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PA Lottery Scratch-off worth $3M sold at Sheetz
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A lucky lottery player has won $3 million off a Scratch-off sold at Sheetz. A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Lycoming County sold a $3 million-winning $3 Million Mega Stacks Scratch-Off. Sheetz on Westminster Drive in Williamsport, will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Scratch-Off prizes expire one year from the […]
DUI checkpoint set in Pennsylvania
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania for Memorial Day weekend. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” Police say checkpoints and roving patrols will be placed […]
Alleged shoplifter caught on camera
Williamsport, Pa. — A 59-year-old man was arrested after he was caught shoplifting at a grocery store, police say. Bernard Keith Dennis was seen on surveillance video shopping at Wegmans, 201 William St., Williamsport, on April 14, said Officer Jamie DeSanto. He was wearing an all-white Sherwin Williams outfit and can reportedly be seen talking $33 worth of items out of the store's cafe exit doors without paying for them. ...
Convicted cocaine dealer given multi-year sentence Thursday
Williamsport, Pa. — A man convicted of selling cocaine twice in Williamsport will spend the next several years in prison after he was sentenced Thursday. Larry Creighton, 64, requested mercy from Judge Eric Linhardt prior to being sentenced on two felony counts of possession with intent and two more on criminal use of a communication facility. Linhardt did not grant Creighton, who has spent nearly 30 of the last 40 years incarcerated, any leniency. ...
A World War II monument in Mifflinburg has been restored, thanks to community donations
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. — Mifflinburg Community Park is home to the Union County World War II Honor Roll. The monument lists the names of the 2,260 people from Union County who served in the war. When Newswatch 16 showed you the monument last December, it was in need of a...
Siren sounds at Williamsport school without cause
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING CO. (WOLF) — A siren went off at an elementary school in Williamsport for "an unknown reason," according to officials. According to the Williamsport Bureau of Fire, the siren at the Cochran Primary School sounded off late Thursday morning, despite there being no emergency. The power to...
Susquehanna University baseball coach no longer with team after officer assaulted
SELINSGROVE, Pa. (WHTM) – A Susquehanna University volunteer assistant baseball coach is no longer with the team after allegedly assaulting a police officer at the baseball field. According to charges filed by Pennsylvania State Police in Selinsgrove, Troopers responded to the Susquehanna University baseball field around 7:30 p.m. May 7 to assist a Selinsgrove Borough […]
Two men charged with trafficking in stolen human remains
Scranton, Pa. — One man from Montgomery, Pa., and another from Kansas were charged on Wednesday with interstate transport of stolen goods. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Angelo Pereyra, age 39, of Wichita, Kansas, and Andrew Ensanian, age 38, of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, were charged. The criminal information charges allege that between 2018 and 2022, Pereyra and Ensanian caused stolen human remains to...
Lane restrictions Thursday on Route 147 in Northumberland, Union counties
Northumberland County, Pa. — Lane restrictions will be in place Thursday on Route 147 in Union and Northumberland counties for road work. In Point Township, Northumberland County, a PennDOT maintenance crew will perform concrete joint testing on Route 147 between the Route 45 Exit in West Chillisquaque Township and Ridge Road Exit. The work will be performed in the right (driving) lanes in each direction between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. This project is expected to take just one day, weather permitting. ...
Lewisburg native returns to run pizza shop with a unique twist
Lewisburg, Pa. — A Lewisburg native has returned to the area to help run a pizza shop with a unique menu that offers more than just traditional pizza shop fare. Benjamin Zimmerer, 43, is back in Lewisburg after spending close to 18 years working as a master chef in Dallas, Texas. In April, he stepped in to help with food operations at Pi Pizza. The pizza shop, located at 316 Market Street, is in the place of the former Pizza Phi restaurant. Pizza Phi closed...
Central Pennsylvania railroad company dedicates two engines to veterans
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Two new North Shore Railroad Company and Affiliates locomotives rolled into Williamsport along the Lycoming County Railroad on Friday. They share a special message for the men and women who have served in the military. Railroad officials say this labor of love is two years in...
DA tells jurors in Pa. homicide trial: ‘You can’t respond to non-deadly force with deadly force’
SUNBURY—”You can’t respond to non-deadly force with deadly force,” the Northumberland County district attorney told jurors at the start of the trial for a man charged in a 2022 fatal shooting inside a Sunbury convenience store. A short time later Wednesday, jurors saw videos that captured...
Rutter's breaks ground on new 'prototype' store in Northumberland County
MILTON, Pa. — Rutter’s on Tuesday announced the groundbreaking for a new, 13,500-square-foot "prototype" store in Northumberland County. The new store will be located on Industrial Park Road off Route 147 in Milton, the company said. It will open by the end of the year. "The brand-new Rutter’s...
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