Williamsport News

One of the most scenic areas in Pennsylvania is a wonderful place for a picnic or summer camping trip.

With that, an "emergency motion" was filed and a conference scheduled for federal court in Harrisburg on Monday involving the case against Budget Renovations and Roofing Inc.

Route 487 in Paxinos, in Northumberland County, has been re-opened to traffic after being closed last night due to a police incident.

A public hearing tonight night is the necessary first step if the Line Mountain School Board decides to follow through on a plan to save nearly $500,000 by closing the Dalmatia and Leck Kill elementary schools.A Line Mountain school directors and administration has been the target of criticism from those in the district who want to keep the ... (more)

It took less than an hour for police to find a man they believe robbed a convenience store overnight.

Nearly a dozen arsons are under investigation in Williamsport. Monday night the community came together to create a plan to stop it.

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Eureka Resources, LLC, announced today that it will construct a world-class centralized wastewater treatment facility in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County, Pa., to treat wastewater generated during development of oil and gas wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shale.

Scranton, Lackawanna County- The United States Postal Service announced a sweeping round of closures affecting distribution hubs across the country, two of which are located in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.

Eureka Resources, LLC, announced today that it will construct a world-class centralized wastewater treatment facility in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County, Pa., to treat wastewater generated during development of oil and gas wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shale.

Pennsylvania prison officials say five employees were taken to a hospital after a white powder was mailed to Muncy State Prison south of Williamsport.

The Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies is coordinating with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and several partners on an upcoming public forum on conservation issues, to be held May 23 at Lycoming College in Williamsport.

Summer Beretsky lives and writes in Williamsport, PA. She just completed her third year of working full-time in a soul-sucking call center and, to celebrate this milestone, she quit.

With hundreds of jobs hanging in the balance, the push is on to keep two mail processing centers in northeastern and central Pennsylvania open.

The South Lebanon Township supervisors this week hired a new police officer, selecting Ryan Gehman of Manheim, a native of Lititz.

Shale drilling and hydraulic fracturing have been in the news lately, almost incessantly.

A Pennsylvania man, arrested last July on first-degree assault after a wild incident that began with an attempted drug sale to an undercover OCPD officer on the Boardwalk, included the dragging of an OCPD officer alongside a vehicle and ended with the suspect jumping into the bay before being caught hours later, appeared in Circuit Court last week ... (more)

The Humane Society of Huron Valley veterinary clinic is open to the public. You need not have adopted a pet from the animal shelter in order to schedule your pet for a vet vis... ABC Bowling Lanes in Williamsport, PA offers open bowling, leagues, birthday parties and pro shop sales and services! We now offer "Cosmic Bowling" Friday and Saturday ... (more)

The sighting of three glowing objects by several airline crews February 24, 1959, is one of the most thoroughly investigated on record.

There is new information on threats that had police called into action two times last week at schools in Lycoming County.