The Point Rocks | radioNOVO News for Williamsport: April 20, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 04/20/26                    A COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AFTER A MOTHER AND HER SIX CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY.  THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED ON LONG RUN ROAD IN LAMAR, A TOWN IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR THE CENTRE COUNTY BORDER. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT 8:30AM SUNDAY TO FIND THE HOME FULLY ENGULFED FOLLOWING A REPORTED EXPLOSION. STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS AS 34-YEAR-OLD SARAH STOLZFUS AND HER FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS........... AGES THREE TO ELEVEN. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE A PROPANE LEAK INSIDE THE HOME MAY BE TO BLAME.          THE CITY OF WILLIAMSPORT WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO INTERVIEW AND APPOINT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO FILL A VACANCY LEFT BY THE LATE BONNIE KATZ.                    APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR THE VACANCY, BUT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC BEITER SAID THE SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE PUBLIC.  THE MEETING WILL BE ADVERTISED IN THE SUN-GAZETTE AND LISTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD FOLLOWING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON THE UPCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER SPECIAL MEETING AND APPOINTMENT, BEITER SAID.