Philip A. Holmes

Wegmans was temporarily evacuated and city firefighters were dispatched to the supermarket at 201 William St. when a haze of smoke started to fill parts of the store about 3:10 p m. Thursday.

An Armstrong Township family of four was left homeless Friday night when their house on Route 15, just south of South Williamsport, sustained intense heat and smoke damage from a smoldering fire in their residence, according to DuBoistown Fire Chief Paul McKinley.

This Nissan Juke ended up on the sidewalk after it and a Subaru Outback collided at First and Park avenues in Williamsport about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday. A female passenger in the Nissan was taken by ambulance to UPMC Williamsport to get medical treatment for her injuries, city police said. City firefighters also responded to the scene. Both cars needed to be towed. Another accident in the region sent a male driver to the hospital to get treated for injuries he suffered when his car and a truck collided at Loyalsock Avenue and Claire Road in Montoursville about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to borough fire officials. The crash was investigated by borough police.

Motorist faces charges for fleeing police on foot When state troopers stopped motorist Akeem M.

Driving a stolen Toyota that he allegedly carjacked from Virginia, 20-year-old Nima Ganjavi paid no heed Saturday morning to the police cruisers pursuing him as he traveled on Route 15 through the city at a high rate of speed, according to a Williamsport police affidavit.

Two charged with child endangerment in separate cases Sharif Najim Wood, 39, of 1869 Hazel Drive, has been arrested on one felony count of

After hearing from the five victims in the case, District Judge Christian Frey ruled there was sufficient evidence to hold Williamsport Area High School suspended art teacher Joshua Michael Larson on all but four charges that stem from him allegedly having inappropriate contact with female students at the school in the first three months of the school. The charges were filed by county Detective Loretta Badger.

When the handgun was fired, the bullet shattered the back window to Kenneth McDermott's pickup truck, left a hole in the back of the driver's side headrest and then lodged in the dashboard on the driver's side, according to state police.

Douglas Eugene Goodwin, 35, of 1857 Janet Ave., remains behind bars on felony and misdemeanor charges for propositioning minors at Metzger Park in Lycoming Township and attempting to lure them back to his Old Lycoming Township home in early June, Lycoming Regional police alleged in court documents filed at the office of District Judge William Solomon.

A heavy downpour overnight Wednesday ranging from 4 to 7 inches of rain caused flash flooding in parts of Lycoming and Clinton counties.