FOUR ALARM FIRE IN LYCOMING TOWNSHIP Firefighters from four communities responded to the four alarm fire that destroyed a home and property Friday just before 6pm along Pleasant Hill Road in Lycoming Township. According to the Sun Gazette, a fire began underneath a vehicle in the attached garage of the home where Bill and Julie…… more »
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 18, 2022
LAWSUIT ALLEGES TWA 800 WAS SHOT DOWN BY ERRANT MISSILE A lawsuit has been filed in US District Court in Massachusetts against the US Department of Defense saying that TWA 800 crashed because it was struck by a test missile fired by the US Navy and not because of an electrical fire in the fuel…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 15, 2022
COMS TO APPEAL RULING OVER MOVING OF COUNTY FUNCTIONS The Lycoming County Commissioners will be appealing last week’s ruling in Potter County Court that functions of county employees be returned to the office of Controller Krista Rogers. According to the Sun Gazette, the commissioners said they interpret the General Assembly statute that divided the functions…… more »
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SPECIAL TIOGA BOROUGH MEETING GETS HEATED The meeting at the Tioga Borough Council last night had hundreds in attendance for the consideration of the resignation of president Steve Hazlett and his wife, Councilwoman Marybess Hazlett, and Timothy Loehmann, the officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice as Cleveland police officer in 2014 who was approved…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING JULY 12, 2022
CITY MAN SENTENCED FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN ARSON FOR HIRE The Williamsport father of a man who died while allegedly carrying out a 2018 arson for hire scheme in Scranton, was sentenced to up to five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter Friday. According to the Sun Gazette, 56 year old Brett Sweeting, Sr., pled guilty…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 11, 2022
EMERGENCY MEETING IN TIOGA BOROUGH TOMORROW The Tioga Borough Council are scheduled to meet in emergency session tomorrow night over the withdrawal of application from Timothy Loehmann the officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, while as an officer with the Cleveland Police Department as well as to consider the resignations of President of the Council,…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 8, 2022
NEW TIOGA BOROUGH POLICE HIRE SUBMITS RESIGNATION Some residents of Tioga Borough protested outside the borough office last night over the swearing-in of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice as an officer of the Cleveland Police department. According to the Sun Gazette, the sentiment of some in the community who have been…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 7, 2022
TIOGA HIRES CLEVELAND OFFICER WHO SHOT TAMIR RICE A police officer who was cleared of wrong doing by a grand jury for the shooting of Tamir Rice in November of 2014, and fired by the Cleveland Police department, was hired and sworn-in in Tioga, PA on July 5th after a unanimous vote by the council…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 6, 2022
AVIS MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH SPEED CHASE A man from New Jersey, who kept an Avis address, was involved in a high speed chase on a motorcycle Saturday with state police through parts of Clinton and Washington townships. According to the Sun Gazette, 31 year old Bueno Munoz led police for 15 minutes at speeds…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 5, 2022
ACCIDENT INTO LITTLE LEAGUE MUSEUM ALLEGEDLY INTENTIONAL A Williamsport woman with ties to historic Little League Baseball drove her vehicle through the front doors of the Little League Museum in South Williamsport Sunday afternoon and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries following her arraignment in District Court. According to the Sun Gazette, Theresa Robinson…… more »