The first Youth Council meeting attracted area young people ranging in age from 9 through their teen years, eager to share their viewpoints, concerns and desires for the community they live in. Two elected officials were there to hear them out. Williamsport City Councilman Jonah Milliken, ...
A Montoursville restaurant manager has been indicted and charged by officials from the Department of Homeland Security with illegal re-entry and allegedly employing individuals who were undocumented, many with false Social Security numbers. Jose Felix Ramirez-Cabrera, who was living in the ...
A bill to limit the use of firefighting foam containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was approved by the state Senate recently, according to state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, and state Sen. Nick Miller, D-Allentown, sponsors of the measure. According to the news ...
The Center Square) - A public outpouring of disgust, frustration, and concern about Pennsylvania's pell-mell rush toward data center construction filled the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday afternoon at a rally where advocacy groups called for the Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro to enact a ...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania.) HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania will spend nearly 40% of its $50.8 billion budget on ...
A group that seeks to mentor students in the intermediate grades in the Williamsport Area School District had its beginning when Pastor Dale Rintelman, of Agape Fellowship, was enrolled in a course with the Mennonite Lancaster Conference. In the third year of the course participants are ...
