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A teenage girl is in critical condition following a shooting near a school bus stop in Louisville's Algonquin neighborhood. Authorities report police and federal ATF agents responded to the scene Monday morning, with Mayor Craig Greenberg promising increased security at area bus stops as investigators search for suspects.

Meanwhile, local police are warning drivers about a sharp rise in property crime, reporting a 44 percent surge in car break-ins this year compared to last. Department officials note that thieves are specifically targeting pickup trucks and vehicles with gun or military decals in search of firearms left inside.

And proposed federal changes to the Head Start program are drawing concern from Kentucky child care providers. The proposed rules would shift authority over staff-to-student ratios and developmental screenings to state governments while capping administrative spending at five percent, though federal officials maintain the update will give local programs more flexibility.

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A twenty-eight-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the 2023 murder of a Warren County woman. A Warren Circuit judge sentenced David Proffitt to life in prison Monday following his conviction for the murder of twenty-two-year-old Alexandra Hemmann, along with charges of abuse of a corpse, theft, and forgery.

In local economic news, Air Hydro Power has officially broken ground on a thirteen-million-dollar repair and remanufacturing facility at the Kentucky Transpark. The sixty-thousand-square-foot project is expected to create fifty-two skilled technical jobs when it opens next August.

And "The Lord of the Rings" and "Rudy" actor Sean Astin is heading to Bowling Green this fall. Astin will serve as the keynote speaker for Down Syndrome of Southern Kentucky’s annual fundraising dinner on October seventeenth at the Sloan Convention Center.

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Emergency crews in Bullitt County responded to a major school bus crash after a vehicle carrying students from Lebanon Junction Elementary overturned near Wilson Creek Road. First responders and multiple EMS units dispatched to the scene transported thirteen students and the bus driver to local hospitals. Authorities report that while over thirty children reported minor injuries, no critical conditions have been reported as state police continue investigating the cause of the rollover.

In public safety news out of Louisville, police are searching for suspects following two separate violent incidents. A teenage girl remains in critical condition at the University of Louisville Hospital after being shot Tuesday morning at a school bus stop along Beech Street in the Park DuValle neighborhood. Meanwhile, police have identified twenty-year-olds Iyanna Warr and Trinity Durham as the victims killed in a Sunday morning shooting near the University of Louisville campus at the Family Scholar House community.

On the corporate front, one of Kentucky’s largest legacy employers is shifting its executive base across state lines. Valvoline Global Operations announced it is moving its global headquarters from Lexington to downtown Cincinnati by spring. Company executives say the move places leadership closer to their primary manufacturing facility, though Valvoline will maintain its four-hundred-employee Americas Hub in Lexington to support operations across North and South America.

In federal law enforcement updates, the Department of Justice has named veteran prosecutor Jason Parman as the new U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Parman, who previously served as branch manager in London and has been with the district office since 2008, takes over leadership as federal, state, and local agencies coordinate on regional crime prevention.

And Kentucky farmers and vehicle owners are delivering massive support for youth agricultural programs across the Commonwealth. State officials report the annual "Ag Tag" program generated over nine-hundred-forty-thousand dollars this year through farm vehicle and specialty plate renewals. The funds will be split evenly between state 4-H, Future Farmers of America, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

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RNN BOWLING GREEN 08/25/26

          A BOWLING GREEN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE 2023 MURDER OF 22-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDRA HEMMANN.
          WARREN CIRCUIT JUDGE CHRIS COHRON HANDED DOWN THE SENTENCE TO 28-YEAR-OLD DAVID PROFFITT FOLLOWING VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS FROM HEMMANN’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS. A JURY CONVICTED PROFFITT IN JUNE OF MURDER, ABUSE OF A CORPSE, THEFT, AND FORGERY AFTER HE STRANGLED HEMMANN IN HER APARTMENT AND STOLE HER CAR AND MONEY.

          A TWO-STORY HOME IS HEAVILY DAMAGED AFTER FIRE RAVAGED IT MONDAY AFTERNOON IN BOWLING GREEN.
          FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO THE ACTIVE BLAZE IN THE 900 BLOCK OF ANISE LANE AROUND 2:40 P.M. WHILE THE TOP PORTION OF THE HOME SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE, BOWLING GREEN FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORT NO INJURIES.
          FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO SAFELY RESCUE A DOG AND A CAT FROM INSIDE THE HOME.

