STABBING IN SUNBURY
Three people are now in custody following a Friday morning stabbing in Sunbury. According to the Daily Item, the incident was in the 100 block of North 4th Street around 2:30 am and sent one man to the hospital. Police Chief Brad Hare reported three individuals were taken into custody from Kulpmont. According to reports the three were allegedly going to rob the man before stabbing him. Police are still investigating and did not release the names of the suspects or when or if charges would be filed. If you have any information on the incident please contact the Sunbury police.
REGAL CINEMA WILL CLOSE THIS MONTH
After announcing a bankruptcy plan in January, Cineworld has announced that the Regal Cinema’s theater at the former Lycoming Mall will be closing July 20th along with 38 other theaters across the US. According to the Sun Gazette, the theater between Pennsdale and Montoursville is one of three theaters in PA that are closing, the others in Doylestown and Oaks. After this round of closures Cineworld is prepared to exit bankruptcy proceedings this month.
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT WORK CONTINUES THIS WEEK
A bridge replacement project is continuing this week in Cummings Township. This project will replace the structure carrying Route 287 over Larry’s Creek, approximately 5.6 miles north of the intersection with Route 973. Traffic will be in a single lane, controlled by a temporary traffic signal. There is a 11′ width restriction in place for oversize vehicles. The bridge replacement is scheduled to be complete by this November. This week, traffic is scheduled to switch to the northbound side of the newly completed structure and construction of the southbound side will begin.
HIGH SPEED CHASE LEADS TO ARREST
A Williamsport man was arrested following a police pursuit along I-180 in Northumberland County June 28th and is facing charges in district court. According to North Central PA dot com, 20-year-old Avonte Gardner fled from police off I-180 eastbound and onto the exit ramp at Route 54. Police say Gardner attempted to turn off the ramp while speeding and went down a muddy embankment where he got stuck 50 feet from the Delaware township roadway where police apprehended him.
TWO HIKERS RESCUED BY RALSTON FIRST RESPONDERS
Emergency responders successfully searched rugged terrain Friday near the McIntyre-McNett township line for two female hikers who send an activated emergency signal to the county’s 911 center around 4:30pm. According to the Sun Gazette, Ralston firefighters searched a wide area near a loggers hiking trail and Yellow Dog and Rock Run roads before finding the two around 7:15pm with one woman suffering a minor ankle injury. The hikers who were from the Canton area were transported on ATV’s to a command center at Yellow Dog Road and both declined medical treatment at the scene.
NO AUDIT FOR LYCOMING COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS
A Lycoming County will not endure a forensic audit of the 2020 general election. According to the Sun Gazette, Lycoming County Judge Eric R. Lindhardt dismissed complaints which argued fraud and irregularities existed. Conservative activists Richard Houser and Catherine Burns went on the claim the Lycoming county commissioners and Forrest K. Lehman, the director of elections did not adequately investigate their complaints. Lindhart ruled there was no provision in the state election code where the board of elections can be compelled by an independent entity to conduct an audit. An appeal is expected to the Commonwealth Court.
RESCUE WORKERS CAN PICK UP DONATIONS
American Rescue Workers in Lycoming County said they have recently had to throw away nearly 30 thousand tons of trash generated by donations being placed in an area where they were damaged and became unusable. According to Rescue Workers officials, there was a significant loss of revenue since they have to pay 80 dollars per ton of trash. If you have a good amount of items to donate, call the American rescue workers for a pick up instead of dumping items where they could be ruined. There are 10 retail thrift stores in their system, providing 52 percent of the operating budget for the year to support three homeless shelters. Go to arwwilliamsport.org for information.
SPORTS
MLB
Royals 4 Guardians 1
Nationals 7 Rangers 2
Cubs 7 Yankees 4
Red Sox 4 A’s 3
Rays 10 Braves 4
Marlins 7 Phillies 3
Blue Jays 4 Tigers 3
Orioles 15 Twins 2
Brewers 1 Reds 0
Mariners 3 Astros 1
Cardinals 4 White Sox 3
Giants 1 Rockies 0
Pirates 4 Diamondbacks 2
Padres 6 Mets 2
MLB Draft League
*The Frederick Keys led the Williamsport 3-0 last night on the road, before the game was cancelled due to severe thunderstorms after 3 innings. The series was tied up 1 and 1.
*The Cutters come home tomorrow to play Trenton Thunder at Historic Bowman Field.
TENNIS
Wimbledon
Men’s Singles
*Grigor Dimitroff defeated 10th seed American Frances Tiafoe, 6-2,6-3,6-2 on Sunday to move into the fourth round of Wimbledon
*Novak Djokovic took the first two sets yesterday in the 4th Round 7-6,7-6 against Hubert Hurkacz, (HER kaszh) on Center Court. The match was suspended since it could not continue past 11pm and will resume today.
Women’s Singles
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina reached the quarterfinals with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9) win against Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka
*Svitolina refused a handshake at the end with a player from a country supporting Russia after the invasion.
Iga Swiatek (EEga she ON teck) reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 victory over Belinda Bencic at Centre Court.
NASCAR
William Byron won the rain, shortened race at the Quaker State 400 atAtlanta Motor Speedway for his fourth victory of the season and his second win in Atlanta in the last two years. Daniel Suarez was second, A.J. Allmendinger third, followed by Michael McDowell 4th and Kyle Busch was fifth.
