31 CHARGES MOVE TOWARD TRIAL AGAINST FORMER WILLIAMSPORT ART TEACHER A judge has dismissed five charges against former Williamsport Area High School art teacher Joshua Michael Larson, while allowing 31 others to move toward trial. According to North Central PA dot com, Judge Christian Frey ruled five attempted unlawful...

LOYALSOCK SPA INVESTIGATION REVEALS NEW DETAILS IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE New details are emerging about the six-month state police investigation into Green Spa and Massage in Loyalsock Township. Police say surveillance began in January after the business appeared on websites linked to sexual services. Investigators tr...

LYCOMING COUNTY CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF LABOR TRAFFICKING AFTER ICE ARRESTS The owner of a Lycoming County construction company is accused of labor trafficking after eight workers were taken into ICE custody. According to Penn Live, 41-year-old Milton Nain Guerra, owner of Tool Masters Home Improvement near Montoursville...

SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL INJURED IN WOLF TOWNSHIP CRASH A six-year-old Hughesville girl suffered minor injuries after being struck by an SUV while riding her bicycle in a Wolf Township trailer park. State police say the girl had stopped and waved the SUV through an intersection Thursday afternoon, but then rode into its path ...

MONTOURSVILLE STORAGE BUILDING FIRE BLAMED ON LIGHTNING State police say lightning caused a two-alarm fire at an unoccupied storage building in Montoursville last month. The fire marshal ruled the July 28 blaze on North Loyalsock Avenue accidental, saying multiple lightning strikes caused an electrical surge that ignit...

TEEN SENTENCED IN 2024 PENN VALE APARTMENTS SHOOTING CASE A Williamsport teenager has been sentenced for his role in a 2024 shooting at Penn Vale Apartments in Loyalsock Township. Tykir Jihad Smith received credit for 336 days already served and was placed on probation for three years and 30 days. Smith pleaded guilty ...

ELEVEN MEN CHARGED IN LOYALSOCK HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION Eleven men, including three from Williamsport, are charged in connection with an alleged human trafficking operation at Green Spa and Massage on River Avenue in Loyalsock Township. According to NorthcentralPA.com, state police say the charges followed a mo...

AIRPORT AUTHORITY SLAMS SOUTHERN AIRWAYS OVER ABRUPT SERVICE SUSPENSION Williamsport Regional Airport officials are sharply criticizing Southern Airways Express for abruptly suspending service August first. According to the Sun Gazette, the authority says it was blindsided and calls the decision avoidable and premature...

HEAVY RAIN TRIGGERS WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS LYCOMING COUNTY Heavy rain triggered widespread flooding across parts of Lycoming County Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to numerous calls in Williamsport, South Williamsport, Loyalsock, Old Lycoming and Eldred townships. A woman was reported trapped in a vehic...

SUNBURY MAN KILLED IN ROUTE 147 MOTORCYCLE CRASH A Sunbury man was killed in an early-morning motorcycle crash Thursday in Point Township. Police say 31-year-old Jason Schaeffer was traveling south on Route 147 near the Ridge Road exit when his Harley-Davidson struck a guide rail and crashed. Schaeffer died at the scen...