RNN ALTOONA 08/24/26

          AN ALTOONA MAN FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES FOLLOWING AN HOURS-LONG STANDOFF AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. POLICE SAY DAVID MOOERS BROKE INTO FEFI'S CONVENIENCE STORE ON 7TH STREET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, CLAIMED TO HAVE A GUN, AND BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. MOOERS EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED TO THE TACTICAL TEAM, AND OFFICERS CONFIRMED HE DID NOT HAVE A WEAPON.

           BLAIR COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW PRISON, ISSUING A TEN-THOUSAND-DOLLAR DEPOSIT ON AN 83 ACRE LAND PURCHASE IN DUNCANSVILLE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER AMY WEBSTER SAYS CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY IS TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED DUE TO TITLE SEARCHES AND CORPORATE REVIEWS. THE COUNTY IS ALSO CURRENTLY EVALUATING FOUR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS TO DESIGN THE FACILITY.
         

          THE TYRONE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER SATURDAY FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT TO RAISE MONEY FOR NEIGHBORS RECOVERING FROM LAST MONTH'S FLOODING. THE EVENT FEATURED LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, AND RAFFLES TO SUPPORT ONGOING CRISIS RELIEF. ORGANIZERS PRAISED LOCAL VOLUNTEERS FOR HELPING RESIDENTS REBUILD. FLOOD RECOVERY DONATIONS CAN STILL BE DROPPED OFF AT THE TYRONE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 08/24/26

          A BROWNSTOWN MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING A-T-V CRASH IN CAMBRIA COUNTY. THE CORONER'S OFFICE SAYS 61-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH SAROSI WAS RIDING WITH FRIENDS ON WATERFALL DRIVE IN MIDDLE TAYLOR TOWNSHIP WHEN HIS VEHICLE OVERTURNED INTO A CREEK BED. SAROSI DIED INSTANTLY. OFFICIALS HAVE RULED THE CRASH ACCIDENTAL, WITH TOXICOLOGY RESULTS PENDING.

          JOHNSTOWN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN THE MOXHAM NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN WALKED INTO CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH A GRAZE WOUND TO HIS HEAD. OFFICERS RECOVERED SHELL CASINGS NEAR DUPONT STREET AND HIGHLAND AVENUE. POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, BUT PROGRESS IS BEING HINDERED BY THE VICTIM'S REFUSAL TO COOPERATE.

          A JOHNSTOWN WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER POLICE FOUND A MAN'S BODY HIDDEN INSIDE AN ATTIC CRAWL SPACE. INVESTIGATORS SAY 41-YEAR-OLD ANGELA RICE WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED IN NEW YORK ON ABUSE OF A CORPSE CHARGES. RICE IS ACCUSED OF HIDING GREGORY ROHN'S BODY FOLLOWING A FATAL OVERDOSE.RICE IS BEING HELD ON 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.



          

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A fifty-nine-year-old man is dead following a two-truck crash on Interstate Eighty in Jefferson County. State police say Michael Rougier was driving distracted when his rig rear-ended another tractor-trailer Thursday afternoon near mile marker seventy-four. Rougier was pronounced dead at the scene.

State disaster grants open today for Clearfield County residents recovering from July’s flash flooding. Qualified homeowners and renters can receive up to twenty-thousand dollars through PEMA, alongside low-interest federal loans to cover home repairs and property loss.

And the City of DuBois is on solid financial footing, with revenues outpacing expenses. Financial Administrator Angela Sangster reports the city has collected over sixteen-point-eight-million dollars so far this year, keeping budget projections on track.

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A thirty-three-year-old Emlenton truck driver faces felony criminal vehicular homicide charges in Minnesota. State police say Timothy William Hall intentionally swerved his semi to force a motorcycle into a highway barrier on Highway Three-Seventy-One, killing thirty-year-old Roy Berger before fleeing the scene. Hall is currently being held on two-hundred-fifty-thousand dollars bail.

In local sports, varsity football returns to Foxburg for the first time in nearly five years. The Union/A-C Valley Falcon Knights will host Brookville this Friday night on A-C Valley’s newly refurbished field, marking the completion of a major multi-million-dollar campus improvement project.

And forty-seven new state troopers have officially graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, with the new officers heading out to reinforce coverage at local barracks across the region.

