Category Archives: WBZD Local News

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 8, 2024

ONE IN CUSTODY FROM WEEKEND SHOOTING IN LOYALSOCK One woman was taken onto custody this week for hindering apprehension and related charges in the case  involving the shooting that killed a 15 year old Williamsport boy in the parking lot of TGI Friday’s in Loyalsock Township last Saturday.  According to State police at Montoursville, 37…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 7, 2024

POLICE ARREST TRESPASSER ON LOYALSOCK GROUNDS As school officials and law enforcement is on alert after shootings in Loyalsock Township have rocked the community, a homeless man from Philadelphia was taken into custody Wednesday after he was seen trespassing that morning on Loyalsock Township school grounds.  According to the Sun Gazette, Sabree Simmons, who previously…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 6, 2024

DA DENOUNCES GANG VOLENCE AFTER SHOOTING IN LOYALSOCK During a press conference yesterday, Lycoming County District Attorney, Tom Marino told the public that there is a suspect identified in the fatal shooting Saturday night in a parking lot on East Third Street in Loyalsock Township that killed a 15 year old. According to Lycoming County…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 4, 2024

LOYALSOCK SCHOOL CLOSED AFTER WEEKEND SHOOTINGS Loyalsock Township School District has closed today out of an abundance of caution after a series of incidents over the weekend involving the fatal shooting of a 15 year old Williamsport Area School District student Saturday night and another shooting without injuries reported in Loyalsock Township Sunday night.  According…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 29, 2024

PERSON OF INTEREST IN CITY SHOOTING NOW CHARGED WITH FORGERY More information has come to light about the man who was taken into custody as a person of interest after the fatal shooting of two contracted security personnel at Lycoming Engines near Terrace place in Williamsport January 12th. According to the Sun Gazette, Troy Bailey,…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 28, 2024

JERSEY SHORE FOSTER MOTHER CHARGED WITH ABUSE A Jersey Shore woman who was a temporary foster parent for a 5 year-old child who was disabled, was arraigned this week on felony counts of physical abuse of the child.  According to the Sun Gazette, 24 year old Jeanette Nicole Hunsberger faces multiple felony and misdemeanor counts…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 27, 2024

AUTOPSY SCHEDULED AFTER FATAL STABBING An autopsy is scheduled this week for a Montandon-area man who was pronounced dead at 5:35am Saturday at Geisinger Medical Center.  Police, and the Montour County coroner are investigating the death and treating it as homicide.  State police at Milton say 22-year-old Preston Robert Bennett stabbed 28 year old Kyle…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 26, 2024

FATAL UTV CRASH SATURDAY IN MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP A UTV crash on Burns Road in Mill Creek Township took the life of a Montoursville man Saturday.  According to the Sun Gazette, State police say 44 year old John Irion  was traveling west on Burns Road about 10:30pm and ran into a south shoulder ditch, and…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 23, 2024

WOMAN CHARGED WITH PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS A woman from Shamokin Dam was arrested February 9th after police were called to assist her from a restaurant where she had been kicked out for being drunk and belligerent.  According to North Central PA dot com, 37 year old Trisha R. Phillips yelled at police and threatened to blow…more »

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 20, 2024

STANDOFF IN WILLIAMSPORT ENDS PEACEFULLY City police arrested a man allegedly responsible for a stand-off with law enforcement yesterday after he threatened his pregnant girlfriend who then locked herself in a bathroom for safety at Timberland Apartments in Williamsport beginning at about 10 am.  According to the Sun Gazette, originally police went to the apartment…more »

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