BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 30, 2026
FATAL SHOOTING IN WILLIAMSPORT Williamsport police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Sunday morning. Officers were called around 12:30 a.m. to the 2200 block of Central Avenue, where they found a middle-aged man on a porch with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lyc...
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 27, 2026
WOMAN JAILED AFTER WOODWARD TOWNSHIP ASSAULT A Lycoming County woman is behind bars following an alleged assault at a Woodward Township home. Police say 34-year-old Tiffany Miller is accused of attacking another woman during an argument on March 20. Investigators say the victim reported being unable to breathe and show...
Mar 27, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 26, 2026
PSP INVESTIGATING THREATS AT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN HS Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a series of threats at Central Mountain High School. Officials say a threat on March 20 was cleared, followed by bomb threats on March 23 and 24 that led to students being sent home while the building was searched. Each time, n...
Mar 26, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 25, 2026
INMATE FACING NEW CHARGES OVER FOUND PIPE BOMB A Lycoming County Prison inmate jailed on drug charges is facing additional charges after investigators found what appeared to be a pipe bomb inside his Wolf Township mobile home. Authorities say the device turned out to be fake, but an FBI bomb squad was called in to disa...
Mar 25, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 24, 2026
SWATTING INCIDENT LOCKS DOWN PENN COLLEGE A swatting incident caused a major response at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Police say a call reporting an active shooter in the campus dining hall came in around 8:30 Monday morning. Officers searched buildings and placed the campus on lockdown, but foun...
Mar 24, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 23, 2026
TWO ARRESTED AFTER INSTALLING A SKIMMING DEVICE IN MILTON Two suspects are facing charges after police say they installed a card skimming device at a 7-Eleven in Milton. Authorities identified Patricia Bogdan and George Lazar, who are accused of using a fake payment terminal to steal EBT card information from customers...
Mar 23, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 20, 2026
MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING CHANGES PLEA JUST BEFORE TRIAL A Williamsport man has pleaded guilty in a violent stabbing at the Third Street River Valley Trade and Transit Center. Thirty-seven-year-old Timothy Maddox admitted to two counts of aggravated assault just before his trial was set to begin. Prosecutors say the Dece...
Mar 20, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 19, 2026
SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN LEWISBURG A Sunbury woman was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon near the Susquehanna Valley Mall. State police say 58-year-old Sandy Mallatratt was driving north on North Susquehanna Trail around 4:30 when her SUV struck the rear of a Chevrolet Suburban. The impact pushed ...
Mar 19, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 18, 2026
WILLIAMSPORT TEEN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING INTO A CAR IN 2024 A Williamsport teen who fired shots at a passing vehicle has been sentenced in Lycoming County Court. Nineteen-year-old Tahir Dixon received 54 months of probation after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a minor and recklessly endangering another p...
Mar 18, 2026
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 17, 2026
HOMELESS MAN BREAKS INTO COURTHOUSE A homeless man is facing felony charges after police say he broke into the Northumberland County Courthouse in Sunbury. Officers responded to an alarm Saturday afternoon and found an open window. Inside, they say 38-year-old Keith Good was located wearing only boxers and was taken in...
Mar 17, 2026





