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Feb. 2 -- The students of the Uptown Music Collective present "Captain Fantastic and The Piano Man: The Music of Elton John and Billy Joel," to a sold-out audience in the 2,200-seat Community Arts Center.
Feb. 4 - American Airlines customers will have fewer opportunities to fly in and out of Williamsport Regional Airport over the next few months, airport Executive Director Richard Howell confirmed that American Airlines has reduced its flights from two to one per day beginning Feb. 12.
Feb. 7 --DuBoistown Borough council reviewed the first police department report after starting South Williamsport Police Department coverage on Jan. 1. According to Steve Cappelli, South Williamsport borough manager, there were only 25 calls, none of which were serious.
Feb. 9 -- City business will be temporarily held at the Trade and Transit Centre II, 144 W. Third St., starting on Feb. 20, officials said. The move to the transit building is meant as a good-faith effort. "We'll get it done," Council President Randall J. Allison said.
Feb. 12 -- Mayor Derek Slaughter said he is working with the state Department of Community and Economic Development on a long-range financial plan to help prevent the city from going into fiscal distress, though he releases few details.
Feb. 14 --A key spot in Lycoming County government will soon be filled with the hiring of Jeff Hutchins, of Montoursville, as director of the Department of Public Safety. Commissioners announced that Hutchins, an emergency medical technician, volunteer firefighter and part-time telecommunicator, would take the top role.
Feb. 16 - Some good news for Lycoming County is that the financial situation of the White Deer Golf Course has apparently turned around with operations for the past year finishing in the black. That traditionally has not been the case, but since management of the Clinton Township-based complex was touted by county commissioners.
Feb. 18 -- An alliance between the city Bureau of Fire and Old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Department forged 20 years ago is celebrated again as a successful union that helped provide faster and more equipped response to structure fires, accidents, natural disasters and emergency medical calls in Newberry and parts of the township.
Feb. 21 - The warehouse at 490 Lycoming Mall Drive previously owned by Grizzly Industries is purchased by Patton Warehousing for $6 million. "It is one of the nicest and well-built warehouse buildings that I have ever seen," said Steve Patton, president of Patton Warehousing, who added that the expansion should create 20 new jobs for locals in the area.
Feb. 25 -- U.S. Department of Commerce awards $5.6 million grant for the Williamsport levee system to Lycoming County. The grant requires a $1.4 million match and will be used for further repairs of the deficient levee to meet recertification and protect residents from floods and secure the levee system.
Feb. 27 -- With only 19 deaths from DUI crashes in the county in 2019 according to preliminary data, Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. said, "We had a pretty good year." But that does not account for continued drug use as drivers get behind the wheel impaired, he said. Kim Smith, state Department of Transportation safety press officer, said her district, which includes eight other counties around Lycoming, saw 50 DUI fatalities in 2019 -- down from 67 in the prior year.