radioNOVO News for Williamsport: August 25, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/25/26          LYCOMING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED ANOTHER LEGAL FEE REQUEST FROM REGISTER AND RECORDER DAVID HUFFMAN, TO PURSUE HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY OVER PLANS TO RELOCATE HIS OFFICE. THE MONEY WILL BE DRAWN FROM SCANNING FEES, BRINGING HUFFMAN'S TOTAL LEGAL BILL PAST 27-THOUSAND DOLLARS—WELL OVER HIS FIVE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL.          A 23-YEAR-OLD WILLIAMSPORT WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR AN ALLEGED APRIL BURGLARY AT THE COMMUNITY THEATRE LEAGUE.          CITY POLICE SAY ABIGAIL RUSSELL STOLE AN IPAD, SPEAKER, AND SWEATER, AND WAS FOUND WITH DRUG PARAPHERNALIA DURING HER ARREST.  FOLLOWING HER ARRAIGNMENT WEDNESDAY, RUSSELL WAS JAILED IN LYCOMING COUNTY ON $2,500 BAIL.          A TROUT RUN MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SPARKING A DISTURBANCE IN CLINTON COUNTY LAST WEEK.          STATE POLICE SAY 34-YEAR-OLD DALON WARD TOOK A CELL PHONE THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM FROM A MILL HALL RESIDENCE ON WEST CHURCH STREET............ THREW A CEMENT BLOCK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY ON HIS WAY OUT.          WARD, WHO HAS A PRIOR ASSAULT CONVICTION, IS STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF THEFT AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.