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Council to hold special meeting to interview, appoint new member

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The City of Williamsport will have a special meeting to interview and appoint a City Council member to replace a vacancy left by the late Bonnie Katz. Council President Eric Beiter said the special meeting will be public. Applications have been closed for the vacancy, he noted. The meeting ...

Commissioners discuss Fourth of July fireworks

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Following last week’s meeting when they had expressed their concerns about there not being a Fourth of July celebration in Williamsport, Commissioner Scott Metzger shared this week that he had reached out to Mayor Derek Slaughter in order to discuss the city’s decision to cancel the ...

Several charged in district courts

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Hughesville woman charged with hindering apprehension During the early morning hours of March 20, police officers arrived at Breeann Burkholder’s home at 227 S. Second St. in Hughesville, looking for fugitive Warren Wayman Swank III, who was wanted for his alleged involvement that night in ...

Trump says US Navy seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. forcibly seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first such interception since the blockade of Iranian ports began last week. He said a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer in the ...

Iran fully closes Strait of Hormuz over US blockade and fires on ships

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CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. The strait is closed until the ...