WILLIAMSPORT TEEN SENTENCED IN 2024 SHOOTING DEATH A Williamsport teenager was sentenced yesterday to up to 20 years in prison for the 2024 shooting death of 15-year-old Ahmeen Palmer. Nineteen-year-old Ja'Hsir Kasheem Legare pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and illegal firearm possession. A judge imposed a sen...

SHAMOKIN DAM WOMAN KILLED IN ROUTES 11/15 CRASH A 71-year-old Shamokin Dam woman was killed Thursday morning in a crash at Routes 11/15 and Route 147 in Snyder County. State police say Bonnie Schenck entered the intersection on a green light when her car was struck on the driver's side by a pickup. Schenck was pronounc...

TWO WILLIAMSPORT MEN JAILED IN SEPARATE DOMESTIC THREAT CASES Two Williamsport men are jailed following separate domestic incidents involving alleged threats. State police say 34-year-old Zachary Harlan threatened to drive off a cliff with a woman inside his vehicle after an argument in Mifflin Township. About two hour...

WILLIAMSPORT MAN HELD WITHOUT BAIL ON NEW CHILD SEX CHARGES A Williamsport man accused of reoffending while free on unsecured bail for child sex charges is now in custody. Forty-one-year-old John Mitchel Poorman was arrested this week at the Clinton County Courthouse on a new set of charges, including attempted rape. A...

UNITYVILLE MAN DIES FOLLOWING COLUMBIA COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CRASH A 42-year-old Unityville man has died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in Columbia County. State police say Martin Laubach Junior was riding north on Old Tioga Turnpike early Saturday when his motorcycle left the road on a curve, traveled along ...