Williamsport

An 8-year-old Williamsport boy was flown to the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Friday evening after he was shot accidentally, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The boy was in stable condition Friday night, according to Deputy 1st Class Carly Hose, who is a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. The incident was reported about 5:50 p.m. from an apartment located in a building on 10707 Brookmeade Circle in Williamsport. Hose said the boy suffered a single gunshot wound to the left thigh from a handgun.

Williamsport public works employee Bobby Talhelm tightens a bulb in holiday display at Byron Memorial Park on Monday. The display will be lit after Sunday's Christmas parade, he said.

Friday, February 18, 2011 BOYS BASKETBALL SYKESVILLE, Md. — Williamsport finished the regular season with its lowest offensive output, falling to Century 45-35 on Friday night. The Wildcats (19-3) managed only 13 field goals in the game and hit 7 of 16 from the foul line. Connor Arnone led Williamsport with 12 points. Stephen Christy and Brandon McCauley had nine points each. Century 45, Williamsport 35 WILLIAMSPORT (19-3) McCauley 4 1-5 9, Green 0 3-6 3, Arnone 4 2-2 12, Christy 4 1-2 9, Wise 1 0-1 2. Totals 13 7-16 35. CENTURY (16-7)

Development plan draws criticism WILLIAMSPORT - Spielman Road resident Barbara Hovermill urged the mayor and town council on Monday to speak out against a proposed 1,267-unit development along Sterling Road. Hovermill said the developer needs the county to designate the land as a planned unit development for the project to proceed as planned. "It could be a disaster waiting to happen," she said, encouraging town officials to attend a Sept. 19 hearing on the rezoning request.

The Williamsport Nationals are out to discover new frontiers. With that in mind, if you are going to blaze new trails, you might as well travel new paths. The Nationals will be doing both this weekend when they compete in the Continental Amateur Baseball Association (CABA) World Series, starting Friday in Euclid, Ohio. It is a new experience for Williamsport as they will be the first team from the Potomac Junior Legion Baseball League to venture into CABA competition and will be doing it with largely an inexperienced team.

Saturday, December 8, 2012 PREP INDOOR TRACK The Williamsport boys topped a field of 15 teams to win Boonsboro's Warrior Invitational at Hagerstown Community College on Friday. Williamsport scored 75 points, while Smithsburg held off Walkersville 57-50 for second. For Williamsport, Jesse Zeger won the 55 hurdles (8.02) and was second in the high jump (5-10), Kevin Zeger was second in the 55 hurdles (8.15), Gabe Auldridge placed second in 300 (38.04), Cody Grams was second in the 1,600 (4:42.82)

Saturday, October 13, 2012 PREP CROSS COUNTRY IJAMSVILLE, Md. - Williamsport had all seven of its runners in the top 25 as the Wildcats topped a field of 13 teams to win the boys title at the Urbana Invitational on Saturday. Cody Bowman placed fourth in 16:20.9 to lead Williamsport, which finished with 65 points. Century edged Oakdale 98-101 for second. Also for the Wildcats, Caleb Buchman was 11th (16:43.6), Scott Long was 13th (16:54.8), Austin Schetrompf was 18th (17:08.5)

WILLIAMSPORT -- The Washington County Sheriff's Office was called to a possible suicide this morning in a parking lot on West Potomac Street in Williamsport, a Washington County 911 dispatcher said. The call came in at 8:39 a.m., the dispatcher said. A body was found in a truck and the incident was being investigated, according to the Sheriff's Office.

A tractor-trailer fire was reported on southbound Interstate 81 at Exit 2 to U.S. 11 near Williamsport, a supervisor for Washington County Emergency Services said. Police were responding to the fire at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Interstate 81 remained open.