An allocation of up to $45,000 for the Kids United/Cochran Playground Project was approved by the Williamsport Area School Board at their meeting recently. Construction of the playground, which will be located on the north side of the primary school, is expected to begin next week. It is ...
The East Lycoming School Board took action on a number of personnel matters and recognized the high achievements of sports teams and individual athletes during its regular monthly meeting this week. The board approved the hirings of two people for teaching positions. Stephen Stopper and Jesse ...
Most people would not consider being dropped in the middle of the wilderness a “great opportunity,” but then again, Rose Anna Moore isn’t like most people. Brought up a stone’s throw from Wellsboro, Moore, 43, is a contestant on the History Channel’s survival show “Alone” this ...
A city man who allegedly shot several rounds from a gun into an occupied house in the 1000 block of Isabella Street on May 22 was apprehended in Harrisburg by the U.S. Marshals Service and arraigned before a district judge in Williamsport on Wednesday. Kiam L. Alford, 24, of 618 Elmira St., ...
State police in Montoursville are searching for Kristopher Michael Fike, an area man who has been missing for 11 days. Fike, 32, of Williamsport, is 5 feet and 6 inches tall and 170 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair. Fike was last seen June 5 at approximately 11 a.m. According ...
By a unanimous vote, members of the Williamsport Area School Board approved increasing the real estate tax rates by .35 mills to 17.24 for the upcoming year. The current rate is 16.89 mills. The increase means that property owners will pay $35 more per $100,000 of the assessed value of their ...