BUS DRIVER FACING FELONIES FOR INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH STUDENT A former Williamsport Area School District bus driver is facing felony charges after police say he had inappropriate contact with a female student on his bus. Lycoming Regional police arrested 29-year-old Ryan Haywood after he turned himself in Thursday...

COMMSSIONERS WILL NOT RECOMMEND TALEN ENERGY PROGRAM Talen Energy's effort to rezone about 800 acres in northern Montour County for industrial development hit a major setback. The county Planning Commission voted 6-1 against recommending the proposal at last night's meeting. Talen hopes to convert farmland into spac...

FIRE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY DESTROYS AGWAY WAREHOUSE More than 70 volunteer firefighters battled a massive early-morning blaze in Cherry Township that destroyed a 13,000-square-foot Dushore Agway warehouse on Route 220. According to the Sun Gazette, a truck driver sleeping on site Monday night spotted the flames around 1 ...

CHILD HIT BY CAR IN ZERBE TOWNSHIP An 11-year-old child was struck by a vehicle on Trevorton Road in Zerbe Township. According to the News Item, emergency crews rushed to Route 225 last evening about 5:15pm and found the child in the road with serious injuries. EMTs considered the medical helicopter but ultimately tra...

COGAN STATION MAN DIES IN MACHINERY ACCIDENT AT HOME Lycoming County officials have identified the man killed in a machinery accident Friday in Cogan Station. According to the Sun Gazette, 70 year-old Arnold Taylor was found just before 12:30 p.m. with his arm trapped in the conveyor belt of a rock crushing and sortin...

On Friday night (November 21), Billy Corgan premiered an operatic adaptation of the Smashing Pumpkins' iconic 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The production, titled A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinit...

At their penultimate reunion show in São Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday night (November 22), Oasis honored the late Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield, who passed away on Thursday (Nov. 20) at the age of 63. "We want to dedicate th...

A New York State Supreme Court judge dismissed a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by rare books dealer Glenn Horowitz against Eagles' Don Henley and manager Irving Azoff. The suit stemmed from a criminal case in which Horowitz was accused of selling...

Foo Fighters have extended their record on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with their 13th No. 1 hit, "Asking for a Friend," marking their second chart-topper in 2025. The song garnered 5.7 million audience impressions in the week endi...

During his concert in Brisbane on Friday night (November 21), Lenny Kravitz revealed on his Instagram story that an enthusiastic fan accidentally pulled out four of his dreadlocks while he was moving through the crowd during a performance of his 1989 h...