radioNOVO News for Williamsport: August 14, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/14/26          THE WILLIAMSPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN WITHOUT COMMERCIAL SERVICE SINCE THE GROUNDING OF SOUTHERN AIRWAYS EXPRESS FLIGHTS AT THE START OF THIS MONTH............ BUT PASSENGER FLIGHTS COULD RETURN BY MID-OCTOBER.          AIRPORT AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN FRANK PELLEGRINO SAYS THE BOARD IS REVIEWING A CONTRACT RIGHT NOW. THE UNNAMED CARRIER PLANS TO LAUNCH ONE DAILY FLIGHT ON A LARGER THIRTY-SEAT JET, FLYING FURTHER DISTANCES.          PELLEGRINO SAYS IF THOSE INITIAL FLIGHTS FILL UP, A SECOND DAILY ROUTE WILL BE ADDED QUICKLY. AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.          A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED HIS SUV INTO A STREET LAMP OUTSIDE THE LYCOMING COUNTY COURTHOUSE THURSDAY EVENING, SENDING A JUVENILE PASSENGER TO THE HOSPITAL.          WILLIAMSPORT POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS UNINJURED, BUT ARRESTED FOR DUI AFTER HIS TOYOTA RAV-FOUR SLAMMED INTO THE POLE ON WEST THIRD STREET AROUND 7:30 LAST NIGHT.          THE IMPACT BROUGHT DOWN THE LIGHT AND A LIVE POWER LINE, FORCING A ONE-HOUR TRAFFIC DETOUR WHILE PPL CREWS SECURED THE SCENE.