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Mourning Amish community lays mother, six children to rest

SALONA — A quiet procession of seven horse-drawn buggies carried the bodies of Sarah Stoltzfus, 34, and her six children to their final resting place Wednesday, three days after they were killed in a fast-moving house fire. The seven victims of one of the deadliest fires in Clinton ...

State police ID victims in Sunday morning house fire

SALONA - State police at Lamar have identified the seven victims in a house fire that took place at 797 Long Run Road, Lamar Township Sunday morning. According to reports filed by Trooper Stephen Schramm of the State Police Fire/Explosion Investigation Unit, the victims were 34-year-old Sara B. Stoltzfus and six children - an 11-year-old son, 10-year-old son, 8-year-old daughter, 6-year-old daughter, 5-year-old son and 3-year-old son. Police say calls for the fire went out at about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morning for reports of an explosion and structure fire with entrapment. Upon ...

Jeffery Osgood named president of Commonwealth University

HARRISBURG — The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Thursday unanimously selected Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr., Ph.D., to serve as president of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. The appointment takes effect April 17, 2026. The decision by the ...

Lock Haven man arrested for multiple burglaries in Lycoming County

The Lycoming Regional Police Department has charged Gerald W. Fleegle, II, 65, of Lock Haven, in connection with a series of burglaries that occurred across Jersey Shore Borough, Cummings Township and surrounding areas between April 2024 and January 2026. According to information released ...

Lock Haven man convicted in rape of woman with intellectual disability

LOCK HAVEN — It took a jury of eight men and four women just over two hours of deliberation before returning verdicts of guilty on all six counts charged against a man accused of repeatedly raping a woman with an intellectual disability. According to a release from Clinton County District ...

State College man deemed sexually violent predator following conviction for 56 sex offenses

LOCK HAVEN — Clinton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael F. Salisbury issued an Opinion and Order on March 26, concluding that Kenneth Matthew Yerger, of State College, will be classified as a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) pursuant to Pennsylvania's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). According to information released via Crimewatch, Clinton County District Attorney Dave Strouse had petitioned the court prior to sentencing in this case to seek the SVP designation for Yerger after he was found guilty of 56 counts of sex offenses against multiple female ...