OFFICER SERIOUSLY HURT IN A FALL DURING WELFARE CHECK A late-night disturbance in Jersey Shore left a police officer injured and a woman behind bars. Authorities say officers were called to North Main Street Saturday night for a welfare check when 33-year-old Jessica Barger allegedly ran from the apartment and fought w...

MAN ARRESTED AFTER CHASE AND FLEEING FROM POLICE ON FOOT A Montgomery man is facing charges after a dangerous police chase in Lycoming County. Police say 30-year-old Dalton Rishel fled officers at a high rate of speed on Angletown Road in Muncy Creek Township April 15. During the pursuit, he nearly struck two motorcycl...

FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ATTEMPTED SMUGGLING OF CONTRABAND Two people are facing federal charges for allegedly plotting to smuggle contraband into a central Pennsylvania prison using a drone. Prosecutors say Bryan Petry and Tiffany Walsh brought a drone and supplies to the U.S. Penitentiary in Allenwood in January. Authorit...

POSSIBLE PROPANE EXPLOSION KILLED MOTHER AND SIX CHILDREN A devastating house fire in Clinton County has claimed the lives of a mother and her six children. State police say the explosion and fire happened Sunday morning at a home along Long Run Road near Salona in Lamar Township. Thirty-four-year-old Sarah Stolzfus an...

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...