ATHENS TWP, Pa. (WETM) — A Towanda man was sentenced on Friday to time in the Bradford County Correctional Facility for an event happening back in Sept. 2022. According to the Bradford County District Attorney’s office, Zayne McCarthy, 18, was sentenced to two to 15 months and fines of $100, plus court costs for the […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Senator Michele Brooks (R-Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer) will be introducing a bill that would make falsely reporting an emergency threat at any educational facility in the Commonwealth new felony criminal penalties. “In the tragic wake of the recent Nashville school shooting that took the lives of three children and three staff, hoax […]

OLYPHANT, PA (WIVT/WBGH) – Yesterday, March 30th, at approximately 11 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police responded to reports of a laser being aimed at a plane above Olyphant Borough, Pennsylvania. At the request of Air Traffic Control, the State Police Aviation Unit, Trooper 2, investigated in the area of Alcorn Hill Drive. Trooper 2 circled for […]

(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — As the temperatures continue to get warmer in the spring, remember tick activity is also increasing. Tick season in Pennsylvania typically begins in April and can last until as late as October. Tickborne transmission mainly occurs in parts of the Northeast and upper Midwest, and usually peaks during the warm months, according to […]

(WHTM) — The school shooting in Nashville might have you wondering if children are safe in Pennsylvania schools. The answer, experts say, is not safe enough. Lots of possible solutions and funding are out there for schools, but there’s a reluctance to embrace them. Nashville is just the latest dot on the United States map […]

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — Two adults have been banned from all Pennsylvania casinos by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) after leaving children unattended to gamble. The PGCB announced on March 22 that a man and a woman were banned from all 17 Pennsylvania casinos for separate incidents of leaving children unattended in vehicles to gamble. […]

PAINTED POST, N.Y. (WETM) – A local credit union has expanded its membership eligibility to 17 local counties across New York’s Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, and northern Pennsylvania. ServU Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Painted Post, announced that membership is now open to a total of 17 counties. Specifically, ServU said that “Membership is […]

EAST EARL, Pa. (WHTM) – Governor Josh Shapiro, Senator Scott Martin (R-Berks/Lancaster), and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture met with Lancaster County farmers to discuss the challenges they face with Hi-Path Avian Influenza and the state’s response. Pennsylvania has lost around 4,650,840 birds to Hi-Path Avian Influenza since it first appeared back in April 2022. […]

(WHTM) – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday after receiving inpatient treatment for depression since February. Fetterman is scheduled to return to the Senate on April 17, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. With the Senate in recess, Fetterman has returned to […]

A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after he allegedly lured a girl into his car and inappropriately touched her.