BELLEFONTE — After four generations of family stewardship, the owners of Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park are asking the state to take over one of Centre County’s most iconic attractions in an effort to preserve it from future development. Following remarks from CEO Russ Schleiden and his ...
A former teacher at Loyalsock Township School District has sued the district in federal court claiming racial discrimination. Marcus Williams filed the civil action this week in U.S. Middle District Court. The Black educator was employed as a social studies teacher. Williams claims that ...
Loyalsock Township School District has asked a federal judge to vacate a verdict and order a new trial or reduce the $2.8 million award to a woman who was sexually abused by a coach when she was in middle school. The district believes the award was “excessive and irrational” and asked in ...
Scattered among the trees along an unpaved track lie the remains of two people who chose a gentler, more eco-friendly alternative to the traditional process of burying loved ones. These are the first occupants of the wooded area set aside by Wildwood Cemetery for their “green burial” ...
Two Williamsport teens entered pleas, in separate hearings, Wednesday morning to being present when shots were fired at a residence in the 1500 block of Randall Circle at the Penn Vale Apartments on March 3, 2024. Prosecutors contend the shooting was in retaliation for the March 2, 2024, shooting death of 15-year-old Ahmeen Palmer in the parking lot of TGI Fridays on East Third Street in Loyalsock Township. Appearing before Lycoming County Judge William Carlucci for a 9 a.m. hearing, Tykir Jihad Smith, 18, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of criminal attempt - recklessly ...
A mother and her two children safely escaped their Grove Street home on Wednesday morning when flames engulfed their attached garage and spread to their house. The family’s two dogs safely got out as well; one of them was reportedly carried out of the house by a firefighter. Soon ...
