Montoursville News

While the world's focus Thursday was on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, this Lycoming County borough marked an anniversary.

On July 17, 1996, a TWA flight bound for Paris from New York crashed off the coast of Long Island, taking the lives of all 230 people on board.

Michelle Heim and her daughter paid a visit to Montoursville Memorial Gardens, where 21 trees and an angel are a constant reminder of the tragedy that hit this community 18 years ago.

Timothy McVeigh parked a moving truck packed with ammonia nitrate and fuel oil in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

When state police Montoursville investigated an incident at Big Dogs Bar, 5010 Route 220, Wolf Township, they found a fugitive.

Ryland Nolan Smith, 18, of Montoursville, waived his preliminary hearing on charges of felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor simple assault and terroristic threats.

Nearly two years ago, Newswatch 16 was there when a giant plane was donated to Penn College in Lycoming County.

Chad Bowersox was pronounced dead at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday in Geisinger Medical Center, according to Montour County Coroner Scott E. Lynn.

According to the woman, she was trying to load her kayak onto the roof of her vehicle at the Rose Valley Lake north boat launch in Gamble Township at 12:15 p.m. July 13. At that time, the two men came over and asked if she needed assistance.

A fatal fire in the 1000 block of Hepburn St. Williamsport, Pa apparently started just after Midnight early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.

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Mount Carmel Mayor Phil "Bing" CImino has proclaimed Tuesday "Joe 'Jazz' Diminick Day" in the borough in honor of the late former Mount Carmel Area football coach's commitment to the Mount Carmel area as an educator and coach.

The father of a Montoursville TWA Flight 800 victim said he believes it's time to put to rest the controversy over what caused the jet to crash into the Atlantic Ocean 18 years ago shortly after takeoff from New York's JFK International Airport.

Gary Eisenhauer was not home when severe weather hit Montoursville, but when he got back to his house, he saw the damage left behind.

State Rep. Rick Mirabito, D-Lycoming, said he couldn't vote for the 2014-15 state budget because it hurts the quality of life in rural Pennsylvania.

In just over one year, the state Department of Transportation plans to open proposals from contractors to build one of the longest highway bridges in Pennsylvania - a massive span that will carry traffic from a ridgetop just south of Winfield across the Susquehanna River to an interchange snuggled just north of Ridge Road in Point Township.

Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced the arrest of two Lycoming County men on unrelated charges as part of ongoing efforts to target the online sharing, downloading and distribution of child pornography.