LYCOMING COUNTY TO GO GREEN FRIDAY Lycoming County will go green this Friday June 5th. Overall, 16 new counties statewide will go green, which also includes Clinton County. Every county currently in the red phase, will move into the yellow. The governor provided an updated order for counties moving to green to give businesses and…… more »
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 29, 2020
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ALIGN CITY RE-OPENING DATE WITH GOVERNOR Williamsport City Council has voted to align the city’s guidance about limiting the numbers of individuals at public gatherings with the office of Governor Wolf, extending Mayor Derek Slaughter’s proclamation until June 11th. According to the Sun Gazette, city council acknowledged that if and when…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 28, 2020
PA LAWMAKER KEPT CORONAVIRUS DIAGNOSIS QUIET A Republican from Dauphin County who worked closely with several other leaders in the PA House Chamber has just revealed he has been self-quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus and experiencing mild symptoms on and after May 14th. According to PennLive, Representative Andrew Lewis disclosed his exposure to…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 27, 2020
COUNTIES WILL MOVE DESIGNATIONS FRIDAY In his video press conference yesterday, Governor Tom Wolf mentioned a thank you to the Pennsylvania National Guard and also announced more details about the phased re-opening of the commonwealth Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lebanon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Schuylkill move to yellow Friday and 17 other counties move to green,…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 26, 2020
The Secretary of the Department of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine said in a press conference Friday that they have been in specific consultation and guidance with the staff at ManorCare-Jersey Shore after it has been a hotspot for the coronavirus in the county. According to the Sun Gazette, administrators from HCR ManorCare said there are…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 25, 2020
ONE PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME CASE REPORTED IN VALLEY FACILITY Geisinger is seeing their first Pediatric Inflammatory Syndrome case. According to the sun gazette, while the number of covid-19 cases on average are starting decrease, 12,000 people were tested across all Geisinger facilities where the first pediatric case was discovered. IN a press conference Friday Dr Ryu,…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING WEEKEND NEWS MAY 23, 2020
LYCOMING TO STAY IN THE YELLOW In a press release by Governor Wolf, Tioga, Clearfield, Cameron, Bradford, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan and Montour counties are moving from the yellow to green phase on May 29th. Wolf says he expects the counties remaining red, mostly in the southeastern part of the state to move to yellow by…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 22, 2020
Governor Wolf has announced that later today he will possibly be changing the designations for some of the 18 counties in Pennsylvania who remain in the red to the yellow phase; and that there is even a chance for some counties to move into the green designation – which bodes well for Lycoming County who…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 21, 2020
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UPDATE The Pennsylvania department of health reported technical issues with their statewide reporting system Wednesday, but has updated numbers as of midnight yesterday, citing 746 new COVID-19 cases for a statewide total of 64,412. 143 new deaths were reported in the Commonwealth for a statewide total of 4,767. There were three new…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MAY 20, 2020
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BRINGS IN TEAM FROM CDC TO ASSIST NURSING HOMES According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there were 610 new positive coronavirus cases added to the total of 63,056 statewide. Lycoming County had no new cases as of yesterday. There were 119 new deaths reported in the state for a total of…… more »