radioNOVO News for Lebanon: August 7, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 08/07/26

          MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH HAS CONFIRMED A CASE OF MEASLES IN CENTRE COUNTY, ALONG WITH FOUR CASES IN NEIGHBORING MIFFLIN COUNTY. OFFICIALS REPORT STATE HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE CONDUCTING CONTACT TRACING. PENNSYLVANIA HAS LOGGED OVER TWO HUNDRED MEASLES CASES THIS YEAR, WITH NONE OCCURRING IN FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. HEALTH OFFICIALS ADVISE UNIMMUNIZED RESIDENTS TO MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS AND GET VACCINATED.  THE MMR VACCINE............ THAT'S MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA.......... IS A TWO-SHOT REGIMEN THAT HAS 97-PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST MEASLES. 

          PENN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER JAY RODGERS IS FACING D-U-I CHARGES FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE. POLICE SAY THE PROJECTED STARTING POINT GUARD NEARLY STRUCK A MOTORCYCLE, STRUGGLED WITH FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, AND REFUSED FURTHER BLOOD-ALCOHOL TESTING. 
          IN A STATEMENT, PENN STATE ATHLETICS SAID THE ALLEGED ACTIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE PROGRAM'S STANDARDS, ADDING THAT RODGERS CURRENTLY REMAINS ON THE TEAM.

RNN ALTOONA 08/07/26

          REPAIRS TO THE BLAIR COUNTY EMPLOYEE PARKING GARAGE ON MULBERRY STREET ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.     
          A CHANGE ORDER ADDING MORE THAN 226-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY, AFTER WORK CREWS UNCOVERED ADDITIONAL HIDDEN DAMAGE. 
          THE BELEAGUERED STRUCTURE HAS HAD WATER LEAKS AND FALLING CONCRETE SINCE IT OPENED IN 1999.  PART OF THIS CURRENT EFFORT INCLUDES A POLYURETHANE OVERLAY APPLIED ON THE UPPER LEVEL TO PREVENT FUTURE DAMAGE. 
          ALL REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY FALL........... WITH A REOPENING OF THE GARAGE BY LATE OCTOBER.

          A MARTINSBURG MAN FACES FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE DROVE OVER 90 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35-MILE-PER-HOUR ZONE, CAUSING A CRASH THAT CRITICALLY INJURED ANOTHER DRIVER LAST SEPTEMBER.  
          22-YEAR-OLD DRAVEN DANIEL AHERN WAS ARRAIGNED WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING A STATE POLICE CRASH RECONSTRUCTION. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS DODGE DART STRUCK A VEHICLE HEAD-ON BEFORE CATCHING FIRE IN BLAIR COUNTY.

RNN STROUDSBURG 08/07/26

          STROUD AREA REGIONAL POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MONROE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SCRAP METAL AND ELECTRIC MOTORS. AUTHORITIES SAY 33-YEAR OLD DANIEL SCHANDER CUT THROUGH A FENCE AT STROUDSBURG ELECTRIC ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, RESELLING THE STOLEN GOODS TO A RECYCLING CENTER. SCHANDER FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING BURGLARY AND THEFT, AND REMAINS AT LARGE.

          PLANS FOR A NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A NOTORIOUS STROUDSBURG INTERSECTION ARE MOVING FORWARD, BUT DRIVERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AT LEAST EARLY 2027 FOR INSTALLATION. BOROUGH OFFICIALS SECURED NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STATE GRANT FUNDING TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT AT BROAD STREET AND ROUTE 611, AN INTERSECTION THAT HAS SEEN 25 CRASHES SINCE 2021.

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RNN LEWISTOWN 08/07/26

          MIFFLIN COUNTY IS TAKING A PROACTIVE LEAD ON LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED THURSDAY TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT NEW LAND-USE, SITE-PLANNING, AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES UNDER THE SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. OFFICIALS SPENT FIVE MONTHS CRAFTING THE RULES TO PROTECT LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, POSITIONING MIFFLIN COUNTY WELL AHEAD OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA THAT ARE SCRAMBLING TO MANAGE DATA CENTER GROWTH.

