MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER ACCIDENT INTO FENCE AT WIREROPE Police are investigating after a security guard discovered a 68 year old man trapped in a vehicle that was entangled in a fence after 8am Sunday morning on the property of Bethlehem Wire Rope off of Locust Street in Williamsport. According to the Sun Gazette, police say…… more »
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 13, 2025
LYCO CONTROLLER SUBMITTED RESIGNATION Lycoming County’s Controller who over the past few years mounted a legal battle against the county commissioners over who should have control over county functions like general ledger, payroll and accounts payable, has resigned as of Friday afternoon. According to the Sun Gazette, Krista Rogers who had been in the Lycoming…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 10, 2025
WILLIAMSPORT MAN LEAD POLICE ON HIGH SPEED CHASE A Williamsport man who had faced drug charges for allegedly selling fentanyl to an informant last year, led city police on a high speed chase early Wednesday from Memorial Avenue to Route 15 near the Hepburnville exit. According to the Sun Gazette, Sean Patrick Ford began the…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 9, 2025
LINDEN MAN ARRESTED FOR STRANGULATION A Linden man was taken into custody for allegedly strangling a victim January 2nd after she told him how he should use the cash he had won at a local VFW. According to North Central PA dot com, 43 year old Dustin Dewaine Keller and the female victim argued inside…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 8, 2025
MUNCY MAN CHARGED WITH ARESON FROM 2020 INCIDENT A man from Muncy is facing arson charges after police say he set fire to his mother’s home in South Williamsport several months after she died. According to the Sun Gazette, an affidavit was filed this week that alleges 43 year old Peter Allen Zielewicz, who had…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 7, 2025
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY VEHICLE ON WASHINGTON BLVD A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Washington Blvd Sunday and his identitiy has been released. According to the Lycoming County Coroner, 52 year old Gerald Miles was under the influence of alcohol at about 10pm as he crossed to the north side of the street, and…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 3, 2025
MAN MAKING VIDEOS CHARGED WITH TRESSPASSING A man from Mill Hall is facing possible charges after police say he was seen trespassing on land in Clinton County and the owners called police. According to North Central PA dot com, 45 year old Steven Eoute was confronted by the couple while he sat in his truck…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 2, 2025
MUNCY MAN FACES CHARGES FOR ROBBERY AND ASSAULT A 20 year old Muncy man is facing charges of robbery, criminal mischief and more after he broke into the house of an acquaintance and took items last year with two other juvenile males. According to the Sun Gazette, police say Marshall Joseph Rothrock was at the…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS DECEMBER 24, 2024
LYCO CORONER RELEASES SCI MUNCY INMATE CAUSE OF DEATH A woman from NJ who was serving a sentence for a 3rd degree murder conviction was found dead in her prison cell Sunday at SCI Muncy. According to Penn Live, Lycoming County Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. ruled that 41 year old Lisa Marie Stavish died by…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS DECEMBER 23, 2024
MOTHER OF THREE CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT A Williamsport mother of three children was charged last Wednesday with child endangerment and a misdemeanor drug charge after probation officers arrived at her West 4th Street home unannounced. According to the Sun Gazette, authorities said that 24 year old Deionne Morton and her children who range in…… more »