MAN CAUGHT WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FACES FELONY CHARGES
A Lewisburg man will face 28 felony charges after police obtained a search warrant and found videos of child pornography on his phone in early May. According to North Central PA dot com, two phone apps, KIK and Snapchat, detected downloads on their service that allegedly included sexual content involving children and sent the information to police. The IP address matched up with devices owned by 25 year old Scott Feaster and Pennsylvania State Police made the arrest May 3rd. Feaster is in the Union County Prison in lieu of bail.
MASTRIANO GETS TRUMP ENDORSEMENT SATURDAY
Doug Mastriano, a far-right Pennsylvania Candidate for Governor, received an endorsement from Former President Donald Trump Saturday. Lou Barletta who campaigned in Williamsport that day, threw a few punches toward Mastriano in reaction to the sting of rejection from Trump. Some Republicans think that Mastriano, a retired Army Colonel, is too extreme to win moderate voters in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in November against unopposed Democrat Josh Shapiro. Trump’s 2018 choice for US Senate, Lou Barletta has said there are few policy differences between him and Mastriano.
RIBBON CUTTING AT NEW LYCO COURT OFFICES
There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning to celebrate the new location for Lycoming County Magisterial Court at 2107 Lycoming Creek Road. Community members who need to come to the offices of District Judge William Solomon, President Judge Nancy Butts and the Lycoming County Commissioners will find better access to the court and better security in the new location. The public is invited to the ribbon cutting that will take place at 10am today.
OLDEST BUILDING IN NORRY BOROUGH UP FOR AUCTION
There will be an auction of the former Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, the oldest building in Northumberland Borough at 309 Water Street on June 2nd. The owner of the property who was also the funeral director, Jerre Wirt Blank passed away November 22nd at the age of 82. According to the Daily Item, Auctioneer Jeffery Dunkelberger of Paxinos has the auction scheduled onsite and online. The home built in three parts has four stories and 44 rooms and was known as the Elliot Davis House. The contents will be involved in an online auction until May 19th at 5pm. Go to Hibid.com for information about the online auction.
HIT AND RUN SUSPECT ARRESTED
Witnesses say a Williamsport woman involved in a hit and run stopped, exited her vehicle to look at the victim before she drove away. According to the Sun Gazette, 29 year old Marlena Nicole Kania allegedly hit a motorcycle with her car at the 200 block of Hepburn Street on April 12th. Police found Kania at her home after the incident and she has now been arrested on aggravated assault by vehicle and accidents involving death or injury charges. Police say they arrived on the scene to see the victim, who may have sustained substantial injuries, being attended to by EMS personnel.
FETTERMAN SUFFERS STROKE
Pennsylvania’s leading Democrat in the Senate race, Lt Gov. John Fetterman cancelled weekend campaign appearances and later released a statement that he suffered a stroke that his doctors caught early before any cognitive damage could happen. According to his campaign the stroke was caused by a clot that formed after his heart beat with an irregular rhythm for too long. Doctors at Lancaster General Hospital were able to remove the clot and reverse the stroke. Fetterman says he will stay in the hospital for observation but he was unsure for how long. The Pennsylvania Primary is tomorrow.
HART BOWS OUT OF GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Allegheny County Lawyer and candidate for the Republican gubernatorial race Melissa Hart has bowed out and endorsed Lou Barletta in an attempt to rally around a more electable candidate than far-right leaning, Doug Mastriano who is emerging as the front runner in the Pennsylvania primary this week and received an endorsement from former President Trump Saturday. According to Penn Live, two other GOP candidates, Dave White and Bill McSwain have not said they are willing to leave the race. Jake Corman left the 9 candidate group last week.
PORTION OF CSVT OPENING UP FOR SUMMER
PennDOT says that sections of the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation project are opening soon and a July ribbon cutting is planned. According to a press release, the Northern Section of the CSVT and Winfield bridge are opening soon. Lane restrictions are planned for the summer as the project winds down. The southern section is on deck next. According to officials from PennDOT, a new contract was signed last week that sets up ground breaking earthmoving work so that the entire highway can hit the deadline of completion by 2027.
SPORTS
NHL
Rangers 4 Penguins 3 in OT – New York wins series
Flames 3 Stars 2 – Calgary wins the series in the West
No NHL tonight
NBA
Celtics 109 Bucks 81 Boston wins the East semi-finals
Mavericks 123 Suns 90 Dallas wins the West semifinals
MLB
Despite no hits, it was Pirates 1 Reds 0 – Only the sixth time in big league history since 1901 that a team won despite not getting any hits.
Astros 8 Nationals 0
Tigers 5 Orioles 1
Mariners 8 Mets 7
Twins 3 Guardians 1
Yankees 5 White Sox 1
Dodgers 5 Phillies 4
NASCAR
Kurt Bush got the checkered flag at the Advent Health 400 @ Kansas Speedway yesterday followed by (2)Kyle Larson (Chevy) (3) Kyle Bush (Toyota) (4)Denny Hamlin (Toyota) and (5)Christopher Bell (Toyota)
