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Game Commission: Leave young wildlife alone as summer nears

HARRISBURG — With Memorial Day being the unofficial kickoff to summer, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds those spending time in the great outdoors to leave young wildlife alone. While some young animals might appear to be abandoned, usually they are not. It’s likely their mothers ...

Williamsport man arrested on several misdemeanor charges

After waiving his preliminary hearing before Biichle, Mychael Jamar Diggs, 47, of 1246 Memorial Ave., will face further court action on city police misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, possession of prohibitive offensive weapon (a pair of brass knuckles), disorderly conduct and defiant ...

Police say Muncy area woman helped fugitive avoid capture

Although she was informed in mid-March that her friend Warren Wayman Swank III was wanted on felony charges, Mackenzie Rose Roberts “chose not to notify law enforcement of his whereabouts” while she continued to associate with him and live with him, Muncy police alleged in an affidavit. ...

Motorist admits to smoking marijuana ‘24/7’

= When suspected impaired motorist Grenile Gainey was committed to the Lycoming County Prison early Sunday morning, the 53-year-old city man had in his possession “a pocket knife and a suspected marijuana joint in his front right pocket,” according to a state police criminal complaint. ...

Trout Run contractor faces felony charges

Michel Kevin Taylor, a local contractor, has been arrested on felony charges of deceptive business practices and home improvement fraud after taking an advanced payment of $2,500 from an Old Lycoming Township woman for work to be done on her outdoor pool, but Taylor did not complete the work ...

Penn College Army ROTC cadets receive commission

Three Army ROTC cadets at Pennsylvania College of Technology received honors a day after obtaining their baccalaureate degrees. The trio were commissioned as second lieutenants and assigned to their Army component and branch during a ceremony at Bucknell University. Those commissioned were ...