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March 1 -- Far from imprisonment of those who have fallen behind on their child support payments, Lycoming County's domestic relations administrators said they are working to forge responsibility into delinquent payers. "My goal is to get some money to the child," said Judge Joy R. McCoy, who oversees domestic court issues at the county.
March 5 -- Legislation pending in the U.S. Congress may require the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the economic impact of a plan proposed by Major League Baseball to eliminate teams such as the Williamsport Crosscutters, one of 42 minor league baseball clubs. U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, went to bat on the House floor to co-sponsor legislation to keep the Crosscutters and State College Spikes playing Minor League baseball in their respective communities.
March 9 -- Mayor Derek Slaughter added to his administrative team naming city Police Chief Damon Hagan as director of public safety. Slaughter also named Mark Killian, city assistant fire chief, as chief of the 33-personnel department and Jon Sander, who has a professional civil engineer certification and worked at Larson Design Group, to be the full-time city engineer. Finally, Slaughter has named Kayla Drummond to be recreation coordinator overseeing the recreation department.
March 11 -- As the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, measures continue to be taken nationwide and locally to prevent its possible spread.
March 12 -- Limits on who can visit schools and on field trips and additional cleaning of facilities were among the ways schools in Lycoming County addressed concerns about COVID-19, or
coronavirus.
March 15 -- The town hall on the upcoming neo-Nazi groupo rally on April 18 at Brandon Park is postponed and or cancelled due to the protecting people from spread of COVID-19, Mayor Derek Slaughter said.
March 18 -- Geisinger Medical Center confirmed its first three patients with presumed positive results for the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 illness.
March 22 -- "We are fundamentally social animals, and it's very difficult for us to maintain isolation," said Dr. Rutul Dalal, medical director of infectious disease at UPMC Susquehanna. "Everyone, no matter their age, should be concerned because of how COVID-19 spreads." Even those who feel healthy may pass the infection to others, he said. "People can be infected, and the evidence suggests they can transmit the virus, a couple of days before they feel sick at all themselves," Dalal said.
March 24 --Many federal inmates have begun to arrive at the United States Penitentiary Lewisburg and the Federal Corrections Complex at Allenwood -- including one who was sick and tested for COVID-19. The relocations are "a mistake," says U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, who opposes further inmate movements until these inmates are cleared after 14 weeks of undiagnosed COVID-19.
March 25 -- Area supermarkets have scrambled in recent days to help prevent spread of the coronavirus. Wegmans, GIANT and Weis Markets, which operate stores throughout Lycoming County, have each put in place precautionary measures to safeguard customers and their employees.
March 29 -- Mayor takes more protective measures in COVID-19 outbreak. City streets and parks department employees removed the rims on basketball courts and taped off playground equipment in city parks, Mayor Derek Slaughter said.
March 31 -- Dentists spoke out about not being able to provide emergency dental service to their patients. Dr. Richard Troxler, who has and office on Sheridan Street, and belongs to the Pennsylvania Dental Society, was among those dentists putting pressure on Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine and Gov. Tom Wolf to allow dentists to perform emergency procedures. The state relaxed onerous mandates of a negative pressure room and construction masks and allowed urgent care to take place during the pandemic.