FORMER WILLIAMSPORT ADMIN STRIPPED OF BENEFITS, PENSION A former Williamsport city administrator has lost his pension and medical benefits after a felony conviction for theft by deception and tampering with public records. Officials say 72-year-old William Nichols misappropriated more than 500 thousand dollars in trans...

REPEAT OFFENDER GETS STATE PRISON FOR FENTANYL DEALING A Williamsport fentanyl dealer with a long criminal past is headed to state prison. Fifty-six-year-old Sean Patrick Ford, who has 21 prior convictions, was sentenced by Judge Eric Linhardt to nearly nine years behind bars for selling fentanyl to a confidential info...

MAN ARRESTED AFTER SENDING EXPLICIT MESSAGES TO DECOY TEEN A Williamsport man is behind bars after allegedly trying to solicit sex from what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. According to the Sun Gazette, 57-year-old Daniel Ade exchanged explicit text messages with someone he believed was a teen, but it turned out to ...

PRIOR FELON STOPPED WITH EXPLOSIVES, GUNS IN THE CAR A Millmont man is facing 33 charges after police say they found homemade explosives, guns, drugs, and counterfeit cash during a traffic stop in Mifflinburg. Police say 41-year-old Bret Leitzel appeared impaired when they stopped him at a Sheetz early November first. ...

CONVICTED FELON GETS NEW CHARGES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SHOWING A FIREARM Lycoming County man already barred from owning guns is back in jail after allegedly posting photos and videos of himself with a firearm on social media. According to the Sun Gazette, 26-year-old Jaziah Strickland, formerly of Williamsport, was s...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to block California's newly-approved congressional map. Voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, which shifts district lines to favor Democrats in five Republican-held seats, in a direct response to...

President Trump signed legislation Wednesday night to reopen the federal government after the House voted 222-209 to approve the Senate-passed stopgap funding bill. The measure ends the longest shutdown in U.S. history, allowing 670,000 furloughed fede...

The Senate approved bipartisan legislation to end the nation's record 41-day government shutdown. The measure passed 60-40 with eight Democrats joining Republicans in support. The shutdown began Oct. 1, surpassing the 35-day closure of 2018-2019. House...

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis challenging same-sex marriage. Davis sought to overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. She argued the ruling mi...

The Trump administration directed states to "immediately undo any steps" taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November. A USDA memo warned that states failing to comply could face financial penalties and that any full SNAP payments already sent "were ...