The Northcentral region of Pennsylvania is no different from the rest of the country or the globe when it comes to exploding COVID cases, with numbers rising above the December 2020 peak. 

Balls Mills – Nearly 200 years ago a group of Baptist “Brethren” fleeing persecution in Germany purchased a plot of land near what is now the small village of Balls Mills in Lycoming County and the meeting house they built is still there today. 

The community of Lycoming County is no stranger to the impacts of drug addiction. As national data shows a record amount of Fentanyl ravaging neighborhoods and families across the country, it’s effects throughout NorthCentral, Pa., have been evident since 2019. 

I got tickets for the current Genesis tour mostly from a sense of nostalgia, having seen the band four times in the 1970s, when they were kings of the then-very-trendy genre known as “progressive rock.” I still consider their 1974 “Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” the single greatest album ever made.

Two Lycoming County judges announced their resignation from the county bench in 2021, one most recently in early November. This, coupled with a staffing shortage throughout county government, has led some to question the working environment within the courthouse and if it will continue to fu…

Two weeks after learning they would be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 28, employees of the Pennsylvania College of Technology were informed the institution would press pause on this mandate after the federal appeals court’s recent decision. 

A narrow vote during City Council’s Thursday meeting secured new radios for the Williamsport Bureau of Police, the end of a long battle to replace the now 15-year-old equipment. It also highlighted some of the city’s limitations in upgrading or modernizing police equipment over the years. 

The Pennsylvania College of Technology is one of the latest area businesses to announce a vaccine mandate for its employees. 

Williamsport, Pa. – Long-time City Council incumbents Liz Miele and Randall Allison retained their seats after Tuesday’s election, while newcomer Eric Beiter ousted one-term incumbent Dave Banks to take the third contested seat, according to unofficial election night results. 

Jersey Shore, Pa. – A long forgotten transportation relic is returning to its home in Jersey Shore after the better part of a century. 

A coalition of community members, businesses, human service employees and court services representatives has dwindled from a group of over 90 to under 30 regular members in recent months. 

Jersey Shore, Pa. -- Resting in the back of the Jersey Shore Historical Society is a large wooden box that looks like it could fit a human body. 

The following is a breakdown of the now closed investigation into the alleged sexual assault said to have occurred during a Williamsport Area High School Baseball trip to Myrtle Beach in May, 2018.