The Met Rocks | radioNOVO News for Williamsport: May 1, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/01/26          ANOTHER SHORT CHAPTER HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY OF MUNCY TOWNSHIP'S SOLICITORS, FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY JOSEPH ORSO THE THIRD............ WHO QUIT WITH LESS THAN ONE MONTH ON THE JOB.  SUPERVISOR HEATH OHNMEISS CONFIRMED ORSO'S EXIT.  HE'S THE SECOND ATTORNEY TO DEPART THE ROLE IN RECENT WEEKS, FOLLOWING THE ONE-DAY TENURE OF TIMOTHY SCHOONOVER.  ORSO IS NOT SAYING WHY HE LEFT.            A FAMILY OF 9 AND THEIR PETS WERE DISPLACED THURSDAY EVENING AFTER A TWO-ALARM FIRE BROKE OUT IN WILLIAMSPORT’S EAST END. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE ADAMS STREET HOME AROUND 4:45 P.M. TO FIND HEAVY SMOKE POURING FROM THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE BLAZE WAS ELECTRICAL, STARTING NEAR AN OUTLET. FORTUNATELY, CREWS BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN JUST 15 MINUTES, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FAMILY IS CURRENTLY STAYING WITH RELATIVES WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.          FOUR PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING AFTER A STEP VAN AND A CHEVY SONIC COLLIDED IN WILLIAMSPORT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE CRASH OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARK AVENUE AND CHERRY STREET AROUND 3:40 P.M. CITY POLICE SAY BOTH DRIVERS AND THEIR PASSENGERS WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO U-P-M-C WILLIAMSPORT FOR TREATMENT. THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.