From December 2024 through the end of last year, Lycoming County spent almost $74,000 trying to answer inquiries from 21 individuals or entities through Right to Know (RTK) filings. The largest amount came from Terri Lauchle, who, since the beginning of this year, has been serving on the ...
(The Center Square) - A 39% rise in gasoline prices and a 51% increase in diesel fuel prices during the past year have Pennsylvania consumers “stressed and struggling” - in the words of one state lawmaker - but proposals in the Legislature to reduce or eliminate taxes that add to the cost have gained little traction. AAA showed the average price of unleaded gasoline in Pennsylvania was $4.64 a gallon on Wednesday, up from $3.33 a year ago. The increase in diesel fuel was even more dramatic, going from $3.98 a gallon to $5.99. In Harrisburg, the level of constituent outcry on gas ...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania.) As some Pennsylvania voters prepare to vote by mail in this month’s primary election, they could be forgiven for not knowing what they need to do with the date line on their ballot envelope. Court rulings have flip-flopped on the requirement several times since Act 77, the law that implemented no-excuse mail voting, went into effect in 2020. For some elections since then, ...
The latest news of the Rose Valley Lake drawdown — when it will occur, what it will involve — drew a rapt and large audience of anglers and others during a special meeting of the issue at the Eldred Township Vol. Fire Hall. Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission officials could give no ...
MUNCY — The Lycoming County Coroner’s Office and state police are investigating the death of an elderly man whose body was pulled from a pond along Musser Lane, just outside the borough, late Thursday afternoon. Muncy Area volunteer firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to the scene, less than a quarter mile from the Church of the Resurrection, about 4:40 p.m. when a passerby spotted the body floating in the 50-foot diameter pond, according to emergency responders. Clinton Township firefighters also responded and used a long hook to pull him from the water. His body was ...
More rehabilitation of houses and fewer properties that go on to be possibly deemed blighted and increasing home ownership in the City of Williamsport — that’s the premise behind a new housing initiative with STEP Inc. that City Council recently approved. It is a home development ...
