SCHOOL BUS BRAKE FIRE IN JERSEY SHORE The brakes of a Jersey Shore school bus caught fire Monday morning, requiring students to evacuate the vehicle. The fire also brought about an injury to an adult passerby who stopped to help. According to the Lycoming Regional Police department, police were dispatched to Route 220 near the…… more »
Category Archives: WILQ Local News
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 9, 2024
SUNBURY MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF RAPE The Sunbury man accused of rape and sexual assault in February 2020 was found not guilty yesterday in Northumberland County court. According to the Daily Item, the jury took 45 minutes to deliberate about the case involving 26 year old Daniel Severn after a two-day trial. Court records…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 8, 2024
LOCK HAVEN MAN THREATENS TWO OTHERS WITH CAR A Lock Haven man was arrested after threatening to hit two men with his vehicle on January 27th. According to North Central PA dot com, police say 36 year old Cody Allen Shadle, was on Liberty and East Bald Eagle streets and witnesses heard him threaten the…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 6, 2024
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR HIDING A FUGITIVE IN LOCK HAVEN A Lock Haven woman was arrested for hiding a fugitive after police were seeking him for strangulation, simple assault and other charges. According to North Central PA dot com, 37 year old Wendy Sue Frank told police she didn’t have the heart to turn in 35…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS FEBRUARY 5, 2024
MAN CALLS 911 WHILE LEADING A HIGH SPEED CHASE A man from Milton who fled from a traffic stop and called 911 while he was leading the high speed pursuit to claim he had done nothing wrong, was charged with felony fleeing and DUI. According to North Central PA dot com, Milton police say Neal…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 31, 2024
WILLIAMSPORT MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ONLY LESSER CHARGES 25 year old Unique Robinson of Williamsport who was on trial this week for an attack near 943 Memorial Avenue last January, was found guilty yesterday on some assault charges but not on the more serious accusation of attempted homicide. According to the Sun Gazette, the second…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 20, 2024
TRIAL UNDERWAY IN WILLIAMSPORT FOR ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE The 24 year old Williamsport man accused of attempted homicide after allegedly cutting a woman’s throat last January and sexually assaulting her is on trial this week in Lycoming County Court. According to the Sun Gazette, the Lycoming County Assistant DA called Unique Terrell Robinson to the stand…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 29, 2024
BENTON FARMER KILLED IN TRACTOR ACCIDENT A 69 year old man from Benton was killed Sunday following a tractor roll-over on his farm at Red Rock Road. According to North Central PA dot com, the Columbia County Deputy Coroner was called to the scene where Luke Verbyla of Verbyla Farms, was pronounced dead after 12:30pm.…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 26, 2024
SMALL FIRE CAUSES EVACUATION AT SHIKELLAMY THURSDAY Students at Shikellamy High School were evacuated at the end of the school day yesterday after a small fire started in the school’s welding shop. According to the Daily Item, Superintendent Jason Bendle said the fire broke out just before 2:20 when a spark caught a filter in…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS JANUARY 25, 2024
TRIAL FOR PERSON OF INTEREST IN HOMICIDE CANCELED As the community waits for information about a person of interest in the January 12th double homicide of Alisha Seese and Ronald Dailey Jr.in Williamsport, a contempt hearing for 57 year old Troy Bennett Bailey, who allegedly had a PFA filed against him by Seese, was canceled…… more »