this weekend's playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers might want to get their snow shoes ready. According to the...

Lisa Scheller says deciding to sell Silberline was `very difficult' but best for the business, employees
12/01/2024

Lisa Scheller says deciding to sell Silberline was `very difficult' but best for the business, employees

Selling a business that was founded in 1945 by her grandfather was not easy, Silberline Chairman and President Lisa Scheller said Thursday. Altana AG, a German...

Balt salts dealer given maximum prison sentence
12/01/2024

Balt salts dealer given maximum prison sentence

Lock Haven, Pa. — A woman was sentenced to five years in prison for selling bath salts to a confidential informant twice. Tina Marie Bailey, 57, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in October of last year. Despite requests for a short sentence i...

Exciting New Year of Performances Underway at F.M. Kirby Center
12/01/2024

Exciting New Year of Performances Underway at F.M. Kirby Center

A new year introduces new possibilities with new goals to strive towards and the F.M. Kirby Center is here to help with those resolutions. Did you...

Two killed in Route 405 crash
12/01/2024

Two killed in Route 405 crash

Milton, Pa. — Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash on Route 405 in Turbot Township, police said. State police at Milton said Gerald D. Gold, 75, of Wastontown, and Dawn E. Betz, 61, of Turbotville, were pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the crash occurred at 4:40 ...

World's largest display of LEGO art returning to the Franklin Institute
12/01/2024

World's largest display of LEGO art returning to the Franklin Institute

"The Art of the Brick," a traveling exhibition featuring the world's largest display of LEGO art, is returning to the Franklin Institute in February. The popular...

The bizarre history of Groundhog Day
02/02/2023

The bizarre history of Groundhog Day

CNN explores Groundhog Day's origins from a tiny event to an American holiday we can all be proud...

Space for local crafters, artists in the Poconos
02/02/2023

Space for local crafters, artists in the Poconos

STROUD TOWNSHIP, PA — When people think of malls, they usually think of big-box stores, but a new mom-and-pop shop all about supporting local artists and...

49ers player shared conspiracy theory after loss to Eagles
02/02/2023

49ers player shared conspiracy theory after loss to Eagles

The San Francisco 49ers suffered some bad luck in their 31-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, but they were also beaten pretty soundly. Quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a serious elbow injury on the team’s first possession of the game. After backup Josh Johns...

Exclusive: John Fetterman Is Using This Assistive Technology in the Senate to Help With His Stroke Recovery
02/02/2023

Exclusive: John Fetterman Is Using This Assistive Technology in the Senate to Help With His Stroke Recovery

The Sergeant at Arms has installed a permanent live caption display monitor at Fetterman’s desk in the Senate chamber, among other new accommodations.

Steelers Going to Get Two Star Coaching Additions This Offseason
01/02/2023

Steelers Going to Get Two Star Coaching Additions This Offseason

The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to walk into the season with a very promising coaching staff.

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