MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT SHUTS DOWN A LANE ON I-80 PennDOT has reported an interstate lane restriction due to an overnight accident that might slow your commute a little bit this morning. A vehicle crash was reported along I-80 West at mile marker 196 in Union County. Police have not released any details about any victims…… more »
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 4, 2022
PROTESTS OVER INFORMATION FROM LEAKED DRAFT OPINION There was a crowd of people in front of the federal Court house on West Third Street in Williamsport yesterday, protesting about information that was leaked about the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court. According to the Sun Gazette, about 40 people were assembled…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 3, 2022
MAN SENTENCED IN MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT A man from Williamsport who pleaded guilty to his role in a murder for hire case has been sentenced to life in state prison in Lycoming County Court. According to the Sun Gazette, 52 year old Edward Heck paid Kenneth Wayne Smith of Cambria county 10 thousand dollars…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 2, 2022
MAN JAILED FOR TRESPASSING A man has been incarcerated for trespassing and other charges after he was caught inside a garage owned by Robert Dittman in Muncy Creek Township. According to an affidavit from State Police, 62 year old Jeffrey Prokop was caught inside the attached garage and in possession of an instrument of crime. …… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 29, 2022
CAR FIRE ON I-180 IN WILLIAMSPORT The remnants of a car were left behind on I-180 following an emergency incident yesterday when a Pontiac Firebird quickly caught fire around 11:30am. According to the Sun Gazette, Matthew Lantz was driving in the westbound lanes of the interstate near Basin Street when black smoke came from the…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 28, 2022
AMAZON TO BRING JOBS TO LYCOMING COUNTY There are plans to open an Amazon delivery station near Montgomery in Clinton Township which could bring up to 100 jobs to the area. According to an announcement by Amazon, they plan to utilize the former warehouse building along Saegers Station Road. A delivery station is where online…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 27, 2022
FATHER CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING CHILD The father of a 5 year old girl has been charged with endangering her welfare after he left her in the care of her mother at a hotel on Route 15 in South Williamsport while police say the mother was having a psychotic episode. Police were called to the hotel…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 26, 2022
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE LEADS TO WOMAN’S ARREST Police arrested a Williamsport woman after police answered a domestic disturbance call Saturday night on Trenton Avenue. According to the Sun Gazette, 40 year old Ashley Barnfield was questioned and then detained by city police as she allegedly was drunk and started yelling at the officers. Later when another…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 25, 2022
HIGH SPEED CHASE LEADS TO JAIL FOR MOTORCYCLIST A high speed chase between a motorcyclist and state troopers last Monday that started at the Lycoming Mall Interchange and went to the Northumberland county line landed the motorcyclist in jail. Police say 35 year old Milton C. Frost III, most recently from Canton, got up to…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 22, 2022
DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN COGAN STATION HOME A Cogan Station couple has been arrested after narcotics detectives executed a search warrant and found deplorable living conditions in a home with 5 young children on April 14th. According to a press release by the Old Lycoming Police Department, police investigating drug offenses found 34 year old Jeffery…… more »