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Driver injured in South Williamsport crash Tuesday evening

The lone occupant of a Volkswagen Jetta was transported to a local hospital for evaluation after their vehicle collided with a parked Subaru Legacy, South Williamsport police told the Sun-Gazette. The accident occurred around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of West South Avenue in South ...

State Rep. Joe Hamm announces $1M secured for new Trout Run fire station

Trout Run Volunteer Fire Co. is a recipient of $1 million to go to its new fire station construction on the site where Tropical Storm Debby flooding Aug. 9, 2024, damaged and made the station temporarily unusable “Today, I’m proud to announce we’ve been able to secure $1 million for ...

Motorcyclist succumbs to late-August crash injuries

Corey Hall, 54, of Williamsport, the motorcyclist critically injured in a two-vehicle accident on the night of Aug. 27 in the city’s Newberry neighborhood, has died of his injuries, Lycoming County Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. said late Tuesday afternoon. Hall died Sunday afternoon in UPMC Williamsport of multiple blunt force traumatic injuries, Kiessling said. Williamsport police said Hall, who was not wearing a helmet, was traveling north on Ridge Avenue when his cycle and a car heading east on Hillside Avenue collided at the intersection about 8:30 p.m. Police have not ...

T.G.I. Friday gunman sentenced to eight to 20 years in state prison

Ja’hsir Kahseem Legare, who last month pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and illegally carrying a firearm will spend eight to 20 years in state prison for the March 2, 2024 shooting death of 15-year-old Ahmeen Palmer at T.G.I Friday in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County Judge William ...

4th measles death in Pennsylvania

NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death. The latest death involved an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, in the center of the state, the county coroner's office said in a Facebook post. The cause was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a ...