STATE PRISON FOR MAN GUILTY OF ABUSE OF INFANT SON A Sunbury man who admitted to severely abusing his infant son has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison. According to The Daily Item, 24-year-old Jeremy Erb pleaded guilty to assaulting his 5-month-old child. Investigators say the baby was taken to Geisinger Medi...

WOMAN JAILED FOR TEXTING INAPPROPRIATE TEXTS TO MINOR A Lycoming County woman will stand trial on charges she sent thousands of inappropriate text messages to a minor. Authorities say 29-year-old Amber Koch of Jersey Shore exchanged messages with the child over less than a year that filled about 2,700 pages. Following ...

CHARGES FOR TWO LOCAL DRUG DEALERS A Williamsport drug arrest has led to charges against a second suspected dealer. Police say 38-year-old Shawna Hockman was taken into custody after detectives seized 133 grams of MDMA, methamphetamine, crack cocaine and packaging materials from a Park Avenue home. According to North C...

EVENT FOR THE DISTRICT AT LYCOMING VALLEY WELL ATTENDED Hundreds of people packed a public open house to learn more about redevelopment plans for the former Lycoming Mall, now The District at Lycoming Valley. Developers announced a 107-room Hilton hotel and Wawa will join Bass Pro Shops, and the mall will be demolished...

FIRE DISPLACES LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP WOMAN A Loyalsock Township woman is homeless after a fast-moving fire destroyed her home on Starr Road. Fire Chief Shawn Bastian says flames were reported around 6:20 p.m. Thursday night, and within 30 minutes much of the two-story house had collapsed into burning rubble. The woman esc...