radioNOVO News for Williamsport: June 23, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 06/23/26          A 39-YEAR-OLD JERSEY SHORE MAN WILL STAND TRIAL ON RAPE AND SEVERAL SEX ASSAULT CHARGES INVOLVING A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.          A DISTRICT JUDGE UPHELD THE CHARGES AGAINST BRIAN S. WITNER FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY HEARING. INVESTIGATORS TESTIFIED THAT D-N-A EVIDENCE AND HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TIED WITNER TO THE DECEMBER 3, 2025 ASSAULT.          WITNER, A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PARAPROFESSIONAL, REMAINS HELD AT THE LYCOMING COUNTY PRISON.          UPMC WILLIAMSPORT IS BOASTING A NEW LAB SPACE.          THE HOSPITAL CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF ITS RECENTLY RENOVATED INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SUITE WITH A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY. THE MORE THAN $8 MILLION UPGRADE INCLUDES 2 STATE-OF-THE-ART LABS EQUIPPED WITH NEXT-GENERATION IMAGING SYSTEMS.          OFFICIALS SAY THE TECH EXPANDS CAPACITY FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES, ALLOWING CLINICIANS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PATIENTS WITH GREATER PRECISION CLOSE TO HOME.