Williamsport

Williamsport voters will be asked to approve a seven-member commission that would study the city's form of government with an eye toward ultimately adopting a home rule charter. A charter would allow greater control over local decisions such as zoning, taxation, and public services.

Tenor Health Foundation purchased the financially struggling, Community Health Systems-owned Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Regional Hospital in Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital. Executives are optimistic about the hospitals’ futures three months after the sale.

Senate Bill 1284, which now heads to the House, is named for Kyle Gilmartin, the Scranton Police Department detective who survived being shot twice in the head in 2024. It would increase penalties for attempted murder of law enforcement officers.

Williamsport's historic Otto Bookstore recently opened its expanded space. Bookmarks stopped by the store's reopening reception to gather a few recommendations from the readers celebrating the store.

A Catholic school in Williamsport will be the first in the region to start a four-day school week - starting this fall, students at St. John Neumann Jr. Sr. High School will only be in class Monday through Thursday.WVIA Education reporter Sarah Hofius Hall says this is all part of a national trend.

Thursday night’s reception unveiled the Otto Bookstore’s first expansion in more than 180 years of business.

Over the next couple of weeks, readers in Lackawanna and Lycoming counties will have opportunities to support libraries and local authors.

When baseball fans from around the globe travel to South Williamsport this summer and next, they will be met with improvements to the Little League International Complex.

Starting this fall, students at a Catholic secondary school in Lycoming County won’t be in class on Fridays. The school’s future four-day schedule — growing in popularity nationwide — is believed to be the first in Northeast or Northcentral Pennsylvania.

Starting this fall, students at Saint John Neumann Jr./Sr. High School in Lycoming County won’t be in class on Fridays. Instead, students will have more time for tutoring, career exploration and family.