BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 8, 2022

NEW TIOGA BOROUGH POLICE HIRE SUBMITS RESIGNATION

Some residents of Tioga Borough protested outside the borough office last night over the swearing-in of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice as an officer of the Cleveland Police department. According to the Sun Gazette, the sentiment of some in the community who have been without an officer for over a year, would rather have no officer than Loehmann.  Records show that he was fired from the Cleveland Police for lying on his application.  Loehmann has submitted an intent to withdrawal his application to serve in Tioga and the Borough council will consider it at their next meeting on July 12th at 6pm.

WILLIAMSPORT MAN WANTED IN FLORIDA FOR DRUG CHARGES

A man wanted in Florida on drug charges was taken into custody last Sunday by Old Lycoming Township police.  According to the Sun Gazette, police arrested 30 year old Jamaal Charles Jackson, who lives on Lycoming Creek Road for felony drug charges that originated from St Lucie County, Florida.  The sheriff’s office there filed a fugitive warrant for Jackson and he was committed to Lycoming County Prison on no bail.

BUDGET TALKS STILL HAPPENING TODAY

Pennsylvania Lawmakers in the House began passing some legislation yesterday, avoiding much debate over the main budget bill, voting 180-20 in favor of it.  The majority Republicans stated that the 42.8 billion dollar spending plan will positively affect transportation, police and election operations, including millions of dollars in funding for K-12 education in the state’s 100 poorest districts. In the senate,  a Republican spokesperson said discussion continues on the framework the budget.  The Wolf Administration compromised and agreed to pull charter school regulations that had been approved in March.

CSVT BRIDGE PARTIALLY OPEN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

PennDOT opened the northbound lanes of the new Route 147 to traffic early yesterday . A portion of the southbound lanes were opened a little later, between the new Ridge Road interchange in Northumberland County and Route 15 in Union County, so the river bridge is now open in both directions. The remaining portion of the southbound lanes of the new roadway – traffic entering from existing Route 147 south from Milton – will open today.

DRUG TASK FORCE NABS TWO SUSPECTS FROM SUNBURY

Two people from Sunbury are facing felony drug charges after they sold 165 bags of heroin in a controlled drug buy set up by the Northumberland Montour Drug Task Force.  According to media outlets, 39 year old Randy Baylor and 27 year old Bridget Miller sold the drugs to a confidential informant who was working with the Sunbury Police.  Baylor and Miller have been jailed in lieu of 20 thousand dollars bail.

REPUBLICANS VOTE ABORTION AMENDMENT THROUGH

Republicans advanced a constitutional amendment on abortion rights yesterday. According to Penn Live, the GOP voted and shut down Democratic opposition to the legislation with their majority late Thursday night.  Proposed amendments must pass both chambers in a 2-year legislative session, and be advertised publically before the fall session – it goes to the voters after that and does not require the governor’s support. A full slate of voting for the budget is set up for today in Harrisburg.  With the billions of dollars in surplus this year, some are calling this a “Christmas in July budget”.

GAME COMMISSION MEETING CAN BE WATCHED ONLINE

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will meet today and tomorrow and will hear and comments from the public Saturday.  The session today is for staff comment only.  The time for public comment tomorrow is limited to five minutes and requests will be accepted for the meeting on a first-to-register, first-to-speak basis. Registration begins when doors to the Harrisburg headquarters open at 7:45 am and the meeting begins at 8:30.   Those unable to attend the meeting can watch much of it on the Game Commission’s You Tube channel.

BUCKNELL STUDENT QUALIFIES FOR AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

A Bucknell senior golfer has qualified for next month’s US Amateur Championship by earning an 8 under 64 in the second round of the Amateur Qualifier at White Eagle Golf Club in Illinois.  According to the Sun Gazette, the qualifier tournament Tuesday had two automatic spots for the Championship in New Jersey coming up in August, and Blake Wisdom earned it.  He posted the best competitive round of his playing career, eagling two par-5s on the opening nine and three birdies on the back nine for his bogey-less 64.

SPORTS

MLB
          Pirates 4     Reds 2 Game 1
          Reds 5        Pirates 1 Game 2
Phillies 5             Nationals 3
Orioles 4              Angels 1
Mets 10               Marlins 0
Yankees 6           Red Sox 5
Cardinals 3         Braves 2

MLB Draft League Tonight
Williamsport Crosscutters host the State College Spikes – Muncy Bank Ballpark 6:35pm 1st pitch

TENNIS
Rafael Nadal announced his withdrawal from Wimbledon before his semi-final match today against Nick Kyrgios with a torn abdominal muscle.

Kygios will now either face 1st seed Novak Djokovic or Cameron Norrie they play their semifinal match today at 9:30am Eastern

NASCAR

The Quaker State 400 is at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday at 3 PM listen to all the NASCAR cup series coverage on our sister station, the Twin Valleys Talk Radio Network WWPA or WILQ‘s HD3

BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JULY 7, 2022

TIOGA HIRES CLEVELAND OFFICER WHO SHOT TAMIR RICE

A police officer who was cleared of wrong doing by a grand jury for the shooting of Tamir Rice in November of 2014, and fired by the Cleveland Police department, was hired and sworn-in in Tioga, PA on July 5th after a unanimous vote by the council there.  According to the Sun Gazette there were protests outside the Tioga Borough Building over Timothy Loehmann’s hiring.  Tioga Mayor David Wilcox told the paper even though he oversees the police and swore-in Loehmann, he said he hadn’t been informed of the officer’s history.

