LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT WORK MEETING Last night, the Loyalsock Township School District held a work session public meeting to discuss their concerns over the school bus driver shortage. I spoke with President of the District, Dr. Carolyn Strickland. Several ideas were proposed, however, there seems like there is still much to do. The proposal…… more »
Category Archives: WBZD Local News
BACKYARD BROADCASTING APRIL 21, 2021
ARREST AND CONVICTION IN GAMBLE TOWNSHIP After he spit on and threatened a Pennsylvania State Trooper in Gamble Township last April, when he was running nude on Lake Road, a Williamsport man was sentenced in Lycoming County Court. Dillon Calvin, 28, sentenced on April 7 by Lycoming County Common Pleas Judge Marc Lovecchio to 90…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING APRIL 20, 2021
ADDITIONAL CHARGES STEMMING FROM STAND-OFF Late Monday afternoon, additional felony charges were lodged against Shaheed Gindraw, the 32-year-old man who held city police at bay for more than six hours Friday night at Newberry Estates, 2500 Federal Ave. According to the SUN Gazette, initially jailed on $10,000 bail, Gindraw was recommitted in lieu of…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 19, 2021
STAND–OFF IN WILLIAMSPORT CITY On April 16 at approximately 5:13 pm, a female reported her boyfriend assaulted her, threatened her life and that of her unborn child. She called 911 from 2500 Federal Avenue, when her boyfriend, an agitated Shaheed Gindraw was alone home with her five-year-old son and multiple firearms. Williamsport Police, in…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 16, 2021
RETAIL THEFT A Walmart Asset Protection Associate was the key to Rebecca Austin, 40, of Illion, N.Y. getting charged for her role in a retail theft operation. Austin, charged with a third-degree felony of retail theft, when at the Walmart in Athens, she attempted to push a cart of merchandise, valued at $1,058.84, out of…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING APRIL 15, 2021
ACCUSED GUNMAN WAIVED PRELIMINARY HEARING Accused gunman, Nakoma Ross, waived his preliminary hearing yesterday, with District Judge William Solomon who then set the Ross’s bail at $500,000. This changed from a previous no bail as a result of an incident on April 1, at approximately 11:15 am. From his residence in Cogan House Township, Ross…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 14, 2021
DRUG CHARGES COUPLED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES Williamsport City Police retrieved needles and other paraphernalia, cocaine, methamphetamine, mushrooms and over a dozen bundles of heroin from 420 Rural Avenue on March 27 in the possession of Alicia Julie Hunter, 32 and Robert Butry Hunter, 33. According to northcentralpa.com both Hunter and Butry-Hunter were charged with…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 13, 2021
S.A.F.E. Mark Killian, chief of the Williamsport Bureau of Fire and the City Fire Department are giving away smoke detectors, free of charge as a donation of the Montoursville Lowe’s .. who donated more than 1,000 detectors, to city residents. The program is called the S.A.F.E. (Smoke Alarms for Everyone) and it began on Saturday…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 12, 2021
2021 SENIOR ART SHOW The Lycoming College Senior Show for all Lyco students with a major in studio art and runs from April 22 through May 15. According to northcentralpa.com, the 2021 Senior Art Show features works and artist statements from the following graduating seniors: Inga Brostek (Williamsport) –Megan Snyder (Milton, Pa.) Martina Westcott –…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS APRIL 9, 2021
BRUSH FIRES LEAD TO OLD LYCOMING TOWNSHIP BURNING BAN Firefighters in Piatt Township, amongst other locations throughout Northeast and Central Pennsylvania, have been battling multiple brush fires. Dry conditions, have prompted Old Lycoming Township to issue a burning ban Campfires, burner barrels, brush piles are on hold in the township. According to the Pa DCNR…… more »