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Icy conditions prove hazardous throughout area

Very icy road conditions proved to be a major challenge for first responders on Monday morning when they were called out to handle various emergencies. In rural Anthony Township, conditions were so hazardous on Chapel Hill Road that a paramedic reportedly fell on the ice as he was getting out ...

Cellphone’s crash-notification system helps responders locate accident victim

An elderly woman’s cellphone may have very well saved her life on Sunday afternoon when her car skidded off ice-covered Sulphur Springs Road in Armstrong Township and went down a 600-foot embankment, according to South Williamsport fire officials. The car caught fire, but the driver was able ...

Record expunged for Unityville man charged with animal abuse

A Unityville man who, in December 2023, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and other charges, satisfactorily completed his court mandated Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition for the Jan. 2020 murder of one bovine cow and the wounding of a second, granting him expungement of his record, ...

Williamsport firefighters clear smoke from Berkshire apartment

City firefighters rushed to the four-story Berkshire Apartment Building at 801 W. Fourth St. when a smoldering flower pot used to burn incense activated a smoke detector about 1:40 a.m. Thursday, according to fire officials. The flower pot was in a first-floor apartment and created a heavy ...