Williamsport Sun-Gazette

With no Pennsylvania team in the Super Bowl this year, local football fans had to choose between the New England Patriots and New York Giants Sunday night.

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Muncy resident Frank DeAndrea reflected on a how a part-time position as an assistant to an appraiser years ago in his native Hazleton evolved into a passion for helping people make critical decisions about whether to...

Locally elected and appointed officials voted on the following matters in the past week: Federal The House voted to extend pay limitations for members of Congress and federal employees. U.S. Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Howard, and Thomas A.

The Lycoming County Republican Party will hold its annual Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 25 at the Holiday Inn, 100 Pine St. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m., preceded by a social hour beginning at 5.

With Gov. Tom Corbett releasing his state budget proposal on Tuesday, area districts will be watching closely to see what kind of help they should expect in balancing their budgets. And they're not expecting much from the stat.

Robert E. Kane Jr., a "life-long bottle collector," still remembers the first bottle that sparked his interest in the hobby that would lead him from yard sales to digging ground for long-hidden treasures.

The era is Prohibition. Speakeasies are common, and bootleggers quench the country's thirst for that banned substance, alcohol. It's a fascinating piece of American history, an element known here in Lycoming County as well as the nation at large.

More than $497,000 in tax credits helped eight Williamsport/Lycoming Keystone Innovation Zone companies expand product lines, buy land and hire more employees.

WELLSBORO - A fast-moving fire claimed one life Friday, and the person killed has not been positively identified yet.

A successful police dragnet has helped capture three men suspected in an armed home invasion, which took place Thursday evening. Agents of the Williamsport Bureau of Police worked through the night to put the pieces together.

JERSEY SHORE - Don't look for Snooki and JWoww from MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show to be walking the streets of its namesake Lycoming County community. Jersey Shore Borough officials have rejected the idea of having them come there.

A documentary about First Friday in Williamsport, "Williamsport Art Attack," will debut at 7 p.m. Monday on WVIA. The hour-long film begins by introducing First Friday to those who don't frequent the monthly art gatherings in the city.

Local officials still are trying to determine what caused a sewer main break that went undetected for days and allowed nearly 2 million gallons of raw sewage to enter Loyalsock Creek. The break occurred on Jan.

Now that his court battle is behind him, a suspended city police officer wants to rejoin the department. Dustin J.

WELLSBORO - Thirteen people were sentenced Monday in Tioga County Court. According to court documents, sentenced to time in county prison were: Shane O. Mahoskey, 31, of 11526 Route 6, Apt.

PITTSBURGH - If Snooki and JWoww need a place to live, Jersey Shore will welcome them with open arms. Jersey Shore, Pa., that is.

A model of an aircraft traveling to remote spots of the world to help fight malaria made a stop at Williamsport Regional Airport this week.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area dropped 0.3 of a percentage point in December to 7.3 percent. Since December 2010, the unemployment rate has fallen 1.1 percentage points from 8.4 percent.

NEW YORK (AP) - They've bitten their handlers, refused to budge from their beds and lost their shadow-casting jobs to potbellied pigs. And it turns out, not all groundhogs are really that good at predicting the weather.

MONTOURSVILLE (AP) - A northcentral Pennsylvania official says a broken main sent nearly 2 millions of gallons of raw sewage into a major tributary of the Susquehanna River late last month.