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Peer-to-peer suicide prevention program helps middle and high school students
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Pictures of 16 students hang on a bulletin board inside Williamsport Area High School, letting their classmates know they are available to talk about mental health. The students are a part of the Hope Squad program, a nationwide suicide prevention program that started at a high school in Utah.
Student awards presented to Spring 2024 graduates
Williamsport, Pa. – Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its Spring 2024 graduates. Commencement ceremonies were held May 10-11 at the Community Arts Center. Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State. The award winners, their hometowns and academic majors are: President’s Award, presented for leadership and service to...
Support Engineering in Williamsport this weekend!
PA live! (WBRE) — Did you know that there is an entire international competition, where one-hundred collegiate teams (over one-thousand participants) compete to see who can design, manufacture, and build a single-seat, off-road, vehicle, that is capable of surviving multiple tests?. Well, there is! Baja SAE is coming to...
Watsontown River Bridge to close, 35-day detour in place
Montoursville, Pa. — The Watsontown River Bridge, which carries Route 1010 (Brimmer Avenue) over the West Branch Susquehanna River in Union and Northumberland counties will be closed, starting Tuesday, May 14, for a bridge preservation project. Tuesday through Sunday, June 16, Brimmer Avenue will be closed between Route 15 in White Deer Township, Union County and Elm Street / Canal Street in Watsontown Borough, Northumberland County, while the contractor, Ram Services, Inc., begins bridge patching. Additional work on this project includes placement of an epoxy...
Construction season continues: a roundup of roadwork for the week of May 13
The following is a round-up of current PennDOT road work and construction projects in northcentral Pa.: Lycoming County Lane restrictions will be in place this week along Interstate 180 between Loyalsock and Muncy townships as part of a two-year roadway project. The contractor will begin installing centerline skip pavement markings and bridge deck seals on...
1 injured in two-car crash Sunday evening in Montgomery Township
A two-vehicle accident Sunday evening at the intersection of Knapp Road and Bell Run Boulevard in Montgomery Township sent one individual to an area hospital with non life-threatening injuries. At 5:56 p.m. Sunday, two vehicles, a Subaru Legacy and a black Honda SUV, collided at the intersection, with both vehicles...
Contractor stiffs recently widowed woman
Williamsport, Pa. — A local man hired to fix a recently widowed woman's ceiling failed to show up for the job despite taking advance payment for materials, police say. Jason Robert Yahn, 40, of Williamsport, the owner of “Phase up Contracting” took $300 from the 78-year-old woman, according to Officer Andrew Stevens. Yahn bilked on the job altogether after failing to show up for an agreed April 15 start, Stevens added. ...
Clarkstown Ben Franklin store closing after 43 years
Muncy, Pa. — The store with a little bit of everything will soon close its doors after 43 years in business. The owner of the Ben Franklin variety store in Clarkstown, Gary Peck, said it's time to retire. "It's worked out for the community very well. We were able to help a lot of people," Peck said. Ben Franklin wasn't just a store, it was a community hub and a place where those in the east end of Lycoming County could get much-needed items, especially...
Pa. mom admits leaving young children unsupervised in deplorable conditions
WILLIAMSPORT — A Williamsport mother who admitted leaving young children alone in deplorable conditions is likely to receive a time-served sentence. Destiney Elizabeth Kellar, 23, pleaded guilty Friday in Lycoming County court to a charge of endangering the welfare of children. The plea agreement calls for a prison sentence...
Woman killed in crash in Lycoming County
Trout Run, Pa. — A 40-year-old woman of Trout Run was killed Monday when her vehicle went off a windy mountain road and down an embankment in Gamble Township. Maralea A. Cook died as a result of injuries from the crash around 3:15 p.m. May 6, according to Trp. Thomas Spagnuolo of state police at Montoursville. Police say Cook was traveling north in a 2013 BMW when she lost control of a vehicle on Sugar Camp Road as she was negotiating a left curve near the intersection with Chaapel Mountain Road. The vehicle hit a tree and then went down a steep embankment. The Lycoming County Coroner's Office and Willing Hand Hose Co. #1 assisted at the scene.
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