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Hughesville woman charged with hindering apprehension During the early morning hours of March 20, police officers arrived at Breeann Burkholder’s home at 227 S. Second St. in Hughesville, looking for fugitive Warren Wayman Swank III, who was wanted for his alleged involvement that night in a pursuit with Muncy police. “Multiple attempts were made to make contact at the front door, but no one responded,” it was stated in an affidavit filed by Muncy police. It turned out that Burkholder, 25, and Swank were both inside the house, but Burkholder admitted hours later when she was ...

Separate city accidents send two people to UPMC

City police and firefighters responded Saturday to two injury crashes within a three-hour period. The first accident occurred at Park Avenue and Rose Street where a Hyundai Tucson and a Honda Civic collided about 10:15 a.m., police said. A man riding in the Hyundai was taken by ambulance to UPMC Williamsport to get treatment for minor injuries, police said. Shortly before 1 p.m., a pickup truck and a Chevrolet Trailblazer collided at Arch and Lincoln streets, in the city's Newberry neighborhood, police said. A woman riding in the truck was taken by ambulance to the hospital to be ...

Identities of those involved in horse and buggy crash released

OVAL - The Amish woman critically injured late Sunday night in a horse and buggy crash on Middle Road has been identified as Katie Beiler, 21, of Loganton, state police said Friday. Beiler remains a patient in Geisinger Medical Center's intense care unit getting treatment. She was in a ...

Seven people displaced after garage fire spreads to nearby homes

Seven people have been displaced after a garage fire in the 800 block of Memorial Avenue quickly spread to nearby homes Thursday morning, according to Lieutenant Justin Dunlap, of the Williamsport Bureau of Fire. The first call came in around 10:15 a.m. from a Third Street resident who ...

Twenty motorists have been charged with DUI, according to court records recently made public. Those charged were: • Tammy D. Ringo, 61, of Mansfield; state police following a crash on Route 15 in Jackson Township on Feb. 28; also charged with two summary violations. • Keyarah Garcia, 21, ...