Williamsport News

Three women hoping to turn the Tuscan Villa, a 19th-century mansion in the borough's historic district, into a halfway house for women making the transition from prison to society met with a mostly hostile crowd of potential neighbors Thursday night.

Java, Juice & Art Cafe will host an exhibition titled, "Summerscapes" for July's first Friday.

The company that fought to convert a former Hamburg factory into a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation center and halfway house now is proposing a hotel there.

Few institutions would mark a 20th anniversary while planning for a centennial celebration just five years later, but Pennsylvania College of Technology plans to do just that.

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Williamsport, Lycoming County- A Williamsport man who led police on a high speed chase two weeks ago was arrested Wednesday in the city.

Police in north-central Pennsylvania have arrested a man after a standoff that lasted about an hour and a half - but it turned out he wasn't the man they were looking for.

The Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia 1776-1876 exhibit. View Larger The African American Museum in Philadelphia will unveil a new core exhibition on Friday.

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Governor Ed Rendell made a plea for full funding for the Pennsylvania State police on Sunday at the Belmont Avenue barracks in Philadelphia.

Push James Giacomo Lecce on any topic and he gently shushes you. "Ahhh, pazienza, pazienza," he says in Italian, his voice slowed by age and Parkinson's disease, his pale hands, still strong, patting down the air.

A violent, head-on collision on Route 15 in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, claimed the life of a 57-year-old Williamsport man and Union County native.

Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County- Cops were in the classroom Thursday in one part of Lycoming County.

The 200 diverse voices of five choruses, including the Lebanon Deutscher Harmonie Maennerchor , will present a rare public concert Saturday afternoon at Salem Lutheran Church during the 77th Sangerfest held annually at various cities throughout Pennsylvania.

School evacuation near Three Mile Island in April 1979. I recently came across a UPI article from April 10, 1979, entitled Residents return, schools reopen, Nuclear crisis ending .

On Sunday, June 7, the winners of the 37th Annual Juried Art competition were announced at the Gmeiner during the opening reception from 2-4 pm.

Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal are planning a hot summer together. Even though they've known each other for decades, they will tour as a double bill for the first time beginning Aug.

William F. Perry left the Kentucky prison system on New Year's Eve 2003 after spending most of three decades behind bars.

Architectural splendor is abundant throughout the Susquehanna Valley landscape in the many houses of worship.

A busy restaurant in Lycoming County was forced to close today after it was hit by fire early this morning.