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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 23, 2025
POLICE INVESTIGATING FATAL DUI IN PLUNKETTS CREEK
A car crash took the life of a 22 year-old driver who hit a large tree in Plunketts Creek Township yesterday. According to the Sun Gazette, the Lycoming County Coroner said Jake William Wallace was traveling south on Route 87 near Little Brea Creek Road and went off t...
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 22, 2025
CONVICTED DRUG DEALER INCARCERATED AGAIN
A convicted drug dealer who was free on supervised bail from an incident in October, is in custody again for allegedly selling drugs to an informant in Williamsport last week. According to the Sun Gazette, officials from Lycoming County's Narcotics Unit say Albert Angel Cunnin...
Jan 22, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 21, 2025
NEW YORK MAN ARRESTED FOR CASHING A FRAUDULENT CHECK
A man from Brooklyn, New York intercepted a check from Gregg Township Municipal Authority in Union County meant as a payment for Larson Design Group, changed lines on the check, and cashed it last summer. According to North Central PA dot com, State police at Milto...
Jan 21, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 20, 2025
TWO INJURED IN ROUTE 220 ACCIDENT SUNDAY
There was a two vehicle accident along Route 220 in Woodward township that hospitalized two people Sunday morning around 9:30am. According to the Sun Gazette, State police responded to a crash allegedly caused by the unnamed driver of a Ford F-150, who while traveling south at...
Jan 20, 2025
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 17, 2025
CLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE TUESDAY
Fire officials in Clinton Township extinguished a mobile home fire around 7pm Tuesday night and rescued three cats from the smoke filled structure. According to the Sun Gazette, fire officials say a space heater placed too close to flammable items was the cause of the fire, but they put ...
Jan 17, 2025
Music News
Garth Hudson, The Band’s Keyboardist And Last Surviving Member, Dies At 87
Garth Hudson, the celebrated keyboardist and last living original member of the beloved Canadian-American rock group The Band, died on Tuesday (January 21) at the age of 87. According to Hudson's estate executor, he "passed away peacefully in his sleep...
Jan 22, 2025
Dead & Company, Billy Strings, Dave Matthews, Vampire Weekend, Noah Kahan Lead Lineup For MusiCares Tribute To Grateful Dead
On Friday, January 31st, Grateful Dead will be honored as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year in a concert and ceremony taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The all-star tribute show is one of the few annual Grammy week events that wil...
Jan 22, 2025
Los Angeles FireAid Benefit Concert Reveals Full Music Lineups For Host Venues
On Tuesday (January 21), FireAid organizers took to Instagram to share complete details about its upcoming benefit concerts on January 30. FireAid disclosed the full music lineups for their two host venues - Inglewood, California's Intuit Dome and neig...
Jan 22, 2025
Trevor Noah Set To Return As Host Of 2025 Grammy Awards
The Recording Academy announced on Instagram on Tuesday (January 21) that Trevor Noah will once again serve as host of the 67th annual Grammy Awards on February 2. This will be the fifth consecutive year that the Emmy Award-winner will be master of cer...
Jan 22, 2025
Country Singer Melba Montgomery, Who Dueted With George Jones, Dies At 86
Melba Montgomery, a country singer who was famous for singing memorable duets, has died at the age of 86. Montgomery's death was confirmed in a Facebook post shared by her daughter, Melissa Solomon Barrett, on Wednesday (January 15). The late singer is...
Jan 21, 2025