Sun-Gazette

The Williamsport Sun-Gazette is a daily newspaper that comes out every morning in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, located in Lycoming County. The newspaper has roots that trace back to 1801. As of January 1, 2011, it had a daily circulation of 24,000 from Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays, it reached a circulation of 30,000.

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Brotherhood Alliance speaker highlights human trafficking dangers

1 day ago | sungazette.com | Matt Courter

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Dedication to community highlighted at annual Brotherhood Alliance awards

1 day ago | sungazette.com | Matt Courter

Community spirit was celebrated Wednesday night as the Lycoming County Brotherhood Alliance held their 68th annual banquet and awards ceremony. Several area residents were highlighted for their hard work and dedication that has resulted in positive changes to their community.
Williamsport to demo former Eagle Club building, OKs construction for Firetree Place

1 day ago | sungazette.com | Mark Maroney

May 14, 2025 Reporter [email protected] The City of Williamsport will see one less iconic structure in its Third Street “Old City” section soon and updated construction at Firetree Place, the youth activities and programs center at 600 Campbell St. The building at 33 E. Third St. will be demolished after a request was approved by city council. “The inside is deteriorated and the outside is peeling paint,” said Gary Knarr, city zoning officer. The interior asbestos will be removed before...
Lewisburg’s Cecchini, Rosenberg claim District 4 doubles title and advance to states

2 days ago | sungazette.com | Brian Holtzapple

May 13, 2025 Special to the Sun-Gazette Just like in romance, it takes chemistry to form a good doubles team.
Fund eyed for Williamsport to repay shifted grants shrinks

2 days ago | sungazette.com | Mark Maroney

May 13, 2025 Reporter [email protected] The City of Williamsport intends to repay the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) about $1.4 million due to seven years of criminal misdeeds by a former administrator, but the account officials plan to use — called the legislative contingency fund — is diminished. The remaining $20,000 in legislative contingency is not going to touch the amount of money that the city eventually needs to put towards payments to the FTA, Councilwoman Liz Miele,...
Streetscape improvements coming to city’s Central Business District

3 days ago | sungazette.com | Mark Maroney

May 12, 2025 Reporter [email protected] The City of Williamsport will soon see more pedestrian crossings and streetscape improvements in the Central Business District along West Third Street. City Council approved a resolution to have Livic Civil begin professional engineering services to design streetscape improvements along the street as presented by Bill Scott, city engineer. “From Hepburn Street going west about 150 feet,” he said. The area is in front of Jackass Brewing Co. on one...
Fire breaks out in historical district

3 days ago | sungazette.com | Philip A. Holmes

May 12, 2025 Reporter [email protected] A tenant was treated at UPMC Williamsport for smoke inhalation after a fire erupted in his kitchen at the rear of this four-unit three-story apartment building, 420 W. Fourth St., in Williamsport’s Historical District, about 12:45 p.m. Saturday, according to Platoon Chief Sherman Heaster. The tenant, whose name was not released, was already out of the building when firefighters arrived, he added. Smoke was pouring from the back of the building when...
Officials at odds over former Williamsport finance director’s guilty plea

5 days ago | sungazette.com | Mark Maroney

Several on Williamsport City Council are responding to the sentence — a year of probation — a former city administrator received upon conviction Monday in Dauphin County Court. William E. Nichols Jr., 72, pleaded guilty to felony charges of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds (F2) and tampering with public records (F3) and received a year probation from a Dauphin County judge who also thanked him for his service to the city.
Sock’s Anderson/Peters fall in District 4 doubles quarterfinals in three sets as Lewisburg as two teams in semis

5 days ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 10, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] Loyalsock’s Evan Anderson and Colby Peters dug deep throughout the third set against Lewisburg’s Canyon Swartzentruber and Henry Heintzelman. The Lancers’ duo knew they were facing a deficit, but never panicked or worried. They figured if they could play their game, they had a chance to advance to the semifinals. Both Anderson and Peters were in the District 4 singles semifinals just two days prior, so the pair were hoping to make it another...
Lycoming County sheriff to retire after half-century of service

5 days ago | sungazette.com | Mark Maroney

May 10, 2025 Reporter [email protected] When voters head to the primary election on May 20, they will not see R. Mark Lusk’s name on the ballot for Lycoming County Sheriff. “I was a little boy who grew up and became everything a little boy wants to be,” said the 66-year-old who said he has decided to retire from about 50 years of dedicated service to Lycoming County in the Old Lycoming Township Police Department, Old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Department, Lycoming County Coroner’s...