Philip A. Holmes

When a team of sheriff deputies paid a surprise visit at Angelina Irizarry's Williamsport home at 634 Campbell St. to take the 50-year-old woman

Following a preliminary hearing last week before Solomon, Brian Richard Jacobs, 52, of 2800 Lycoming Creek Road, will face further court actions on

PENNDALE — As a fire department, the Pennsdale Volunteer Fire Company — which also goes by the Muncy Township Volunteer Fire Company — on Village Road is literally living on the street.

A mobile home fire Tuesday night at 45 Back St. in Upper Fairfield Township left a man and a woman homeless, according to Montoursville Deputy Fire Chief Tyler Schramm. There were no injuries, but the couple's dogs, believed to be three of them at least, perished in the fire, which was brought under control within 15 minutes, he said.

Muncy area man jailed on charges of allegedly assaulting a child

For the second time this month, Montoursville police raided yet another massage spa in the borough that was really just “a house of prostitution,” where clients paid for sexual favors, it was alleged in an affidavit.

A male pedestrian was very critically injured when he was struck by an SUV as he was attempting to cross the westbound lanes of I-180 at the overpass to Fairview Road in Fairfield Township about 6:15 p.m., according to state police.

Volunteer firefighters, paramedics and state troopers were having a very busy Friday night handling a number of emergencies in Lycoming County.

A man trying to return to his parked motorcycle was critically injured Friday night when he was struck by a Chevrolet Tahoe as he was attempting to cross I-180 West, just west of the overpass at Fairfield Road, according to state police. The accident occurred about 6:15 p.m. The victim, whose age and address were not known, was rushed by ambulance to UPMC Williamsport. Police said the westbound motorcyclist had stopped and parked his vehicle in the north berm. He apparently crossed the two westbound lanes, perhaps to get something, and then as he attempted to return to his bike, he stepped directly into the path of the SUV, which was in the passing lane, police said. All traffic was detoured off the highway, but motorists could get right back on since the accident took place between the off-ramp and on-ramp at the Fairfield Road interchange. In this photo, troopers are gathering information at the scene.

The pedestrian killed Friday night on Interstate 180 at the Fairfield Road interchange has been identified as John Erdos, 42, of South Williamsport, according to Lycoming County Coroner. Erdos was struck by a westbound Chevrolet Tahoe as he was apparently trying to cross the westbound lanes of the highway to return to his motorcycle that […]