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15 area motorists facing DUI charges

Fifteen motorists have been charged with DUI and related offenses, according to court documents recently made public. Those charged were: Lynn Jason Derrick, 42, of 366 Locust St., Jersey Shore; state police following a one-car crash on Route 220 near Reynolds Road in Woodward Township on ...

Geisinger Cancer Center in Lewisburg taking shape

A project designed to address the need for increased cancer treatment in an aging population is moving ahead with the completion of the Geisinger Cancer Center at Lewisburg expected in the latter half of this year. When completed the center will house 14 infusion bays, increasing the ...

Public access to Williamsport city government meetings questioned

A City of Williamsport committee had some city business discussed and not voted on but, procedurally, it may have not been correct, according to the state Sunshine Law. The new Committee of the Whole (CoTW) was held this past Tuesday by virtual means without an in-person option. “As the ...

Lycoming County names new director of public safety

The Lycoming County Board of Commissioners announce in a news release Thursday the appointment of Forest W.S. Rothchild as director of public safety. Rothchild brings more than two decades of distinguished service spanning law enforcement, emergency management, military service, and public ...

Commissioner weighs in on Bush House

Since the open house last weekend held by FAMvest, developers at The District at Lycoming Valley — formerly the Lycoming Mall — to bring the public up to speed on what is going on with the project, the social media universe has been buzzing about what they revealed about their plans for the ...

Lawmaker on first-responder funding: Not ‘enough’

Gov. Josh Shapiro proposes an additional $30 million for fire and EMS in his budget and a state lawmaker thinks it should be $100 million plus. “I will tell you that I don’t think it’s enough,” said Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, representing the 84th House district of Lycoming and ...