Several agreements and resolutions okayed by county officials
Following the approval of a resolution involving a $50 million bond for Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Commissioners wanted to assure taxpayers that their tax dollars are not going to finance this and that all debt is the responsibility of the college. Ann Pepperman, representing the ...
Investigators give updates on causes of several recent Williamsport fires
Williamsport fire investigators have determined that the June 2 fire that caused extensive damage to a family’s rental home at 1050 High St. was accidental, according to Deputy Fire Chief Kenneth Smith. While the investigation remains ongoing, investigators believe the cause of the blaze ...
Storms tear through area
Fire and emergency crews were kept busy as a violent line of thunderstorms ripped through the area ahead of a cold front Sunday night. As the storms began sweeping through the county shortly after 8:30 p.m., 911 dispatchers were inundated with reports of trees blocking roadways and several ...
LycoCTC awarded $1 million in new funding
Lycoming Career and Technology Center (CTC) in Hughesville was given a transformative $1 million state investment secured through the leadership of state Reps. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, and Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, advancing a critical expansion project that will strengthen ...
How immigration, industry, and labor forged Youngstown
(Editor’s note: At the beginning of the 20th century, America began a period of industrial growth — fueled by the nation’s vast stores of natural resources — that led to victory in two world wars and the nation emerging as a true superpower. One of the cities at the epicenter of that growth was Youngstown, Ohio, a city that became synonymous with steel production and America’s fortunes — and also the growing labor movement that would help define how work was done. It served as one of many examples of American cities that grew quickly due to its proximity to the resources that ...