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Two killed in separate Montour County crashes

Two people were reportedly killed in separate crashes that occurred hours apart along Interstate 180 in Montour County Friday morning. State Police were dispatched to Interstate I-80 West, near mile marker 218 in Liberty Township, around 2:40 a.m. Friday for a multi-vehicle crash, according to ...

Basement fire in Avis leaves man and woman homeless

A man and woman were left homeless late Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in the basement of their residence, shown here, at 307 Grove St. in Avis. Smoke was pouring from the house when firefighters arrived on the scene, Avis Assistant Chief David Closs said. No one was home at the time. ...

District judges in Lycoming County kept busy handling several drug cases

Mary E. Eiswerth, 38, of Lock Haven, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after state troopers, executing a search warrant at a camper on Carpenter Lane in Woodward Township, found her there trying to conceal a bag ...

Hospital patient’s alleged assault of police officers results in charges

While being treated in the emergency room at UPMC Williamsport on Jan. 18, Elizabeth Zion Torok first spit in the face of a security officer, telling him, “Have fun with that,” and then hours later “physically lunged” at another officer’s arm, “digging her fingernails into the arm ...

Additional charges filed against man accused of 9/11 Ride Coalition theft

Already awaiting trial for felony theft charges filed last year after allegedly swindling the Lycoming County 9/11 Memorial Coalition out of $7,000 in T-shirts and decals, Michael Allen Ritter has been charged with another set of offenses for cheating another entity out of money, according to ...

Montgomery man charged for trading card thefts sentenced to 6 to 24 months

A Montgomery man charged with stealing sports trading cards on two separate occasions from Target in Muncy Township will serve 6 to 24 months in state prison, Lycoming County Judge William Carlucci ruled Tuesday afternoon. Stephen Thomas Naglak, 48, pleaded guilty to two counts of retail theft ...