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Victim testifies in alleged gunman’s trial

Just three months shy of five years to the day a 25-year-old mother of two was struck by a stray bullet in the second floor bedroom of her home in the 600 block of Maple Street, the trial for the alleged shooter began in the courtroom of Lycoming County President Judge Eric Linhardt. Apprehended in June 2024, Douglas Robinson Jr., 24, of Williamsport, faces aggravated assault-attempts to cause serious bodily injury or causes injury with extreme difference, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, firearms not to be carried without a license, possession of a weapon and ...

Portion of Route 15 to become Interstate 99 on July 30

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced in a news release that a 62-mile section of U.S. 15 in Lycoming and Tioga counties will officially become Interstate 99 (I-99) between Williamsport and the New York state line on Thursday, July 30. The Federal Highway ...

Paving of West Fourth Street in Williamsport set to begin

The City of Williamsport provided an update on the West Fourth Street resurfacing. On Wednesday, the city’s contractor M&J Excavation of Bloomsburg will be milling Fourth Street starting at Mulberry Street and moving west to Hepburn Street. The milling will be conducted one block at a time ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro signs state budget

Bridging a deficit in part by delaying some payments and reclaiming money from what they called the “couch cushions” of state government, lawmakers on Sunday approved a $50.8 billion budget for 2026-27 that immediately got the signature of Gov. Josh Shapiro. The final product came ...

Judge accepts guilty plea for manslaughter of teenager outside T.G.I. Friday in 2024

Ja’hsir Kahseem Legare, the gunman in the March 2, 2024 shooting at T.G.I. Friday in Loyalsock Township that claimed the life of 15-year-old Ahmeen Palmer, pleaded guilty Monday to the fatal shooting and illegally carrying a firearm, a sentence to be imposed Sept. 15 that could be no less than 7 ½ years and no more than 15 years. Legare, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, appeared with his attorney Robert Hoffa, before Judge William Carlucci and a relatively filled courtroom. Lycoming County District Attorney Tom Marino was prosecutor. The plea was for Count 1 Voluntary ...

Loyalsock Township school board OKs staffing additions

The Loyalsock Township School Board filled several staffing slots at its recent July meeting. In staffing, the board approved Stephanie Bower as a full-time paraprofessional, effective Aug. 25 at an hourly rate of $17.10; Brock Hepler as a full-time paraprofessional, effective Aug. 25 at an hourly rate of $16.10; Larry Trimble as Color Guard Instructor for the 2026-27 school year; an hourly rate of $18.38 for Jamal Nesmith, Intervention Specialist, for the 2026-27 school year; Beth Rohrer as Head Volleyball Coach for the 2026-27 sports season, at a stipend of $3,000; Allison Mertes as ...