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Image for State College Man Sentenced to 50 to 100 years for Child Sexual Abuse
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May 29, 2026
LOCK HAVEN – Kenneth Matthew Yerger, 28, of Longmeadow Lane, State College, was sentenced Friday afternoon to 50 to 100 years in state prison following his August 2025 conviction on 56 counts of child sexual abuse involving 4 different juvenile victims.   Clinton County C...
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Image for Woodward Township Man Sentenced to up to 34 Years for Rape of Mentally Disabled Person
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Jun 23, 2026
LOCK HAVEN - William Alfred Willits, III, 42, of Hillside Drive in Woodward Township was sentenced Tuesday Morning by Clinton County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Craig P. Miller to a total term of 34 years of incarceration in a State Correctional Institution, with ini...
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Image for PA Supreme Court Rules Skill Games are Unlawful Gambling Machines, Ban Effective in 120 days
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Jun 16, 2026
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's highest Court ruled Monday that thousands of "skill games" machines in operation across Pennsylvania are being operated in violation of the Pennsylvania Gambling Act and the Crimes Code.  The Court said that "skill games" are essentially slot m...
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Image for Wellsboro Man Denied Bail, Ordered to Undergo Evaluation
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May 20, 2026
LOCK HAVEN - Adam Christopher Quigley, 39, of Prospect Street in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, was denied a bail modification on Tuesday by Clinton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael F. Salisbury.  Assistant District Attorney Ed Ferguson appeared on behal...
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Image for Woolrich Man Charged with Attempted Homicide
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May 14, 2026
PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP (WOOLRICH)- Jason Wade Mikitko, 44, of Park Avenue in Woolrich, was charged by Pennsylvania State Police following a May 11, 2026 incident at 1063 Park Avenue.  PSP Trooper Matt Dillon charged Mikitko with Attempted Homicide, Attempted Aggravated Assau...
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Image for Local Woman Apprehended on Federal Arrest Warrant for Drug Delivery, Now Pending Additional State Charges
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May 13, 2026
On April 28th, members of the State College FBI office and Pennsylvania State Police Troop F Vice/Narcotics unit took Vesta Jones, 41, into custody in Woodward Township, Clinton County on a federal arrest warrant for possession with intent to deliver. During the arrest, Jones ...
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Image for LOCAL WOMAN CHARGED FOR PWID METH
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May 8, 2026
Lock Haven, PA- Vesta Marie Jones, 41, of State Route 44, Williamsport, PA., was arrested in the Lock Haven area on May1, 2026 by the Clinton County Drug Task Force for selling methamphetamine to an undercover informant. She was charge with 2 counts of CRIMINAL USE OF A COMUNI...
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Image for Altoona Man Sentenced in Oft-Delayed Drug Dealing Case
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Apr 7, 2026
LOCK HAVEN - Ernest Paul Coit, of Pleasant Valley Boulevard, Altoona, was sentenced Tuesday on one count of Possession With Intent to Deliver Controlled Substance (Cocaine) for a January 2023 arrest by the Pennsylania State Police at Lamar.  Coit's case was the subject of...
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Image for Clinton County Prescription Drug Takeback Week
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Apr 7, 2026
LOCK HAVEN - Clinton County District Attorney Dave Strouse has announced that his office will be conducting a Prescription Drug Take Back week from April 20 through April 24, 2026.    This is a biannual program that the Office of Clinton County District Att...
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Image for Lock Haven Man Convicted of Rape of Woman with Intellectual Disability
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Mar 27, 2026
LOCK HAVEN - A Jury of 8 men and 4 women deliberated for a little over 2 hours before returning verdicts of guilty on all 6 counts charged in the case against William Alfred Willits, III, 42, of Hillside Drive in Lock Haven.  Following a trial that commenced on Wednesday ...
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