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Police Fire and Court

Sullivan County sheriff resigns

LAPORTE - Sullivan County Sheriff Jared Houck has submitted a letter of resignation to the Sullivan County Commissions, according to a spokesman with the sheriff's department. Elected in November 2023, Houck began serving a four-year term the following January, replacing Robert Montgomery. ...

Fire in Fairfield Township leaves 3 homeless

A mother and her two adult children were left homeless Sunday when an accidental fire destroyed their rental mobile home at the Timberend Estates, 528 Ruben Kehrer Road, in Fairfield Township, according to Montoursville Fire Chief Jeff Hutchins. Fire and smoke were visible when firefighters ...

Overheated motor sends smoke into Jersey Shore High School cafeteria

JERSEY SHORE — Students and staff were forced to evacuate the Jersey Shore High School on Cemetery Street about noon Thursday when smoke began filling the cafeteria and kitchen, according to borough fire officials. The problem was a heating motor on the school’s roof that malfunctioned, ...

Truck accident closes Route 44 Thursday afternoon

The driver of this tri-axle empty dump truck escaped injury and climbed out of the cab on his own after it went off the road, landing in a very muddy five- foot deep ditch along Route 44, about a mile north of Jersey Shore, in Porter Township about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Lycoming ...

Three area crashes in an hour Thursday morning

Area firefighters were busy Thursday morning handling three crashes in an hour, including this one on Route 220, just north of Pine Run Road, in Woodward Township, where a woman lost control of her southbound car that hydroplaned and overturned at least twice, landing in the median about 8:50 ...