radioNOVO News for Williamsport: September 8, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 09/08/26          LYCOMING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THE NEW COMMERCIAL AIRLINE SERVICE COMING TO WILLIAMSPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. BEGINNING IN MID-OCTOBER, CONTOUR AIRLINES WILL OFFER PASSENGER JET FLIGHTS CONNECTING WILLIAMSPORT TO MAJOR HUBS. COMMISSIONERS MARC SORTMAN AND MARK MUSSINA STRESSED THAT COMMUNITY USAGE IS VITAL TO KEEPING COMMERCIAL SERVICE VIABLE.  THEY SAY THE CONVENIENCE AND FREE PARKING THE LOCAL AIRPORT OFFERS ARE INVALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.            WILLIAMSPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN AUGUST 27TH MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN NEWBERRY THAT LEFT A MAN IN HIS 50S IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT RIDGE AND HILLSIDE AVENUES, WHERE A MOTORCYCLE AND CAR COLLIDED. STATE POLICE RECONSTRUCTIONISTS PROCESSED THE SCENE, AND THE RIDER REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AT UPMC WILLIAMSPORT.          A WILLIAMSPORT-AREA AMERICAN MAMMOTH DONKEY NAMED HANK IS OFFICIALLY A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER. OWNERS ED AND JENNIFER GEE CERTIFIED THAT SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD HANK HAS THE LONGEST EARS OF ANY LIVING DONKEY, MEASURING MORE THAN THREE INCHES LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS FIFTEEN-INCH RECORD.  JENNIFER GEE SAYS HANK LOVES THE SPOTLIGHT AND REMAINS THE SWEETEST, MOST OUTGOING MEMBER OF THEIR FARM.