TRAIN HITS STALLED CAR A driver escaped injury after a train slammed into a stalled car Wednesday night in South Williamsport. Fire officials say the driver of a Toyota Camry was traveling across the railroad tracks on South Maynard Street around 10:15 p.m. when the vehicle became stuck between the track grates. Acco...

SERIOUS CRASH SHUTS DOWN ROUTE 44 NEAR ANTES FORT A man suffered critical injuries Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on Route 44 just south of Antes Fort. State police say the crash happened around 7:25 when a car and a stake body truck collided, flipping the truck onto its side and shutting down both lanes for sev...

ELECTRICAL FIRE AT UPMC City firefighters responded to a small fire Monday evening at the Health Innovation Center on the UPMC Williamsport campus. Fire officials say smoke was discovered in a fourth-floor pediatric patient care room just before 5:40 p.m. The fire was traced to a heating and air conditioning unit on th...

SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES FOR JSAD EMPLOYEE A Jersey Shore Area School District employee is facing multiple felony charges, including rape of a child. Police say 39-year-old Brian Witner turned himself in Friday after Lycoming Regional Police filed charges connected to alleged sexual assaults involving a minor. According ...

POLICE: PARENTS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR JUVENILE CRIMES Police in Williamsport say parents and guardians will be held accountable for certain illegal activity involving juveniles under their care. According to Penn Live, the warning comes as officers report an increase in youth-related incidents, including disturban...

MAN CHARGED FOR KEEPING DECEASED MOTHER'S BODY IN HOME A Lycoming County man is facing charges after police say he failed to report his mother's death for more than a day. Investigators say 26-year-old Roosevelt Short continued his daily activities while his mother's body remained inside their Loyalsock Township apartm...

PROSTITUTION CHARGES FOR A MONTOURSVILLE SPA OWNER A Montoursville investigation has led to prostitution charges after a police raid on a Broad Street home. Officers say a tip from a patron helped uncover an alleged brothel operating as Jia Yuan Spa. Authorities say Luiping Li is charged with promotion of prostitution ...

THREE INJURED IN SUNDAY CRASH Route 118 in Moreland Township reopened around 8 p.m. after a serious crash injured three people Sunday afternoon. The single-vehicle crash happened after 4pm in the 3100 block near Neuhard Road. Fire crews say the car went off the road, overturned and landed in the woods about 40 to 50 fe...

OUT OF STATE MAN JAILED FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY A Georgia man is facing serious charges after a child exploitation investigation tied to Lycoming County. State police say 30-year-old John Tyler Moreland, of Macon, is accused of possessing more than 100 explicit videos of children, including one involving a loc...

MUNCY MAN GUILTY ON SEX ASSAULT AGAINST CHILDREN CHARGES A Lycoming County man has been found guilty on dozens of sexual assault charges following a two-day trial. Fifty-seven-year-old Timothy Stroud Sr., of Muncy, was convicted on 39 counts involving five minor victims, some as young as four years old. Prosecutors say...