radioNOVO News for Williamsport: August 20, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/20/26          WILLIAMSPORT HAS AWARDED AN ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO LECCE ELECTRIC AS PART OF ITS ONGOING LEVEE REHABILITATION PROJECT.          THE CONTRACT COVERS CRITICAL ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AT THE CITY’S LEVEE PUMP STATIONS. OFFICIALS SAY THE PROJECT MARKS A KEY TRANSITION FROM PLANNING INTO CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION EFFORT, WHICH AIMS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL FLOOD PROTECTION AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY RESILIENCY.          A LYCOMING COUNTY JUDGE RULED THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SEND A SUSPENDED WILLIAMSPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER TO TRIAL ON MULTIPLE CHARGES RELATED TO ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH FEMALE STUDENTS.          DISTRICT JUDGE CHRISTIAN FREY HELD MOST COUNTS AGAINST 47-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA LARSON FOR TRIAL, THOUGH HE DISMISSED FOUR FELONY COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH A MINOR FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY HEARING.           LARSON, WHO ALLEGEDLY RUBBED THE STUDENTS' ARMS AND CULTIVATED INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, REMAINS HELD WITHOUT BAIL IN THE LYCOMING COUNTY PRISON.