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The murder trial for thirty-two-year-old Dashawn Watkins in the dismemberment death of fourteen-year-old Pauly Likens has been delayed for a sixth time. A Mercer County judge continued the trial to March twenty-twenty-seven following an attorney conflict of interest within the public defender’s office.

The New Castle City Council has appointed Chief Financial Officer Stephanie DiCarlo as interim city administrator starting September first. DiCarlo will temporarily step into the role as outgoing administrator Chris Frye leaves for a new position in Butler County while council searches for a permanent replacement.

And Aqua Pennsylvania is offering free water conservation kits to income-eligible customers in the Shenango Valley. Qualifying households can receive low-flow showerheads, leak detection tools, and potential plumbing repair assistance to help lower their monthly water bills.

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Meadville City Council has approved a new five-year contract with its police union, guaranteeing officers annual pay raises of nearly eleven percent. The agreement brings fifth-year salaries up to nearly ninety-thousand dollars as officials work to recruit and retain officers on the force.

Meanwhile, local generosity hit a record high as the annual Crawford Gives marathon raised over one-point-three million dollars. More than six-thousand-six-hundred individual donations were made to support over two hundred regional non-profits, with Meadville’s Academy Theatre securing the top spot.

And property tax bills are delayed for French Creek Township residents following the unexpected resignation of the local tax collector. To make up for the delay, Crawford Central School District has extended the property tax discount deadline through October thirty-first.

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Steuben County Public Health is investigating a second confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated resident. Health officials say the individual isolated at home and is no longer contagious, but contact tracing is underway to reach anyone who may have been exposed.

Meanwhile, local leaders are speaking out against six-point-nine-million dollars in state funding cuts to Child Advocacy Centers. Advocates warn the cuts could eliminate essential child abuse response services in Steuben County and across the Finger Lakes by October first unless the state reverses its decision.

And work is underway on a two-point-eight-million-dollar project to rebuild the Champlin Beach Pier on Keuka Lake. The new A-D-A accessible dock system in Urbana and Hammondsport will include tour boat access and a gazebo to enhance the local waterfront.

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A forty-year-old Livingston County man has been sentenced to twenty-three years in state prison. Judge Jennifer Noto sentenced Patrick Steinmetz of Springwater following his conviction on multiple felony charges, including criminal sexual acts with a minor and patronizing a minor for prostitution.

Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston is launching an urgent appeal for community support. Rising food costs and surging demand have strained local food pantries and community kitchens in Hornell, Bath, and Mount Morris as the organization prepares to open an additional meal site this fall.

And Steuben County has secured a one-point-six-million-dollar state grant for infrastructure, as reported by Finger Lakes Daily News. The state funding will go directly toward critical highway repairs and roadway upgrades across the county.

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Federal authorities have arrested an Albany woman accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired bomb attack on the New York State Capitol to target lawmakers. FBI agents say thirty-five-year-old Jessica Bowie surveilled the capitol building, purchased bomb-making supplies at a local Home Depot, and communicated with undercover agents. Bowie faces up to twenty years in prison for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Lawmakers and law enforcement across New York are demanding Governor Kathy Hochul restore nearly seven million dollars in cut funding for Child Advocacy Centers. The state budget reductions threaten to eliminate or severely curtail forensic interviews and recovery services for child abuse victims by October first, affecting local centers in Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Yates, and Ontario counties.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has announced the arrests of seventeen people in connection with a major drug trafficking ring extending across Western New York and Puerto Rico. State officials say the network operated out of barbershops and restaurants to distribute large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl throughout Erie, Monroe, Onondaga, and Niagara counties.

Upstate health departments are monitoring a growing number of measles cases in unvaccinated residents across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes. Health officials in Steuben, Allegany, Seneca, and Erie counties are working alongside the state Department of Health to conduct contact tracing following new confirmed infections, though leaders emphasize the risk remains low for fully vaccinated individuals.

In state politics, the race for New York Governor is heating up as Governor Hochul launches a multimillion-dollar statewide ad campaign focusing on tax cuts and school meal programs. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman is making campaign stops across Western New York, criticizing state bail laws and voicing opposition to industrial wind turbine projects along Lake Erie.

And a new risk analysis from insurance broker Aon projects that New York employer healthcare costs will rise by nearly ten percent next year. That increase could push average annual spending to nineteen-thousand dollars per employee, marking the fourth consecutive year of near double-digit increases for business owners.

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