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Coroner IDs victim from Thursday morning crash in Rauchtown

RAUCHTOWN — The Clinton County Coroner’s office has identified a man killed in a one-vehicle crash along Rauchtown Road, Jersey Shore early Thursday morning. Chief Deputy Coroner Jennifer Sholley issued a release Friday afternoon identifying Jonathan Corielus, 39, of Jersey Shore, as the victim of the crash that took place in the 2800 block of the roadway. According to Nippenose Valley Fire Chief Dean Miller, the crash occurred at 5:40 a.m., less than two miles from the Clinton-Lycoming county line. Sholley pronounced Corielus dead at the scene at 6:40 a.m. as a result of the ...

Two charge with theft from economic partnership building in Renovo

RENOVO — James Carrol Sampson, Jr., 38, of Susquehanna Avenue, Renovo, and Daniel Clayton Dietz, 46, of 14th Street, Altoona, were charged recently by Pennsylvania State Police at Lamar on multiple counts of burglary, a second degree felony; theft, a third degree felony; theft of secondary ...

LH Fire Department responds to basement fire

PHOTOS PROVIDED On Wednesday, Dec. 4, at midnight, the Lock Haven Fire Department was dispatched for a reported odor of smoke in the Hill Section of the city. Units arrived on scene to find a smoke condition in the basement at 26 S. Fairview St. with fire spreading to the first floor in a ...

JS man dies in early morning crash in Rauchtown area

RAUCHTOWN — A Jersey Shore man was killed early Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash in the 2800 block of Rauchtown Road, Nippenose Valley Fire Chief Dean Miller confirmed. The accident occurred at 5:40 a.m., less than two miles from the Clinton-Lycoming county line. The male victim, driving an SUV, was traveling south on Rauchtown Road when he lost control of the vehicle, Miller said. Conditions were very slippery, he added. “The road was snow covered, but ice was packed down underneath the snow as a result of it storming overnight," Miller said. The driver, whose ...

Police news – Dec. 5

Traffic stop LOCK HAVEN — Lycoming regional police conducted a routine traffic stop on Jason Robert Yahn, 41, of Lock Haven, at 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 25 when the man failed to yield to the stop. According to court documents, Yahn was traveling along the 9600 block of Route 22 South in Piatt Township on his 2001 Unicar Sundiro without eye protection or a helmet. Police said they observed Yahn swerving out of his lane and failing to use turn signals or stop at a posted stop sign. Police attempted a stop as Yahn turned into Susquehanna Campground, but he failed to stop, leaving ...