          DRIVERS IN JUNIATA COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETOURS STARTING THIS TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH. 
          PENNDOT ANNOUNCED A 1.8-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO REPLACE TWO BRIDGES ON ROUTE 850 IN TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP. MOTORISTS WILL BE DETOURED VIA ROUTE 75 AND SMOKEY HOLLOW ROAD. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO RUN THROUGH EARLY NOVEMBER.

          STATE POLICE HAVE CHARGED A MCVEYTOWN MAN FOLLOWING A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN ARMAGH TOWNSHIP. 28-YEAR-OLD JACOB SWARTZ IS ACCUSED OF STEALING 895-DOLLARS IN CASH FROM A RESIDENCE ON OLD HIGHWAY 322 MONDAY EVENING.

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/07/26

          HERE'S A NOTICE FROM GEISINGER-BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL THAT ALL THE PREGNANT LADIES IN THE AREA SHOULD NOTE.............. THE HOSPITAL IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING WEEKEND LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES THROUGHOUT AUGUST DUE TO A STAFFING SHORTAGE. BEGINNING AT 6 P.M. FRIDAYS THROUGH 8 A.M. MONDAYS, EXPECTANT MOTHERS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE REDIRECTED TO GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER NEAR DANVILLE. HOSPITAL OFFICIALS EXPECT TO RESUME NORMAL, SEVEN-DAY OPERATIONS IN SEPTEMBER.

          A MAJOR TRAFFIC DETOUR ON THE DANVILLE-RIVERSIDE BRIDGE WILL MOVE FORWARD NEXT WEEK DESPITE LOCAL PUSHBACK. RIVERSIDE BOROUGH COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO POSTPONE NORFOLK SOUTHERN'S RAILROAD CROSSING PROJECT ON ELYSBURG ROAD UNTIL OCTOBER,DUE TO LOCAL INCONVENIENCE. HOWEVER, PENNDOT SAYS DELAYING THE WORK ISN'T POSSIBLE......... AS THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED IN APRIL BUT WAS PUSHED BACK TO NEXT WEEK.  THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE BRIDGE WILL CLOSE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 12TH THROUGH 14TH, DETOURING SOUTHBOUND ROUTE 54 TRAFFIC THROUGH CATAWISSA. OFFICIALS STRESS THE REPAIRS MUST FINISH BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS AND TO COMPLY WITH A STATE UTILITY COMMISSION MANDATE.

RNN FRANKFORT 08/07/26

          KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY LEADERS UPDATED STATE LAWMAKERS WEDNESDAY ON RECENT CAMPUS SUCCESSES AND MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. K-S-U PRESIDENT KOFFI AKAKPO REPORTED RECORD-BREAKING GRADUATING CLASSES IN RECENT YEARS AS THE UNIVERSITY TRANSITIONS TO A POLYTECHNIC FOCUS.  ON CAMPUS, HE NOTED THREE RECENT CENTRAL A-C UNIT FAILURES THAT WILL COST UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO REPAIR.

          A WARNING.......... KIND OF............ ISSUED TO LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS THIS WEEK BY THE CHAIRMAN OF RACING LOUISVILLE F-C............ THE GOUP WILL BE FORCED TO ACT IF GAME ATTENDANCE DOESN'T IMPROVE. JOHN NEACE MADE THE COMMENTS AT A DOWNTOWN EVENT WHEN ASKED ABOUT KEEPING THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE TEAM IN LOUISVILLE. A METRO COUNCIL MEMBER IN ATTENDANCE SAYS THE COMMENTS WERE A COMMUNITY CALL TO ACTION FOR THE TEAM. 

