EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROUTE 11/15 A flight instructor and student pilot safely landed a small plane on Routes 11 and 15 near Selinsgrove Saturday morning after experiencing engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Penn Valley Airport. Officials say the aircraft lost power about 500 feet above the ground. The instructor...

MUNCY TWP SUPERVISOR JAILED FOR CONTEMPT A Lycoming County judge has sentenced Muncy Township Supervisor Terri Lauchle to six months in prison for contempt of court after she again refused to sign a lot consolidation plan tied to a proposed Bass Pro Shops development near the former Lycoming Mall. President Judge Eric ...

MAN FLEES FROM TROOPERS, STILL AT LARGE State Police in Montoursville are searching for 48-year-old Brian James Murray of Camp Hill after he fled from troopers Tuesday evening. Police say Murray was stopped on Warrensville Road near Lick Run Road and was about to be detained when he jumped from a bridge and ran into th...

FORMER BUS DRIVER FACES ADDITIONAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES A former Williamsport school bus driver is facing new charges after investigators uncovered additional child pornography evidence on his cellphone. Police say 30-year-old Ryan Haywood, who was already out on bail in a case involving alleged inappropriate cont...

MINOR FIRE INCIDENT AT GENETTI Williamsport firefighters responded to the Genetti Hotel Sunday afternoon after a fire broke out in a dryer in the hotel's laundry room. Officials say a staff member had already extinguished the flames before crews arrived. The fire was contained to the dryer, but smoke filled parts of th...