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Rogers found guilty of murder

A jury returned a verdict of guilty of first degree murder against Dawud M. Rogers, finding him responsible for the Dec. 30, 2016 shooting death of William Michael “Micky” Blackwell, following a two-day trial before Lycoming County Judge William Carlucci. The shooting took place when ...

Second trial for man accused of 2016 murder begins

The second trial for a city man accused of carring out the 2016 shooting death of William Michael “Micky” Blackwell, began in the courtroom of Lycoming County Judge William Carlucci Tuesday morning. Dawud M. Rogers was originally tried in September 2025, however, that trial ended in a ...

Driver leaves the scene of accident on Rt. 220

When police and fire personnel arrived at the scene of a vehicle into a guardrail in the 2800 block of Route 220 north Sunday afternoon, the driver was nowhere to be found, according to Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Casey Swank. There was no indication as to the cause of the ...

Two Williamsport women charged in separate shoplifting cases

Dawn Aurora Welch, 61, of 752 Krouse Ave., Williamsport, has been charged with felony shoplifting after she was caught Wednesday allegedly stealing $41 worth of merchandise from the Goodwill Store at Park Avenue and Hepburn Street, city police said. This was her third or subsequent ...

Second parent charged in felony child endangerment case

Kevin Michael Woodling, 39, of 3731 Lycoming Creek Road, lot T3, has been charged with felony endangering the welfare of a children for “failing to know where his two children, ages 3 and 8, were located during multiple incidents between Aug. 9 and March 25,” Lycoming Regional police ...

Unlicensed, uninsured South Williamsport motorist charged with hit-run

After crashing head-on into an oncoming vehicle while passing another car in a no-passing zone on Route 15, near Blind Road. in Clinton Township about 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, motorist Larisha Joleen Moore, 27, fled the scene in her 2002 Pontiac Sunfire, state police alleged in an affidavit. ...