          EFFORTS TO BUILD A NEW INTERSTATE 65 WELCOME GATEWAY IN SMITHS GROVE ARE GAINING MOMENTUM.
          OPERATION PRIDE BOARD MEMBER MIKE BUCHANAN TOLD CITY COMMISSIONERS MONDAY THAT PRIVATE FUNDRAISING FOR THE ESTIMATED $425,000 PROJECT IS ALREADY HALFWAY TO ITS GOAL. THE GATEWAY—WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON DONATED LAND NEAR MCKINLEY ROAD—IS ENTIRELY PRIVATELY FUNDED, WITH EARLY SUPPORT COMING FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING BUC-EE’S AND T.J. SAMSON HEALTH.
          ORGANIZERS HOPE TO BREAK GROUND SOON AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

RNN LEWISTOWN 08/25/26

           "OPERATION YELLOW JACKET" US BACK, AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING RECKLESSLY THROUGH A WORK ZONE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...... INCLUDING MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTIES........... STATE POLICE ARE GOING TO STING YOU.  
           TROOPERS IN SAFETY GEAR WILL SPOT UNSAFE DRIVERS, THEN RADIO AHEAD FOR OTHER TROOPERS TO PULL THEM OVER.  THEIR GOAL ISN'T WRITING TICKETS, BUT SAVING LIVES.  
          LAST YEAR, THERE WERE NEARLY 14-HUNDRED WORK ZONE CRASHES RESULTING IN 12 DEATHS, 11 OF WHOM WERE DRIVERS. TROOPERS SAY THE GOAL ISN'T WRITING TICKETS, BUT SAVING LIVES BY URGING EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN AND STAY ALERT.

             THE LEWISTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED HIRING ROXANNA RUBLE AS A PART-TIME BOROUGH ADMINISTRATOR DURING A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY. RUBLE WILL EARN $18 AN HOUR FOR UP TO 30 HOURS A WEEK, PENDING A BACKGROUND CHECK.

          LEWISTOWN HAS RECEIVED NEARLY TWO-AND-A-HALF TIMES ITS NORMAL AUGUST RAINFALL, WITH A PRELIMINARY TOTAL OF 8.93 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS REPEATED SLOW-MOVING FRONTS HAVE FUELED UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS POCKETS OF CENTRAL PA.......... LEAVING LEWISTOWN JUST THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH SHORT OF ITS AUGUST RECORD, SET IN 1955. ANOTHER SYSTEM THURSDAY COULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, WITH ISOLATED SPOTS POTENTIALLY SEEING AN INCH OR MORE.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 08/25/26

          THE PENN CAMBRIA SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED SEVERAL CHANGE ORDERS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL’S ONGOING $49 MILLION CONSOLIDATION PROJECT IN CRESSON.
          FOLLOWING A TWO-MONTH GAP BETWEEN MEETINGS, BOARD MEMBERS VOTED ON EIGHT ADJUSTMENTS FUNDED ENTIRELY THROUGH THE PROJECT'S CONTINGENCY BUDGET. THE LARGEST WAS A REDUCTION IN PRICE FOR A STORMWATER BASIN EXPANSION, WHICH CAME IN UNDER ITS 290-THOUSAND DOLLAR BUDGET CAP.............. AT 260-THOUSAND DOLLARS.  THE CAMPUS EXPANSION WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE PRE-K THROUGH TWELFTH-GRADE STUDENTS.

          A PIECE OF JOHNSTOWN HISTORY IS OPENING ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEK.  
          THE GREATER JOHNSTOWN MASONIC LODGE IS HOSTING A FREE ARCHITECTURAL TOUR AT 6:30 P.M. THURSDAY AT ITS EVENT CENTER ON VALLEY PIKE. LOCAL GUIDE ANDY FEDORE WILL LEAD VISITORS THROUGH THE 1931 ART DECO BUILDING, HIGHLIGHTING UNIQUE SPACES LIKE THE EGYPTIAN AND RENAISSANCE ROOMS.
          THE TOUR COMES AFTER THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AS THE LODGE WORKS TO WELCOME THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWCASE ITS NEWLY RENOVATED EVENT SPACE.

