Wink 106 | radioNOVO News for Williamsport: May 6, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/06/26          A LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP MAN FACES CHARGES THIS MORNING AFTER POLICE SAY HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER’S BODY FOR DAYS WITHOUT REPORTING HER DEATH. 26-YEAR-OLD ROOSEVELT SHORT ALLEGEDLY CARRIED ON WITH HIS DAILY ROUTINE WHILE HIS MOTHER LAY DEAD IN THEIR EAST THIRD STREET APARTMENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHORT EVENTUALLY ADMITTED HE KNEW SHE HAD DIED, BUT KEPT QUIET BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF BECOMING HOMELESS. POLICE ALSO DISCOVERED CRYSTAL METH IN THE APARTMENT, WHICH SHORT REPORTEDLY USED WITH A WOMAN ON VALENTINE’S DAY WHILE HIS MOTHER’S BODY WAS STILL INSIDE. SHORT IS NOW CHARGED WITH ABUSE OF A CORPSE AND DRUG POSSESSION.          WILLIAMSPORT’S HISTORY WITH THE NEGRO LEAGUES IN BASEBALL IS GETTING STATEWIDE RECOGNITION UNDER A NEW RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE. AUTHORED BY SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT REPRESENTATIVE JAMIE FLICK, THE RESOLUTION HONORS LOCAL LEGENDS LIKE GEORGE STOVEY—A BLACK PITCHER FROM THE 1860'S, WHO'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THAT ERA’S BEST, DESPITE BEING BARRED FROM THE MAJOR LEAGUES.           REPRESENTATIVE FLICK SAYS IT’S TIME TO ENSURE THAT GROUNDBREAKING PLAYERS LIKE STOVEY ARE FINALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA’S PASTIME.