ASSAULT CHARGES FILED State police say a Fairfield Township man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting his fiancée during a domestic dispute while their young child was nearby. Investigators say 37-year-old Joshua Louis Cooke punched the woman in the face while she was holding the couple's 5-year-old chil...

TRAIN HITS STALLED CAR A driver escaped injury after a train slammed into a stalled car Wednesday night in South Williamsport. Fire officials say the driver of a Toyota Camry was traveling across the railroad tracks on South Maynard Street around 10:15 p.m. when the vehicle became stuck between the track grates. Acco...

SERIOUS CRASH SHUTS DOWN ROUTE 44 NEAR ANTES FORT A man suffered critical injuries Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on Route 44 just south of Antes Fort. State police say the crash happened around 7:25 when a car and a stake body truck collided, flipping the truck onto its side and shutting down both lanes for sev...

ELECTRICAL FIRE AT UPMC City firefighters responded to a small fire Monday evening at the Health Innovation Center on the UPMC Williamsport campus. Fire officials say smoke was discovered in a fourth-floor pediatric patient care room just before 5:40 p.m. The fire was traced to a heating and air conditioning unit on th...

SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES FOR JSAD EMPLOYEE A Jersey Shore Area School District employee is facing multiple felony charges, including rape of a child. Police say 39-year-old Brian Witner turned himself in Friday after Lycoming Regional Police filed charges connected to alleged sexual assaults involving a minor. According ...