JD VANCE IN WILLIAMSPORT Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance was in Williamsport yesterday for a campaign rally at the Liberty arena on Hepburn Street. More than 1000 people attended the rally that shut down roads in city for most of the day over the security for the Senator and for those who came to listen…
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 16, 2024
MIDWIFE WHO LET INFANT DIE SENTENCED TO PRISON The Laporte woman who was charged with involuntary manslaughter after serving as a midwife during a home birth in 2022 in which the infant died, was sentenced yesterday in Sullivan County Court. According to the Sun Gazette, 49 year old Brigitte Meckes has been ordered to serve…
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 15, 2024
MORE CHARGES FOR TEEN WHO MADE THREATS The teen who allegedly told a student acquaintance he would shoot up Montoursville Area High School last week, is officially facing firearms charges for showing an illegally held .380 Ruger on a Snapchat video during the threat. According to the Sun Gazettte, 18 year old Jasir Jennings-Cornelius is…
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 14, 2024
FATAL MOTORCYCLE WRECK IN BLOOMSBURG A young man from Bloomsburg died in a motorcycle crash Saturday. According to the Columbia County Coroner’s office 19-year-old Robert Halye died in the crash that occurred about 4pm on Route 339 in Main Township. Police say Halye lost control on a curve and collided with an oncoming car. He…