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Trout Unlimited to host PGC deputy executive director Dave Gustafson

The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host PA Game Commission deputy executive director Dave Gustafson to discuss many important topics affecting area sportsmen. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church at 807 W. Fourth Street in Williamsport. Parking and entrance to the church meeting room is at the rear of the building with access off of Campbell Street. Topics will include, but are not limited to, the recent State Supreme Court decision affecting law enforcement operations of both the PGC and the Pennsylvania ...

Judge handles the remaining cases in an extensive prostitution investigation

In one of the five remaining recent prostitution cases that were brought again last week before District Judge William Solomon, state police dropped a felony charge of patronizing victims of human trafficking as well as a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute against Ryan Michael ...

Former Williamsport Public Works employee sues for alleged age discrimination

A former Williamsport Public Works Department employee has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was fired because of his age and that he endured a hostile work environment when he tried for different and promotional positions in the department. Brian Cochran, 61, took the civil action against the city in the suit filed in U.S. Middle District Court. The lawsuit claims his superiors began to exhibit discriminatory behavior based solely on his age in 2023. Numerous examples of alleged age discrimination and hostility are in the suit. On March 27, the city terminated Cochran for ...

A possible new record bull elk harvested by Centre County resident

A Pennsylvania archer recently harvested a massive bull elk poised to set a new state record. While the elk is currently undergoing a mandatory 60-day drying period, initial information suggests it could unseat the current state record, beating a 381.1-inch Centre County bull taken by Christopher Sebulsky in 2021. The hunt for a bull of a lifetime almost didn’t happen. The hunter — Michael Skvarle of Centre County — says he almost went deer hunting in Maryland instead, but just as he was preparing to book that hunt, he learned he had drawn one of only 15 bull archery tags for the ...

Many sentenced in Lycoming County

State Prison Muhammad Davis, Clinton County Prison; 24 months to seven years for possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication facility. John Grentz, 1318 Market St., city; 24 to 48 months for DUI. Domineek Q. Carter, Lycoming County Prison; 48 to 96 months for criminal use of a communication facility, possession with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and delivery of a controlled substance. Chad Justin Hooven, Lycoming County Prison; 49 months to 22 years for resisting arrest and three counts of ...

Area high schools perform in marching band exhibition