RNN POCONO 08/11/26


          THE WRIGHT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SECURING NEW FUNDING TO EXPAND LOCAL MEDICAL CARE. 
          WITH THE NEW FEDERAL BACKING, THE CENTER ANNOUNCED PLANS YESTERDAY TO OPEN ITS FIRST LOCATION IN MONROE COUNTY......... WITH EXPECTATIONS OF SERVING MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND LOW-INCOME BLAKESLEE RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES SEEKING PRIMARY, DENTAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

          THE SEARCH FOR A STROUD TOWNSHIP MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS VISITING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOME IN LATE JULY ENDED WHEN HE TURNED HIMSELF IN LAST WEEK.  
          STROUD AREA REGIONAL POLICE SAY 25-YEAR OLD STAR K. WHITE NOW FACES CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, BURGLARY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.  HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH.


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RNN ALTOONA 08/11/26

          RECONSTRUCTION OF ALTOONA'S PROSPECT POOL COMPLEX REMAINS ON TRACK FOR NEXT YEAR'S SWIM SEASON FOLLOWING A KEY CITY COUNCIL VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBERS AWARDED A NEARLY $700,000 BATHHOUSE RENOVATION CONTRACT TO CLARK CONTRACTORS, FULLY APPROVING THE $4.3 MILLION PROJECT. UPGRADES TO THE FACILITY WILL INCLUDE FAMILY CHANGING ROOMS, SOLAR-POWERED POOL HEATING, AND FULL A-D-A ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE.

          FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE SEEKING PURCHASES OR NEW CONTRACTS FOR DETENTION FACILITIES, RAISING LOCAL CONCERNS OVER THE FUTURE OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY'S MOSHANNON VALLEY PROCESSING CENTER, WHICH IS RUN BY THE GEO GROUP.  
          ACTIVISTS WORRY I-C-E MAY BUY THE FACILITY DIRECTLY, AS CLEARFIELD COUNTY'S CURRENT CONTRACT WITH I-C-E AND GEO GROUP EXPIRES IN LATE SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER GEO GROUP SAYS THEY ARE IN TALKS WITH THE FEDS TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT.  

RNN FRANKFORT 08/11/26

            TEXAS ROADHOUSE HAS CEMENTED ITS COMMITMENT TO ITS HOMETOWN OF LOUISVILLE BY EXPANDING ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS WITH THE 12 MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE OF THE ICONIC WRIGHT TOWER......... FORMERLY K NOWN AS THE KADEN TOWER.  
          DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S FIRM IN 1964, THE 16-STORY BUILDING ON DUTCHMANS LANE SITS NEXT TO THE CHAIN'S CURRENT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.  IRONICALLY, THE TOWER'S TOP FLOOR HAS BEEN THE LONGTIME LOUISVILLE LOCATION OF THE RENOWN RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE.

          A BATH COUNTY COUPLE HAS BEEN INDICTED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE FOUND TWO CHILDREN LIVING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. AUTHORITIES SAY 32-YEAR-OLD SHANE DUFRESNE AND 27-YEAR-OLD ANGEL DUFRESNE TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS, ALONG WITH ONE OF THE CHILDREN. ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR BOTH AFTER A GRAND JURY INDICTED THEM ON CRIMINAL ABUSE CHARGES.

          TWO FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SWIMMERS HAVE SETTLED THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUITS  AGAINST EX-HEAD COACH LARS JORGENSEN. THE TERMS REMAIN UNDISCLOSED, BUT CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY AND FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART REMAIN ACTIVE.  JORGENSEN QUIETLY RESIGNED FROM UK IN 2023.

RNN STATE COLLEGE 08/11/26

          A RECENT FIVE-DAY STRIKE COST MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER OVER 6.4 MILLION IN TEMPORARY STAFFING FEES. UNION REPRESENTATIVES WITH S-E-I-U HEALTHCARE PENNSYLVANIA POINT OUT THAT FIGURE IS FIVE TIMES WHAT REGULAR EMPLOYEES NORMALLY MAKE. FOLLOWING THE WALKOUT, HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES LOWERED THEIR WAGE INCREASE PROPOSAL FROM THREE PERCENT DOWN TO TWO, CITING OPERATING LOSSES AND THE COST OF THE STRIKE.  
          UNION EMPLOYEES SAY THEY ARE DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED.  CONTRACT TALKS REMAIN AT A STANDSTILL, WITH BOTH SIDES ONLY SAYING THEY ARE COMMITTED TO BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH.

