Category Archives: Local News
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. Accord...
Jake Michaels Oct 23, 2024
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, poli...
Jake Michaels Oct 22, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 21, 2024
ANOTHER MINK RELEASE IN ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP Two people have been arrested for releasing 200 minks from Stahl Fur Farm in Rockefeller Township, Northumberland County According to the state police, 2 r...
Jake Michaels Oct 21, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 18, 2024
TWO JUVENILES ACCUSE MONTOURSVILLE MAN OF SEXUAL ASSAULT A Montoursville man is facing charges after two underage victims came forward alleging sexual abuse in two separate incidents. According to the...
Jake Michaels Oct 18, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 17, 2024
JD VANCE IN WILLIAMSPORT Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance was in Williamsport yesterday for a campaign rally at the Liberty arena on Hepburn Street. More than 1000 people attended the rally that s...
Jake Michaels Oct 17, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 16, 2024
MIDWIFE WHO LET INFANT DIE SENTENCED TO PRISON The Laporte woman who was charged with involuntary manslaughter after serving as a midwife during a home birth in 2022 in which the infant died, was sent...
Jake Michaels Oct 16, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 15, 2024
MORE CHARGES FOR TEEN WHO MADE THREATS The teen who allegedly told a student acquaintance he would shoot up Montoursville Area High School last week, is officially facing firearms charges for showing ...
Jake Michaels Oct 15, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 14, 2024
FATAL MOTORCYCLE WRECK IN BLOOMSBURG A young man from Bloomsburg died in a motorcycle crash Saturday. According to the Columbia County Coroner's office 19-year-old Robert Halye died in the crash that ...
Jake Michaels Oct 14, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 11, 2024
VICTIM IN ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP CRASH IDENTIFIED The Lycoming County Coroner has identified the victim in the Wednesday evening crash in Armstrong Township. State police say 33 year old Peter Zeigler of ...
Jake Michaels Oct 11, 2024
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 10, 2024
FATAL CAR ACCIDENT KILLS ONE IN ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP A fatal fiery car accident off of Route 15 in Armstrong Township yesterday around 5pm had state police and firefighters from at least 6 local compani...
Jake Michaels Oct 10, 2024