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/25/26

          LYCOMING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED ANOTHER LEGAL FEE REQUEST FROM REGISTER AND RECORDER DAVID HUFFMAN, TO PURSUE HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY OVER PLANS TO RELOCATE HIS OFFICE. THE MONEY WILL BE DRAWN FROM SCANNING FEES, BRINGING HUFFMAN'S TOTAL LEGAL BILL PAST 27-THOUSAND DOLLARS—WELL OVER HIS FIVE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL.

          A 23-YEAR-OLD WILLIAMSPORT WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR AN ALLEGED APRIL BURGLARY AT THE COMMUNITY THEATRE LEAGUE.
          CITY POLICE SAY ABIGAIL RUSSELL STOLE AN IPAD, SPEAKER, AND SWEATER, AND WAS FOUND WITH DRUG PARAPHERNALIA DURING HER ARREST.  FOLLOWING HER ARRAIGNMENT WEDNESDAY, RUSSELL WAS JAILED IN LYCOMING COUNTY ON $2,500 BAIL.

          A TROUT RUN MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SPARKING A DISTURBANCE IN CLINTON COUNTY LAST WEEK.
          STATE POLICE SAY 34-YEAR-OLD DALON WARD TOOK A CELL PHONE THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM FROM A MILL HALL RESIDENCE ON WEST CHURCH STREET............ THREW A CEMENT BLOCK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY ON HIS WAY OUT.
          WARD, WHO HAS A PRIOR ASSAULT CONVICTION, IS STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF THEFT AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

RNN STROUDSBURG 08/25/26

          POCONO TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS HAVE DELAYED A DECISION ON THE FUTURE OF THE POCONO MANOR RESORT.
          THE BOARD VOTED TO TABLE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD FORCE THE OWNER TO REPAIR OR DEMOLISH THE REMAINING STRUCTURES LEFT DAMAGED BY A 2019 FIRE.
          SOME LEADERS CALL THE DELAPIDATED BUILDINGS AN EYESORE THAT HURTS LOCAL TAX REVENUE. THE DELAY GIVES THE PROPERTY OWNER MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE TOWNSHIP'S REPORT BEFORE COMMISSIONERS TAKE FINAL ACTION.

          STROUDSBURG BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS A NEW MEMBER.
          COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED 4-TO-2 LAST WEEK TO APPOINT ROBERT LLOPIS TO FILL THE VACANT SEAT LEFT BY JOSEPH SHAY’S RESIGNATION. LLOPIS, A LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND WARD CONSTABLE, BEAT OUT SIX OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE POST.
          HE WILL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF SHAY'S TERM, WHICH RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 2027.

      
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RNN FRANKFORT 08/25/26

          THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT A CASH AND BITCOIN SCAM INVOLVING PHONE IMPERSONATORS.
          SHERIFF DEPP SAYS FRAUDSTERS ARE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO MIMIC OFFICIALS AND DEMAND IMMEDIATE PAYMENTS FOR ALLEGED LEGAL MATTERS, COSTING SOME VICTIMS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
          DEPUTIES STRESS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL NEVER ASK FOR PAYMENT OVER THE PHONE OR VIA CRYPTOCURRENCY. ANYONE WHO RECEIVES A SUSPICIOUS CALL IS URGED TO HANG UP AND CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DIRECTLY.

          LOUISVILLE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE LAUNCHING A MULTI-DAY MOSQUITO FOGGING CAMPAIGN AFTER WEST NILE VIRUS WAS DETECTED IN NINE ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
          TRAPS IN AREAS INCLUDING OLD LOUISVILLE, SHIVELY, PORTLAND, AND SHAWNEE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. FOGGING WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY DURING EARLY MORNING AND EVENING HOURS.  
          JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS REPORTED JUST ONE HUMAN CASE OF WEST NILE SO FAR THIS YEAR, BUT HEALTH LEADERS URGE RESIDENTS TO USE INSECT REPELLENT AND CLEAR STANDING WATER AROUND THEIR HOMES.