WUHU 107 | radioNOVO News for Williamsport: May 8, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/08/26          STATE POLICE AND THE LYCOMING COUNTY CORONER ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER AN ELDERLY MAN’S BODY WAS PULLED FROM A POND IN MUNCY ON THURSDAY. A PASSERBY SPOTTED THE VICTIM NEAR MUSSER LANE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE MAN MAY HAVE SUFFERED A MEDICAL EPISODE BEFORE FALLING INTO THE WATER.          ANGLERS AND RESIDENTS PACKED THE ELDRED TOWNSHIP FIRE HALL THIS WEEK FOR AN UPDATE ON THE FUTURE OF ROSE VALLEY LAKE.          THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION PLANS A FIVE-MILLION-DOLLAR DAM REHABILITATION PROJECT, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE NEARLY 400-ACRE RESERVOIR TO BE DRAINED. WHILE A FIRM START DATE IS PENDING PERMIT APPROVAL, OFFICIALS HOPE TO BEGIN THE DRAWDOWN IN AUTUMN 2027.          CREWS WILL RELOCATE AS MANY FISH AS POSSIBLE TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, BUT THEY WARNED THE PUBLIC NOT TO ASSIST WITH THE DANGEROUS SALVAGE. ONCE THE LAKE IS REFILLED IN 2029, A FIVE-YEAR CATCH-AND-RELEASE POLICY WILL BE IN EFFECT TO HELP THE ECOSYSTEM RECOVER.        THE EAST LYCOMING SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TURNING TO TWO FAMILIAR FACES TO FILL KEY LEADERSHIP ROLES. RETIREES GERALD MCLAUGHLIN AND JILL WARG HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AND ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. BOTH VETERANS BRING DECADES OF LOCAL EXPERIENCE BACK TO THE DISTRICT TO ENSURE A SMOOTH FINISH TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.