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In 2009, Kathy Kolb founded NorthcentralPa.com with the goal of establishing a news platform for our community. We aim to continue her remarkable legacy. What started as a local website for the greater Williamsport area has expanded into a vital resource for the entire region, now serving nearly 700,000 residents across multiple counties. NorthcentralPa.com is committed to delivering trustworthy, relevant, and up-to-the-minute news. Our coverage includes weather updates, community events, crime reports, police activity, and alerts on local, regional, and national issues, as well as road conditions and construction updates from PennDOT. We also cover local and regional politics, provide a space for nonprofits to share their news and events, and publish obituaries. With our scanner reports, readers can stay informed about events happening in their neighborhoods as they unfold.

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Federal judge delivers prison time to former local Pa. officials who tried to steal mayor's race

1 day ago | northcentralpa.com | Carter Walker

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Sign up for Votebeat's free newsletters here. A federal judge sentenced two former local officials from southeast Pennsylvania to harsher sentences than prosecutors requested, including prison time, for their roles in an attempt to steal a 2021 mayoral election.
More local governments in Pa. would be able to tax more to cover fire, EMS costs under new bill

3 days ago | northcentralpa.com | Min Xian

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a weekly newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events, and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown.
Sweltering 90-100 F heat to expand, affect 170 million in central and eastern US

5 days ago | northcentralpa.com | Alex Sosnowski

This article was republished from AccuWeather.comThe highest temperatures so far this year will combine with increasing humidity and intense summer sunshine to create dangerous, life-threatening conditions for roughly 170 million people, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The heat wave will be the result of a heat dome shifting out of the West and parking over the central and eastern United States. Summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere Friday night.
Police: Ex-boyfriend breaks into woman's home, assaults two

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Brett R. Crossley

Williamsport, Pa. — A woman's ex-boyfriend allegedly broke into her Williamsport home and deployed pepper spray on her and a man that was visiting her. Rajahn Jahi Slaughter, 25, fled the scene, but returned later in the evening of March 15 to slash the tires of the victim’s vehicle, Officer Brandon Wheeler said. Slaughter moved out of the apartment weeks before the incident, taking most of his belongings with him, according to the complaint.
Police: Montgomery woman launches pool ball attack at K-Bar

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Brett R. Crossley

Williamsport, Pa. — An intoxicated woman threw pool balls at people inside a bar after being knocked to the ground, police said. Barbara Bankes, 58, of Montgomery was cut off from being served on June 14 at 11 p.m. inside the K-Bar in Williamsport, according to a complaint. Bankes refused to leave, pushing a person in the back while claiming the owner was going to speak with her. A patron punched Bankes, who fell to the floor, Williamsport Police Officer Nicholas Carrita said.
Teen volunteers were harassed, groped, and pressured into sex by adults at a popular Pa. haunted attraction, former staff say

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Ann Rejrat

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. When Danica Gabrielson’s 31-year-old manager started texting her, she was surprised.
BREAKING: Judge gives meth cook rapist 206 years in prison

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Brett R. Crossley

Towanda, Pa. — Sean Robert Hall, 45, raped 17 women and ran a methamphetamine lab from a home he shared with his daughter. Today, Hall was given a maximum sentence of 206 years incarceration by Judge Evan Williams III, who viewed a video compilation of Hall’s crimes — which the rapist recorded himself — before the hearing. “I have never viewed more disturbing conduct by a human being,” Williams said moments before handing down the sentence.
Pilfered bank card, surveillance video help police catch alleged thief

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Brett R. Crossley

Williamsport, Pa. — A homeless man was caught using a stolen bank card at vape shops in Williamsport, police say. Joshua Edward Sharer, 42, allegedly reached into a parked vehicle in the 300 block of Laurel Street to steal a wallet from the center console, Corporal Jordan Stolfzfus said. Sharer used a bank card inside the billfold to make purchases at two stores in Williamsport. Sharer went to Texas Vape LLC at 10:24 a.m., spending $13.21 on the card, according to the complaint.
Two men arrested for Williamsport gun shop burglary

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Brett R. Crossley

Williamsport, Pa. — Police arrested a group of people who allegedly broke into the National Range & Armory in the 500 block of Washington Boulevard. Shamier James Gadson and Tahir Abdul Dixon entered the store through a window on June 6, stealing two rifles, according to affidavits filed on Monday. The men threw a cinderblock into the window, smashing it and causing damage to the building, Agent Christopher Salisbury said.
Federal budget bill could push rural hospitals to the brink

1 week ago | northcentralpa.com | Marley Parish

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a weekly newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events, and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown.