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 ...

WILLIAMSPORT MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON A Williamsport man is facing serious charges after police say he set a fire inside an apartment building. Fifty-five-year-old Michael Eugene Cover was arrested late Wednesday at a high-rise on West Fourth Street. Investigators say he set debris on fire in a third-floor hallway, trapp...

SOUTH CAROLINA FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN WILLIAMSPORT A man wanted for a deadly stabbing in South Carolina has been arrested in Williamsport. Johnathan Romig was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals Wednesday on West Third Street. Investigators say he's accused of fatally stabbing a man in Hampton County. Romig was evaluated...

WOMAN CHARGED FOR NEGLECT AFTER OVERDOSING NEAR HER CHILD A woman in Sunbury is facing charges after an alleged overdose with a child in the home. Police say 42-year-old Erin Schenherr was found unresponsive and revived with Narcan. Officers discovered her young daughter inside the home, along with drug-related items w...

MAN CAUGHT TRYING TO DESTORY EVIDENCE IN CSAM CASE A 42-year-old Sunbury man is facing multiple felony charges after state police say he tried to destroy evidence while they served a search warrant. Investigators say Brian Thomas Lubold performed a factory reset on his cellphone and threw it in the trash just before tr...