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Dozens displaced in Sunday afternoon fire

At least two dozen residents were displaced Sunday afternoon when a two-alarm fire broke out in a second-floor apartment at the Mary Slaughter Homes on Brandon Place. There were no reports of injuries, and all tenants — some assisted by city firefighters — safely made it out of the ...

New system establishes standard 911 protocol

The Lycoming County Commissioners’ approval of an agreement with Priority Dispatch will establish a standard protocol regarding how dispatchers at the 911 call center will take certain calls and then maintain a continuity based on certain crises. The dispatchers will then be able to maintain ...

Penn College graduates commended for ‘grit’

In his closing remarks to the 2026 Spring graduates in the Schools of Business, Arts and Science, Nursing and Health Sciences at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Dr. Michael J. Reed, president at the school, commended them for their grit. “Grit is required to meet meaningful ...

Twenty-two motorists have been charged with DUI, according to court records recently made public. Those charged were: • Jason Michael Willits, 49, of 93 Edgewood Drive, Jersey Shore; state police on Interstate 180 West at the Maynard Street interchange in the city on Tuesday; also charged ...

The National Road connected a young nation

To have a United States of America during its infancy, you had to have a truly united country. Not just by national unity with its citizens, but by physically connecting the east with what was then the western frontier across the Allegheny Mountains. Or at least that’s what President ...

Two-alarm fire displaces residents of Mary Slaughter Homes

At least two dozen residents were displaced Sunday afternoon when a two-alarm fire broke out in a second-floor apartment at the Mary Slaughter Homes on Brandon Place. There were no reports of injuries, and all tenants - some assisted by city firefighters - safely made it out of the ...