NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY FIRE FRIDAY Fire crews responded to a blaze at a home 1000 block of Mexico Road in East Chillisquaque Township Friday. According to the Standard Journal, fire officials said the fire broke out at the Northumberland County home at about 11:15am. Crews battled the blaze that officials said appeared to start on the…… more »
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS NOVEMBER 1, 2024
SUSPECT IN SCHOOL SHOOTING THREAT WAIVES HEARING The 18 year old accused of calling and threatening a student at Montoursville High School on October 11th waived his preliminary hearing in Lycoming County Court this week. According to North Central PA dot com, Yaa-Sir Jennings-Cornelius of Williamsport is being charged with terroristic threats and harassment and…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 31, 2024
TWO WOMEN DIE IN UNRELATED FIRE INCIDENTS Two unrelated structure fires in Lycoming County yesterday took the lives of two women. According to State Police at Montoursville, 56 year old Lori Toner was found deceased inside the structure when crews arrived at 1547 W. Emerys Church Road in Woodward Township. The fire at the mobile…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 30, 2024
FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY WEDNESDAY MORNING Emergency Crews in several areas of our region are busy this morning , with one accident closing an exit along Route 15 near Buttonwood and a working house fire in Mifflin Township called in at about 4:30 this morning that required a resuscitated victim to be Life Flighted to an…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 29, 2024
JURY FOR FORMER WASD PRINCIPAL CHOSEN FOR NOVEMBER TRIAL Jury selection was competed yesterday in the case over the former Williamsport high school principal charged with grooming and maintaining a sexual relationship with a student from 2017 through 2022. According to the Sun Gazette, 36 year old Roger Weaver Freed faces 30 counts of sexual…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 28, 2024
FOUR ARRESTED IN WILLIAMSPORT FOR FENTANYL, FIREARMS POSSESSION A Williamsport woman was stopped on suspected drug charges by the Lycoming County Narcotics Unit October 9th which led to the arrest of three others allegedly involved in the purchase and possession of fentanyl. According to North Central PA dot com, 36 year old Jocelyn Nicole Gardner-Fox…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 25, 2024
ASSAULT CHARGES FOR TWO WILLIAMSPORT WOMEN Two women from Williamsport entered a home and allegedly assaulted two others who lived there. According to Williamsport Bureau of Police 22 year old Nahjay Ciarra Jackson and 25 year old An-Nisa Nichole Jones forced their way into a residence at the 600 block of Third Avenue during an…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL OCTOBER 24, 2024
CHURCH FIRE ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD There were no injuries reported in a fire that broke out at the Calvary Baptist Church on Washington Blvd in Williamsport last night. According to the Sun Gazette, firefighters from Old Lycoming Township, Montoursville, Loyalsock Township and South Williamsport responded to the fast moving two alarm fire near Packer Street…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 23, 2024
POLICE INVESTIGATE TRAILER FIRE IN CASTENEA TOWNSHIP Mill Hall Borough Police and state fire investigators are looking into a fatal trailer fire that happened October 21st in Castenea Township. According to the Sun Gazette, the Clinton County Coroner released a statement about the victim in the fire at 200 E. Keller St, saying Mrs. Barbara…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 22, 2024
GAS LEAK IN WILLIAMSPORT A gas leak brought firefighters and emergency crews to an address at the 400 block of East Third Street in Williamsport yesterday afternoon. According to the Sun Gazette, police say a tenant and a caretaker at the residence reported feeling ill and reported the leak just before 10am Monday. Officials found…… more »