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Variety of charges lodged in Lycoming County district courts

More charges lodged against man arrested in city homicide case Lycoming County Prison inmate Zyriece Walker, awaiting trial for allegedly shooting to death 18-year-old Nasir Kramer at Memorial Avenue and Lloyd Street on the afternoon of June 29, was arrested this week on a whole new set of ...

Three injured in collision on Route 44 in Nippenose on Tuesday morning

Three ambulances along with volunteer firefighters from Nippenose Valley as well as Antes Fort and Jersey Shore were dispatched to Route 44 in Nippenose Township after this Ford and an Outback collided about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday. Three people were injured and taken by ambulances to Geisinger ...

Yaw, Hamm Senior Expo draws hundreds in Lycoming County

Hundreds of area seniors packed into the Community Baptist Church on Thursday for a senior expo sponsored by state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, and state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township. “The amount of information out there for our older residents can be overwhelming,” Yaw ...

Judges rule man was illegally strip searched in 2021

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a Williamsport law enforcement case that a search warrant supported by probable cause or a requirement of immediate action are needed for a strip search outside of prisons or jails. The court ruling concerned two members ...

Complaints about state of West Third Street work zone near Penn College reach Williamsport City Council

“Because it’s like a war zone.” That is part of what Williamsport City Councilman Jon Mackey said of the street reconstruction on West Third Street between Rose and Maynard streets. The stretch of the work zone causes up and down movement and harsh bumps when driving over it. He was parlaying off concerns expressed a month ago by Councilman Adam Yoder calling for better communication and also saying the zone was a mess for drivers. Mackey said he knew it was not the city’s crew doing the work but asked if there was a plan. “It can’t remain like that over winter as ...