BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
MAN ASSAULTS HOSPITAL WORKER
A Williamsport man is facing felony charges after allegedly assaulting a hospital worker at UPMC Williamsport. According to the Sun Gazette, police say 33 year old Dominick Evans, punched a registration clerk in the emergency department Tuesday night in an unprovoked attack, leaving the v...
Sep 12, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
ARREST OVER ASSAULT OF PREGNANT WOMAN
Williamsport police say a man allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman outside his home Friday. According to North Central PA dot com, 30 year old Ahmir Moore Cobb, of Williamsport, reportedly punched the expectant mother-who is carrying twins-multiple times in the face on the 800 blo...
Sep 11, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
FIRE DESTROYS HOME IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP
A Butler Township home was destroyed in a two-alarm fire early Saturday morning. According to the News Item, Fire crews from three counties were called to Reichwein Road just after midnight, where flames were showing at the rear of the home. Lavelle Fire Chief Russ Hummel said acc...
Sep 10, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
ICE AGENTS DETAIN ROOFERS IN MONTOURSVILLE
Federal immigration agents detained at least five roofing workers during a raid Monday morning in Montoursville. According to the Sun Gazette, a witness said U.S. ICE agents in vests and masks surrounded a bank on Broad Street around 10 a.m. and used ladders to bring the men ...
Sep 09, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
WOMAN WITH METH ARRESTRED AFTER ENTERING UPMC ER
Police arrested a Williamsport woman after she walked into the UPMC Emergency Room carrying more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. According to North Central PA dot com, 62 year old Brenda Lynn Mooers, had 57 grams of the drug wrapped in plastic and stuffed in her purse...
Sep 08, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
MAN ARRESTED FOR INTIMIDATING WITNESSES
A Williamsport man has been arrested on multiple felony charges after allegedly threatening witnesses in his brother's court cases. According to the Sun Gazette, 27 year old Aaron Pinkne, allegedly made intimidating gestures toward two detectives and a third person who testified...
Sep 05, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
LOCKDOWN AT LOYALSOCK SCHOOLS
Loyalsock Township School District went into lockdown yesterday after a threatening phone call targeted a middle school employee. According to the Sun Gazette, Superintendent Gerald McLaughlin says the secondary campus followed safety protocols, moving students into shelter-in-place while...
Sep 04, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
MORE DETAILS ON ROUTE 15 CRASH
The man critically injured in Monday's Route 15 crash in Armstrong Township has been identified as 49-year-old Eric Diaz of Reading. According to the Sun Gazette, State police say Diaz was a passenger in a Mazda CX-5 when a loose tire from a northbound vehicle bounced over the median and...
Sep 03, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER, 2, 2025
UNUSUAL ACCIDENT INJURES THREE ON ROUTE 15
State police are investigating a freak accident that happened on Route 15 in Armstrong Township Monday afternoon after a tire came loose from a northbound Ford, bounced over a Jersey barrier, and shattered the windshield of a southbound car around 1:30 p.m. According to the S...
Sep 02, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 29, 2025
AFTERNOON CRASH SLOWS 15 SOUTH THIS WEEK
A three-vehicle crash slowed traffic on Route 15, just south of the Clinton-Armstrong township line, around 5:20 pm Wednesday afternoon. According to the Sun Gazette, emergency crews reported that four people were hurt with 3 transported by ambulance to area hospitals and a fo...
Aug 29, 2025