radioNOVO News for Williamsport: July 2, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 07/02/26          A LYCOMING COUNTY JUDGE HAS DENIED A LOCAL CEO'S REQUEST TO DISMISS AN OPEN COUNT OF HOMICIDE.           68-YEAR-OLD KENNETH MICHAELS IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY KILLING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, JOHN ROSKOWSKI, INSIDE AN OLD LYCOMING TOWNSHIP BUSINESS LOBBY IN 2023.           MICHAELS MAINTAINS HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE, BUT LYCOMING COUNTY JUDGE RYAN TIRA RULED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CHARGE AND PROCEED TO TRIAL.          AN 18-YEAR-OLD LYCOMING COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY CAUSING TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AT UPMC MUNCY.  STATE POLICE SAY WYATT IRVIN WAS BEING EVALUATED LAST MONTH FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC INCIDENT WHEN HE BECAME AGGRESSIVE, SPITTING ON SECURITY STAFF AND DESTROYING THE EXAM ROOM. IRVIN FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING FELONY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.                    STATE FLAGS WILL FLY AT HALF STAFF THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO HONOR TROOPER MIKE PAHIRA, WHO WAS STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING ALONG I-81 SOUTH IN CASS TOWNSHIP, SCUYLKILL COUNTY.