LOVELOCK, Nev. — O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel-room heist, successfully making his case for freedom in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America’s enduring fascination with the former football ...
A city man arrested after selling suspected heroin “and/or fetanyl” to a police informant in June was arraigned on additional charges Tuesday and jailed in lieu of $550,000 bail. Wayne S. Davidson, 24, 315 Center St., was arrested on June 29, which coincides with a string of over 50 ...
While the state continues to lower its prison populations by sending inmates to county probation programs, it also continues to lower the amount of funding those programs receive, said Ed McCoy, chief adult probation officer, at Thursday’s Lycoming County commissioners meeting. By statute, ...
While the state continues to lower its prison populations by sending inmates to county probation programs, it also continues to lower the amount of funding those programs receive, said Ed McCoy, chief adult probation officer, at Thursday’s Lycoming County commissioners meeting. By statute, ...
The Lycoming County commissioners voted Thursday to delay action on allowing drug and alcohol treatment sessions in the county prison through a $50,000 agreement with West Branch Drug and Alcohol. Commissioner Tony Mussare made the motion to wait, not because he doesn’t support the idea, ...
WASHINGTON — Rebuffing a Republican president, a GOP-led Senate panel on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to foreign aid and deep reductions in spending on domestic programs such as education, housing and energy. The powerful Appropriations Committee that oversees ...
The Lycoming County Fair held the Power Wheel Derby Thursday evening, a demolition derby-styled competition for 21 young contestants. The fair continues today and Saturday with a 6 p.m. tractor pull tonight.
The James V. Brown Library trustees on Thursday heard about how the state is moving to digitize its libraries through the PA Scan Project. “It’s a great way for our libraries to be able to digitize and put into digital form their history and local history,” said June Houghtaling, ...
A city councilman Thursday requested the city finance director look for possible funding to assist a private association that tends to the regular maintenance and keeps a trust fund for Williamsport Cemetery. Councilman Randall J. Allison asked William E. Nichols Jr., city finance director, ...
A few members of the Williamsport Parking Authority expressed “sticker shock” Wednesday at a $600,000 estimated cost to build a new office inside the Trade and Transit Centre I building. The authority has been mulling over how River Valley Transit plans to spend a $1 million loan and ...
About a dozen volunteers came with mowers and weed-whackers in hand to clean up Williamsport Cemetery along Washington Boulevard over the weekend. Their labor of love for a historic burial site of the city’s founding fathers and the only state governor from the city jolted Mayor ...
JERSEY SHORE — A fire in a house being used as a workshop on Monday night is under investigation after flames caused a significant amount of damage. Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police said they suspect the fire at 413 Bailey Alley is a case of arson. The owner of the home, whose name ...
JERSEY SHORE — A high school special education teacher has been accused of inappropriately touching six students and a teacher’s aide, according to police. Samuel E. Rothrock, 36, of 511 Sherman St. Ext., Muncy, was charged with seven counts of harassment and one count of indecent ...
WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee with a well-known maverick streak that often vexes his GOP colleagues, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, his office said in a statement Wednesday. The 80-year-old lawmaker has glioblastoma, an aggressive ...
WASHINGTON — Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an “Obamacare” repeal bill to sign. Senators responded by vowing to revive ...
WASHINGTON — A key House panel on Wednesday approved a Republican fiscal plan that probably won’t deliver on its promises to balance the budget, but would begin to clear a path for a GOP effort to overhaul the tax code this fall. The Budget Committee approved the measure by a party-line ...
The Loyalsock Township School Board took action on a number of items, including the approval of a memorandum of understanding with the Williamsport Area School District to provide career and technical programming for senior high students, during its meeting Wednesday night. District ...
LINDEN — Two resolutions were approved by the Woodward Township supervisors during their meeting Wednesday night. The first resolution granted tax exonerations for mobile homes that are no longer in the township. The second resolution amended the capital reserve budget for gas impact fees ...
After last year’s inaugural Sunrise Sunset Susquehanna Paddle and Play, the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper has expanded this year’s event to include more river-centric events. This year’s program on Saturday will be a daylong event with three parts: An 11-mile kayak paddle from Jersey ...