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 »
Category Archives: WBZD Local News
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 »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 21, 2022
PENN DOT: LYCOMING COUNTY ROADS ARE OPEN PennDOT reports that the closures on Jacks Hollow Road and Route 554 between Market street to Elimsport Road in Washington Township have reopened and trees have been removed from the roadway. The heavy wet snow that fell early Tuesday, brought trees down on power lines and caused lots…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 20, 2022
POWER BEING RESTORED, SOME ROADS STILL CLOSED PPL’s outage map looks a lot less dramatic today with just a few outages remaining in Lycoming County after yesterday’s heavy spring snow brought trees down on some power lines. PennDOT has reported there are still some trees down and work continues today, with closures on Jacks Hollow…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 19, 2022
HEAVY SNOW, TREES DOWN, POWER OUT There were utility outages across out region this morning with approximately 12,000 PP&L customers without power. Penn DOT is reporting closures of main roadways in Lycoming County; Route 864 between Rt 87 and Simpler Hollow Road in Upper Fairfield Township, Jacks Hollow Road between Bennardi Development Road in Armstrong…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 18, 2022
BODY FOUND ON SU CAMPUS There was a body found near the perimeter of the campus of Susquehanna University on April 9th and State Police are investigating. According to North Central PA dot com, the Snyder County Coroner has determined that the person found took their own life. University officials say there is no information…… more »