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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 smoke condition. Exhaust fans were used to clear smoke from the building. The incident was quickly brought under control, but a tenant in an upstairs apartment suffered minor smoke inhalation and was treated either at the scene or at UPMC Williamsport, officials said. There was no fire damage to ...
Four family members, including a great-grandmother, along with a juvenile relative who was visiting, all safely fled an Old Lycoming Township home on Sholder Ave. when a fire erupted in a crawl-space attic about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, according to township Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Hope and Lycoming Regional Patrolman Michael Engel. The fire was at James Johnston’s home at 1801 Sholder Ave. broke out about 2:20 p.m. and was declared under by 2:40 p.m. When Engel arrived on the scene, there was heavy smoke pouring from under the eaves. Johnston, 65, and his mother, Marian Johnston, ...
Charges continue to mount against city man A new set of theft-related charges have been filed by city police against David Murrell Smith, 63, of 334 Walnut St., apartment 1, who is accused of stealing another person’s cellphone at business, according to an affidavit filed at the office of ...