          HAPPY VALLEY CASINO HAS NAMED INDUSTRY VETERAN PETER LONGI AS ITS NEXT GENERAL MANAGER FOLLOWING A SLOW SUMMER START. LONGI, WHO BRINGS OVER 30 YEARS OF CASINO EXPERIENCE, TAKES OVER AFTER REVENUE DROPPED 33% IN JUNE. 
          NEVERTHELESS, CASINO LEADERSHIP REMAINS CONFIDENT, EXPECTING UPCOMING FALL EVENTS AND PENN STATE FOOTBALL GAMES TO SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST OVERALL VISITOR NUMBERS.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 08/11/26

          PENNSYLVANIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS LAUNCHING TWO NEW MEDIA CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS THIS FALL TO MEET GROWING REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEMANDS. THE 27-CREDIT OFFERINGS IN BROADCAST NEWS, VIDEO PRODUCTION, AND RADIO AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURE HANDS-ON LEARNING, INCLUDING APPRENTICESHIPS WITH SEVEN MOUNTAINS MEDIA AND LOCAL TV STATIONS.  OFFICIALS SAY BOTH CERTIFICATES CAN STACK DIRECTLY INTO THE COLLEGE'S MEDIA PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE DEGREE.

          PENNSYLVANIA IS MOVING TO BUILD ITS FIRST STATE MEMORIAL FOR FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS. GROUNDBREAKING WAS HELD AT THE REMEMBER ME ROSE GARDEN IN SOMERSET COUNTY, MARKING THE FUTURE HOME OF THE TRIBUTE. LED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION, THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THE FACT THAT PENNSYLVANIA AND HAWAII ARE THE ONLY TWO STATES WITHOUT SUCH A MEMORIAL.

          A ROCKWOOD-AREA QUARRY HAS RECEIVED STATE CERTIFICATION TO SELL ITS AGGREGATE MATERIALS TO BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. ROCKWOOD STONE, WHICH OPENED IN SEPTEMBER 2025 ON A 75-ACRE SITE, MANUFACTURES SANDSTONE PRODUCTS RANGING FROM SAND TO BOULDERS. LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE SOMERSET COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CELEBRATED THE EXPANSION LAST THURSDAY AT THE COMPANY'S SUBSTATION ROAD LOCATION.

RNN LEWISTOWN 08/11/26

          AUTHORITIES IN CENTRE COUNTY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE 19-YEAR-OLD JUNIATA COUNTY MAN KILLED IN A TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH AUGUST 5TH.
          CORONER SCOTT SAYERS SAYS ARDELL W. WADEL, OF RICHFIELD, DIED AT THE SCENE FROM MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC INJURIES, AFTER HIS TRACTOR TRAILER AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED ALONG ROUTE 322 IN POTTER TOWNSHIP.  AN AUTOPSY RULED THE DEATH ACCIDENTAL.  PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, AS THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.    

          LEWISTOWN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HORRIFIC DETAILS OF AN ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE CASE AGAINST A LEWISTOWN MAN CHARGED WITH SEVERELY INJURING A 3-YEAR-OLD TODDLER. POLICE SAY 23-YEAR-OLD HUNTER AUSTIN KREPPS INFLICTED EXTENSIVE BRUISING, BLOOD INSIDE AN EAR, AND A CHIPPED TOOTH WHILE CARING FOR THE CHILD, AFTER THE TODDLER'S CRYING AWAKENED HIM DURING THE NIGHT.
          KREPPS IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE MIFFLIN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ON 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL, PENDING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING.  


          

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/11/26

          A SUNBURY WOMAN IS SEEKING TO WITHDRAW HER GUILTY PLEA IN A CHILD FATALITY CASE, CLAIMING HER FORMER ATTORNEY WAS DRUNK DURING COURT PROCEEDINGS. 43-YEAR-OLD AMANDA WALTON PLEADED GUILTY TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN 2025 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD. WALTON'S FORMER DEFENSE COUNSEL DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS DURING A COURT HEARING. A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON THIS ISSUE IN THE COMING DAYS.