          TWO MEN ARE DEAD FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING CRASH INVOLVING A FEDEX TRACTOR-TRAILER IN LOUISVILLE. POLICE SAY THE TRUCK MISSED A CURVE ON THE INTERSTATE 65 RAMP TO I-264 THURSDAY, CROSSING LANES AND CRASHING HEAD-ON INTO A ROCK WALL.  THE VICTIMS' IDENTITIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
          

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/07/26

          PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVE SUNDAY HAS FILED ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE NOW-DEFUNCT EUREKA RESOURCES. INVESTIGATIONS SHOW THE COMPANY ILLEGALLY DISCHARGED SIXTEEN THOUSAND GALLONS OF OIL AND GAS WASTEWATER FROM ITS WILLIAMSPORT PLANT LAST AUGUST, SPILLING INTO A STORM SEWER AND THE WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.  FISHERMEN SPOTTED THE OILY SHEEN BELOW THE HEPBURN STREET PUMP STATION AND DAM, AND REPORTED IT.  EUREKA FACES MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW VIOLATIONS, WITH A PRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR AUGUST 25TH.

          THE LYCOMING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NOW OFFERING AN ONLINE APPLICATION OPTION FOR RESIDENTS SEEKING A LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS. SHERIFF ERIC SPIEGEL ANNOUNCED THE DEPARTMENT HAS PARTNERED WITH PERMITIUM TO ALLOW APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AT ANY TIME. HE ADDS, PERMITIUM CHARGES A NON-REFUNDABLE CONVENIENCE FEE FOR PAYING ONLINE.  TRADITIONAL PAPER APPLICATIONS WILL STILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR THOSE WHO PREFER APPLYING IN PERSON.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 08/07/26

          A 15-YEAR-OLD CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN A FATAL MAY SHOOTING IN JOHNSTOWN ENTERED A NOT-GUILTY PLEA THURSDAY IN CAMBRIA COUNTY COURT. ANDRE BLACKWELL-SIMMS FACES HOMICIDE AND FIREARMS CHARGES FOR THE DEATH OF 38-YEAR-OLD FREDRICK MYERS. WHILE BLACKWELL-SIMMS ENTERED HIS PLEA, PROSECUTORS ARE CURRENTLY CHALLENGING HIS CHOICE OF DEFENSE COUNSEL OVER A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS AUGUST 19TH.

          AMTRAK'S OUTGOING PRESIDENT, ROGER HARRIS HAS CONFIRMED THAT A SECOND DAILY AMTRAK PENNSYLVANIAN TRAIN RUNNING THROUGH JOHNSTOWN IS ON TRACK TO BEGIN SERVICE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, OPTIMISM FOR THE PLAN IS SOMEWHAT GUARDED, SINCE THE END OF 2026 HAS BEEN CITED FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS NOW.......... AND THE OVERALL PROJECT ITSELF HAS BEEN KICKED AROUND FOR OVER A DECADE.  
          SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING STATE SENATE MAJORITY WHIP WAYNE LANGERHOLC, EXPECT THE ADDED SERVICE BETWEEN PITTSBURGH AND NEW YORK CITY TO SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST AREA RIDERSHIP AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

RNN BOWLING GREEN 08/07/26

          AHEAD OF THE START OF THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR NEXT WEDNESDAY, GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF A MULTI-PHASE, 52 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION WITH A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY. THE NINE-YEAR PROJECT INCLUDES A NEW MEDIA CENTER, GYMNASIUM, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND AN UPDATED TRAFFIC FLOW SYSTEM. WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICIALS SAY THE MODERN UPGRADES BUILD UPON THE ORIGINAL 1988 STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT 21ST-CENTURY LEARNING. 

          SIMPSON COUNTY HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORMREADY COMMUNITY. THE DESIGNATION HIGHLIGHTS THE COUNTY'S SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS, ROBUST EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS, AND PUBLIC ALERT SYSTEMS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR ROBERT PALMER SAYS THE RECOGNITION GIVES RESIDENTS ADDED CONFIDENCE IN LOCAL EMERGENCY ALERTS, EMPHASIZING THAT FAMILIES SHOULD MAINTAIN MULTIPLE WARNING METHODS—SUCH AS N-O-A-A WEATHER RADIO—ESPECIALLY FOR OVERNIGHT STORMS.