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Loyalsock Township School Board approves tax increase

The Loyalsock Township School Board passed its final budget for the 2026-27 school year, including a 0.65 mill tax increase. This increase will bring the district’s real estate millage rate to 16.00. Very little changed between the district’s May meeting and the passing of the budget, Business Manager Dan Egly said. “Unfortunately we wait on the state budget. We’re held to a timeline of June 30, they are not, so it’s very hard to predict exactly what will be given to all 501 school districts through Pennsylvania,” he said, while noting that the budget passed by the ...

Court ruling sets up debate on taxing ‘skill games

(The Center Square) – A new Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that essentially found the estimated 70,000 unregulated and untaxed "skill games" in the state to be slot machines – taxable by law at 52% – had the attention of many lawmakers on Tuesday. The long-awaited opinion covered ...

Bush House litigation one step closer to dismissal

The saga of the Bush House Estate in Muncy Township appeared to come closer to a final resolution Monday in Lycoming County Court. Joseph F. Orso III, attorney for Alvico, Ltd., whose president is Alvin C. Bush Jr., former owners of the property, voluntarily asked for dismissal of the case to ...

Muncy Township supervisor pays fines

Muncy Township supervisor Terri Lauchle has paid a $7,000 contempt of court fine. “She did,” said Lycoming County Prothonotary Holly Thomas, who confirmed she personally received the payment from Lauchle. The land developer FAMVEST of State College can now move ahead with more plans for ...

County unveils ‘Legacy of Lycoming’ PA250 Bell

With just weeks until the 250th birthday of the country, Lycoming County unveiled its winning submission to America250PA's “Bell's Across America” Tuesday morning. In 2018, the state legislature and then-Governor Tom Wolf established the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States ...