Apr 29, 2021 The scene of a fatal shooting at Fairlawn Court on Lycoming Creek road on Thursday. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette Three members of the Lycoming County Coroner’s Office arrived at the shooting scene in this vehicle. PHILIP A. HOLMES /Sun-Gazette Deputy County Coroner Howard Woodruff, facing camera, pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
PHILIP A.HOLMES/Sun-Gazette Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company provided lighting at the scene for investigators. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
The scene of a fatal shooting at Fairlawn Court on Lycoming Creek road on Thursday. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
One man was dead and another in police custody following a shooting that occurred at the Fairlawn Court on Lycoming Creek Road, in Lycoming Township just before 7 p.m. Thursday, Old Lycoming Township police confirmed.
Jonathan Bergmueller
Life flight transported a 46-year-old male in critical condition to the Lehigh Valley Burn Center, while a 48-year-old female was not injured by the blast that occurred outside the home on the 3500 block of Linn Street.
Officials have not yet determined the cause of the explosion, which resulted in a fire that yielded a two-alarm response from first responders. The cause is currently under active investigation by the state police fire marshal.
The explosion and fire both occurred in an enclosed outdoor patio the male used as a workshop, according to Jeffrey Tempesco, Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company.
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Fire crews responded to a report of a garage fire at 304 Palmer Hill Road at around 3:10 p.m. Sunday, according to the Lycoming County 911 center. The fire began in an external garage structure, and spread to a nearby field across a neighboring treeline. The fire also affected a pickup truck outside the structure, pictured, and spread several acres into a nearby field. The flames were confined to the garage structure at around 4 p.m., when firefighters were still attempting to knock the flames down. The garage is a total loss. Woodward Volunteer Fire Company, South Williamsport Fire Department, Nisbet Volunteer Fire Company, DuBoistown Fire Department, Old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Company, Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company, Montoursville Fire Department, Eldred Township Volunteer Fire Company and Citizens’ Hose Company from Jersey Shore all responded alongside Loyalsock Volunteer Fire Company, which took lead during the incident. This fire
William Wade Hughes, 57, of Trout Run, died on Feb. 13, 2021 in Virginia.
He was born on June 8, 1963 in Williamsport, the son of William M. and Clarabel V. (Metzger) Hughes.
Wade worked in carpentry with his Dad and brother, farmed, and raised rodeo bulls and beef cattle. He was a professional bull rider belonging to the APRA and IPRA rodeo associations; became a livestock contractor starting his own rodeo company, Crown H. Livestock, and was a founding partner of the United Bull Riders. Wade’s rodeo career took him across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, with some of his most notable productions in Atlantic City, and Charleston, S.C. He spent his later years as an independent trucker hauling cattle across the country.
Firefighters successfully suppressed a working structure fire in Cascade Township in the early hours Wednesday.
Both homeowners of the Rose Valley Road property, their dog and six goats were unharmed by the fire. The fire only affected a garage separated from the other buildings on the property, the woman said.
“Everybody with a heartbeat is okay. That’s what we are taking away from it,” the homeowner, who is six months pregnant, said.
The owner said she woke up to her dog barking at around 4:20 a.m., and saw a glow from her backyard.
The home did not have phone service, so the owner drove to a neighbor’s house and woke them up to call 911, the owner said.