          A 185-ACRE PROPERTY IN SALEM TOWNSHIP IS THE LATEST SITE TARGETED FOR POTENTIAL DATA CENTER EXPANSION. KNOWN AS "PROJECT NORTH BRANCH," THE APPLICATION SEEKS TO ADD THE MOORES HILL ROAD PARCEL TO SURROUNDING TARGETED LAND. THE PROPOSAL MARKS THE LAST REQUEST THE TOWNSHIP WILL ACCEPT FOR SIX MONTHS AS SUPERVISORS PAUSE APPLICATIONS TO REWRITE LOCAL DATA CENTER ZONING RULES.

        A SUNBURY MAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE OPENED FIRE DURING AN ARGUMENT OUTSIDE A LOCAL STORE. TYQUAN MCFADDEN WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR PENN JERSEY ON FOURTH STREET. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE MCFADDEN DREW A GUN DURING A CONFRONTATION, SHOT AT A MAN, AND STRUCK A NEARBY OCCUPIED HOME. MCFADDEN LATER TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE, CLAIMING SELF-DEFENSE.

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/11/26

          ALL IS QUIET ON THE MUNCY TOWNSHIP - BASS PRO SHOPS FRONT THESE DAYS........... FOLLOWING MONTHS OF DELAYS AND DRAMA.  
          THE LYCOMING WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT WITH FAMVEST TO RECONSTRUCT THE WATER AND SEWER MAINS NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER BEST BUY, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE FORMER LYCOMING MALL.

          WILLIAMSPORT POLICE HAVE DISCLOSED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE MULTIPLE ARRESTS FOLLOWING A JUNE BRAWL THAT TURNED DEADLY. 23-YEAR OLD ZYRIECE WALKER FACES HOMICIDE CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY FIRING THE SHOTS THAT KILLED 18-YEAR-OLD NASIR KRAMER, BUT HIS ARREST JULY 1ST WAS KEPT UNDER WRAPPED COURT SEALS TO PROTECT THE INVESTIGATION.  HE REMAINS JAILED WITHOUT BAIL. MEANWHILE, E18-YEAR-OLD KAMAJ LEE SMITH IS HELD ON A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS BAILL, CHARGED WITH FELONY RIOT, WEAPONS, AND DRUG OFFENSES FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING A STOLEN GUN, MARIJUANA, AND ECSTASY TO THE FIGHT.


          

RNN BOWLING GREEN 08/11/26 

         THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN IS SPEARHEADING A NEW DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT GRANT MATCHING FUNDS PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN.  
          CITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TELIA BUTLER SAYS THE GOAL IS TO ENHANCE LONGTERM VIABILITY OF THE BUSINESSES.......... AND THAT CAN INCLUDE MANY THINGS:  
          
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          THESE ARE 50-50 MATCHING GRANTS, AND CAN RANGE FROM 25-HUNDRED TO 75-HUNDRED DOLLARS. 
          APPLICATIONS OPEN AUGUST 15TH.  FOR FULL DETAILS, HEAD TO OUR RADIO NOVO IN DEPTH PODCAST, WHICH CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE NEWS TAB ON OUR APP.



          PROPERTY TAX RATES IN BOWLING GREEN ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD STEADY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. CITY OFFICIALS ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP REAL PROPERTY RATES AT ROUGHLY 20 CENTS PER 100 DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE, ALONGSIDE UNCHANGED PERSONAL PROPERTY RATES. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED RATES IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 18TH.

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Public outcry dominated the latest DuBois City Council meeting following former city manager John “Herm” Suplizio’s recent federal guilty plea to embezzlement and theft charges. Several residents pressed council members for accountability and called on Mayor Barry Abbott to step down over past support for Suplizio. City officials declined to comment directly on the ongoing case following advice from their solicitor, but noted sentencing is set for December tenth.

In Jefferson County emergency news, state and county leaders gathered in Young Township to dedicate a brand-new, nearly two-hundred-foot communications tower on Snyder Hill. The new self-supporting structure replaces an outdated eighty-year-old tower and was funded through an eight-hundred-sixteen-thousand-dollar state grant to significantly boost emergency dispatch coverage across the region.

And work is expected to begin later this month to tear down the old Snyder Hill tower structure now that the new system is fully operational.

For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.