MEMORIAL AVENUE FIRE DISPLACES SEVEN Seven people are displaced after a fast-moving fire in Williamsport. Crews were called around 10:15 Thursday morning to the 800 block of Memorial Avenue, where a garage was already collapsing and flames were spreading. Officials say the fire damaged nearby homes on Memorial Avenue a...

MAN CHARGED FOR MAKING GUNS AND PARTS WITH 3D PRINTER IN HOME A Sunbury man is facing charges after police say he used a 3D printer to make weapons in his home. According to the News Item, Antonio J. Mantz, is accused of manufacturing firearm parts, including switches that can turn handguns fully automatic, along with...

FATAL CRASH IN SNYDER COUNTY A Snyder County man is dead after a crash involving a tractor trailer Monday morning. Police say 64-year-old Brian Shea of Middleburg pulled out from a private driveway onto Route 522 in Franklin Township and failed to yield to an oncoming truck. The tractor trailer struck his pickup, sendi...

POLICE SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT DRIVE-BY SHOOTING Police in Williamsport are asking for the public's help after a shooting involving juveniles Sunday night. Investigators say two individuals in a small gray SUV were near Fourth Avenue and High Street around 10:15 p.m. when one of them fired at a third juvenile. The inten...

LIFE SENTENCE HANDED TO WILLIAMSPORT MAN FOR 2023 HOMICIDE A Lycoming County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a deadly 2023 shooting. A jury convicted 35-year-old Benjamin Villanueva the Third of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, evidence tampering and firearms violations in the shooting death of ...