HOME RULE STUDY COMMISSION APPROVED BY VOTERS Williamsport voters have unofficially approved a proposal to create a Home Rule Study Commission. About 64 percent of voters supported the measure in Tuesday's primary election. The commission will spend the next nine months studying whether a home rule charter could benefi...

APARTMENT FIRE DISPLACES OVER TWO DOZEN RESIDENTS Firefighters in Williamsport rescued residents and pets Sunday after a two-alarm apartment fire displaced at least two dozen people at the Mary Slaughter Homes on Brandon Place. Officials say the fire started in a second-floor apartment and filled parts of the 27-unit b...

ASSAULT CHARGES FILED State police say a Fairfield Township man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting his fiancée during a domestic dispute while their young child was nearby. Investigators say 37-year-old Joshua Louis Cooke punched the woman in the face while she was holding the couple's 5-year-old chil...

TRAIN HITS STALLED CAR A driver escaped injury after a train slammed into a stalled car Wednesday night in South Williamsport. Fire officials say the driver of a Toyota Camry was traveling across the railroad tracks on South Maynard Street around 10:15 p.m. when the vehicle became stuck between the track grates. Acco...

SERIOUS CRASH SHUTS DOWN ROUTE 44 NEAR ANTES FORT A man suffered critical injuries Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on Route 44 just south of Antes Fort. State police say the crash happened around 7:25 when a car and a stake body truck collided, flipping the truck onto its side and shutting down both lanes for sev...