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Garage destroyed in Sullivan County blaze

MUNCY VALLEY - A fire destroyed a two-car garage at 96 Benders Road late Wednesday afternoon, resulting in an estimated $60,000 loss, according to fire officials. The two-story building was engulfed in flames when volunteer firefighters arrived on the scene about 4:40 p.m., according to Muncy ...

Police discover smoldering fire in Nippenose Township garage

ANTES FORT — Two Lycoming Regional police officers worked together early Sunday morning to locate the source of lingering smoke on Route 44 that turned out to be coming from a smoldering fire inside a garage, according to Lycoming Regional Police Chief Christopher Kriner. Patrolman Jared ...

Early-morning Hughesville shooting ruled accidental

HUGHESVILLE — A 19-year-old Montoursville man was recovering from a gunshot wound that state police have ruled as “an accidental shooting” and was self-inflicted, according to Trooper Lauren Lesher, the public information officer at the Montoursville barracks. While attempting to ...

Car goes up in flames while being towed down I-180

While towing a junked car to a scrapyard about 1:20 p.m. Monday, the driver suddenly noticed that the car was on fire as he was traveling east on I-180 in Faifield Township, according to Montoursville Fire Capt. Jeff Kukuchka. The tow truck operator pulled over, quickly unloaded the burning ...

Smoke forces evacuation of wing at assisted-living facility

HUGHESVILLE - Residents in the B Wing at the Wolf Run Village Senior Living Community on Route 220 were forced to evacuate their rooms for about 40 minutes about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday when black smoke began coming out of a heating unit in one of the rooms, according to borough Fire Chief Dan ...