WELLSBORO MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR FRAUD

A man from Wellsboro who used COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Funds to buy a beach home in Alabama has been charged in federal court with money laundering and bank fraud Wednesday.  According to the Sun Gazette, the US Attorney’s Office alleges that 57 year old Nicholas Perkins , the owner of Well-versed Oil Fields LLC,  used most of a 465 thousand dollar loan meant to help small business cope with financial issues from the pandemic, for the vacation property . He then applied for loan forgiveness for the costs, saying he used it for payroll costs and other eligible expenditures.  Perkins faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.

WILLIAMSPORT AUDITORS WAITING FOR FINANCE DOCUMENTS

Auditors working for Williamsport are waiting for a number of documents that they have requested from the City Finance office in order to complete the 2019 audit, even though they’ve made multiple requests and not received the information.  According to the Sun Gazette, the auditor for Zelenkofsky Axelrod says they spoke with Mayor Derek Slaughter and he said there would be a new person in the finance office to help move the process along.  The audits done by Zelenkofsky Axelrod are for the general fund and community and economic development.

AUTHOR GALA THIS OCTOBER TO BENEFIT LIBRARY

The James V Brown Library has just announced their 19th Annual Author’s Gala and online auction to be held this October, featuring best-selling author Elin Hilderbrand as the guest speaker on the Community Arts Center Stage that night.  Hilderbrand’s latest book, “Hotel Nantucket”, is on sale now, and she will sign copies for attendees.  The Gala will be livestreamed for a fee if you can’t attend in person and will also feature an online auction running from October 6th til the end of the actual Gala event at 10pm on October 13th .  Reserve your tickets today at caclive.com.

MAN WHO STOLE FROM A CORPSE EXTRADITED TO SHAMOKIN DAM

A Puerto Rican man was extradited back to the United States this week to face charges that he stole credit cards from the body of a man who died at a Snyder County hotel where the suspect worked in 2019.  According to North Central PA dot com, police say 33 year old Jose Miguel Hernandez-Thurbhus was seen on surveillance cameras taking items from a dead body that had yet to be discovered by police, and then used the cards to make purchases of cigarettes and snacks for a few days  before fleeing to Puerto Rico.  Family members of the deceased man discovered the charges made on his accounts after the time of death.  US Marshals worked with foreign authorities to catch Hernandez-Thurbhus who was brought back to Harrisburg and picked up by Shamokin Dam police Tuesday.  He was arraigned on forgery, access device fraud and abuse of a corpse and is in Snyder County prison in lieu of 250 thousand dollars monetary bail. 

BERWICK MAN FACES CHARGES FOR FILING A FALSE REPORT

A man who accused his ex-girlfriend of breaking into his home, has been charged with filing a false police report that incriminates another person.  According to North Central Pa dot com, Todd Ipher of Berwick told police Shelby Holdren had broken a window to come in when she wasn’t allowed on his property.  However, when police investigated, they questioned Holdren who said after she and Ipher had spent the day together at the apartment on Sycamore Street on May 8th, they had a fight and she left the property.  Police say she left her phone behind and when knocking on the door to get it back, the window broke, and she cut herself before retrieving the phone and leaving.  Ipher has a preliminary hearing August 1st .

NINE REPUBLICANS ON BOARD WITH SHAPIRO

Nine Pennsylvania Republicans have endorsed Democrat Josh Shapiro for Governor of the Commonwealth describing Doug Mastriano as dangerous, extreme and divisive for Pennsylvania.  According to Penn Live, the nine break-away Republicans include two former congressmen, a former lieutenant governor and a former state House speaker as well as Lt. Gov. Robert Jubelirer of Blair County.  Shapiro said that Republicans, Independents and Democrats must come together and that he’s grateful so many see the high stakes of the upcoming Governor race.

MORE SLOW TRAFFIC TODAY EXPECTED ON ROUTE 45

Maintenance crews will be replacing lightbulbs on the Lewisburg River Bridge for a few hours today and commuters may see some slow traffic again as a result.  According to Penn DOT, watch for congestion again in West Chillisquaque Township on Route 45 at the intersection with Route 405 – there will be single lane conditions and a flagger on the scene from about 7:30am until 2pm.

SPORTS

MLB
Tigers 8               Guardians 2
Mets 8                 Reds 3
Braves 3              Cardinals 0
Yankees 16         Pirates 0
Orioles 2             Rangers 1
Nationals 3         Phillies 2
Rays 7                 Red Sox 1

MLB Draft League
          Trenton Thunder 6      Williamsport Crosscutters 2
MLB Draft League Friday
Williamsport Crosscutters are at home against the State College Spikes at Muncy Bank Ballpark, 6:35 1st pitch.

TENNIS
– Wimbeldon Women’s Quarterfinals yesterday – American Amanda Anisimova was defeated by 16-seeded Romanian Simona Halep 6-2, 6-4 on Center Court.
– In the Men’s Quarterfinals Rafael Nadal of Spain won a 5-set thriller against American Taylor Fritz; it was 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 with a tie-breaking 10-4 victory allowing second seeded Nadal to reach his 8th Semifinal at the all England club. Nadal is set to play in the Grand Slam Semi-final today going up against Nick Kyrgios.
– The match between Number 1, Novak Djokovic and Britain’s 9th seeded Cameron Norrie is also today at 8am in the US on ESPN.

Little League District 12

Little League District 12 Winners bracket Game Keystone 5 Muncy 3
District 12 12U tonight 5:45 @South Williamsport – Muncy vs. Montoursville 

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