Sun-Gazette

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Philip A. Holmes

Jun 19, 2025 Reporter [email protected] Tragedy was averted early Wednesday morning when a resident discovered just in time a fire near his kitchen in his family’s Fairfield Township mobile home, according to Tyler Schramm, Montoursville deputy fire chief. Smoke was coming from the front door when firefighters arrived on the scene of 179 Old Cement Road about 3:10 a.m, he said, adding that all occupants were already safely out of the property. The fire, ruled electrical in nature, was...

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Philip A. Holmes

A young motorcyclist was killed Wednesday night when his cycle and a car collided at East Third Street and Old Montoursville Road in Loyalsock Township, the Lycoming County Coroner’s Office confirmed. The 21-year-old cyclist, who lived in the Warrensville Road area, had exited I-180 East at the Warrensville Road interchange when the collision occurred about 9:15 p.m., according to emergency responders. No details were available from the state police.

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Philip A. Holmes

Jun 18, 2025 Reporter [email protected] HUGHESVILLE — Following a preliminary hearing last week before District Judge Kirsten Gardner, 12 state police felony counts against Alex Kenneth Horn were dismissed due to insufficient evidence. The judge threw out four counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and indecent assault. However, Gardner ruled there was sufficient evidence to hold Horn, 30, of 152 Boak Ave., on one count each of the three felony offenses as...

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Philip A. Holmes

Jun 18, 2025 Reporter [email protected] Northumberland County man charged with felony theft After stealing Scott Huntington’s Subaru Legacy on Walnut Street in Jersey Shore on the night of April 10, Wayne David Thompson drove to a local store, bought some beer and then crashed the car on a Route 220 exit ramp before abandoning the demolished car in the 300 block of North Main Street in the borough, Lycoming Regional police alleged. Surveillance video also captures Thompson, 38, of...

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Philip A. Holmes

Jun 18, 2025 Reporter [email protected] Barbara Bankes, 58, of 38 Bower St., apartment 1110, Montgomery, was locked up on charges following a disturbance in the K-Bar, 523 E, Third St., about 9:10 p.m. Saturday, according to city police. After consuming several drinks, the woman shoved another patron in the back, police were told. “She was then struck in the face and fell to the floor. After Bankes regained her footing, she began throwing pool balls at other patrons,” police alleged....