RNN FRANKFORT 08/06/26

          THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TERMINATING ITS CONTRACT WITH KENTUCKY’S ORGAN DONATION ORGANIZATION FOLLOWING SEVERE SAFETY VIOLATIONS.
          H-H-S SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUNIOR ANNOUNCED THE MOVE WEDNESDAY IN LEXINGTON, CITING REPEATED FAILURES WHERE NETWORK FOR HOPE IGNORED SIGNS OF LIFE IN PATIENTS. THE ORGANIZATION PLANS TO APPEAL THE DECISION.

          AN INTERNAL REVIEW HAS DETERMINED LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE LIEUTENANT BRANDON HOGAN'S BODY-WORN CAMERA WAS OFF WHEN HE SHOT A FLEEING BURGLARY SUSPECT JULY 26TH.......... PREVENTING AUTO-RECORDING SYSTEMS FROM TRIGGERING WHEN HE UNHOLSTERED HIS GUN.   
          FOOTAGE FROM OTHER OFFICERS ON SCENE SHOWS SUSPECT OMAURI DOWNS ORDERED TO DROP HIS WEAPON BEFORE BEING SHOT. L-M-P-D IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING AND THE CAMERA POLICY VIOLATION.

          PROTESTERS FROM "NO DATA CENTER 502" DISRUPTED A LOUISVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST NIGHT OVER PROPOSED DATA CENTER REGULATIONS.
          THE GROUP UNRAVELED RED RIBBONS AND SHOUTED CHANTS UNTIL POLICE CLEARED THE GALLERY. 
          THEY WANT TO STOP THE PLANNED HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER IN SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE. TWO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS REMAIN, INCLUDING AN ONLINE FORUM TODAY AT FIVE P.M.

RNN STROUDSBURG 08/06/26

          IT WON'T BE TOO LONG UNTIL THE SCHOOL BELLS RING FOR THE START OF THE 2026-27 ACADEMIC YEAR.         STUDENTS ACROSS ALL FOUR MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS......... EAST STROUDSBURG AREA, PLEASANT VALLEY, POCONO MOUNTAIN, AND STROUDSBURG AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALL KICKING OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON THE SAME DAY.......... MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST........ EXACTLY ONE WEEK BEFORE LABOR DAY.

          STROUD AREA REGIONAL POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR AN EAST STROUDSBURG MAN WANTED FOR A VIOLENT ASSAULT ON HIS NEIGHBOR IN JUNE.
          35-YEAR-OLD CARLOS GAMARRA IS FACING FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY PULLING A NEIGHBOR OFF AN APARTMENT STAIRWELL JUNE 23RD AND PUNCHING HIM REPEATEDLY IN THE FACE. THE VICTIM SUFFERED A DISLOCATED SHOULDER AND FACIAL FRACTURES. AUTHORITIES ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT AFTER GAMARRA FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR COURT.

          
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RNN SELINSGROVE 08/06/26

          FIRE CREWS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE BUSY LAST NIGHT, DEALING WITH A COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL AT 416 WEST MARKET STREET IN BEAVERTOWN.  CALLS CAME IN TO SNYDER COUNTY 911 AROUND 8:30PM. 
          INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND FLAMES SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF.  NO WORD YET ON INJURIES OR THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE.  

          A FORMER POLICE CHIEF LIVING IN DANVILLE IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND. 50-YEAR-OLD JEREMY PAUL TALANCA WAS JAILED BY MAHONING TOWNSHIP POLICE ON SIMPLE ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT CHARGES FOLLOWING A JUNE 28TH DOMESTIC INCIDENT.  
          POLICE SAY TALANCA ACCUSED HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND OF CHEATING BEFORE PUNCHING HER IN THE EYE. THE FORMER SUGAR NOTCH AND GIRARDVILLE POLICE OFFICER—WHO ALSO FACES SEPARATE OPEN CASES FOR FRAUD AND STALKING—IS BEING HELD ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL AHEAD OF AN AUGUST 11TH PRELIMINARY HEARING.  

RNN ALTOONA 08/06/26

          AN ALTOONA INMATE AWAITING TRIAL ON BURGLARY CHARGES IS SEEKING TO JOIN A FEDERAL CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER CONDITIONS AT THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON.
          31-YEAR-OLD ASHER TRAINER FILED A PETITION IN JOHNSTOWN FEDERAL COURT, CITING SEVERE HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS. HIS COMPLAINTS INCLUDE EXTREME OVERCROWDING, BLACK MOLD PAINTED OVER IN THE SHOWERS, MICE IN THE KITCHEN, AND AN INCIDENT WHERE FOOD WAS SERVED WHILE SEPTIC WASTE BACKED UP. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES, THOUGH PLANS FOR A NEW PRISON ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD.

          PLANS FOR A NEW CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL IN THE PARK HILLS PLAZA ARE MOVING FORWARD FOLLOWING UNANIMOUS APPROVAL BY THE LOGAN TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION.
          QUATTRO DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO BREAK GROUND IN OCTOBER ON A NEW 23-HUNDRED-SQUARE-FOOT LOCATION, FEATURING THIRTY PARKING SPACES AND A "CHOPOTLANE" FOR DRIVE-THRU ORDERS.  
          DEVELOPERS SAY THE LOCATION WILL RELIEVE HEAVY TRAFFIC AT THE EXISTING OSGOOD DRIVE CHIPOTLE—CURRENTLY RANKED AMONG THE TOP FIVE PERCENT BUSIEST IN THE U.S. EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO FINISH BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WITH INTERIOR WORK CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT YEAR.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 08/06/26

          THE OWNER OF THE FORMER BON-TON DEPARTMENT STORE AT THE JOHNSTOWN GALLERIA IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST A LAWSUIT FILED BY MALL OWNER LEO KARRULI.
          GALLERIA DRIVE L-L-C FILED AN ANSWER DENYING CLAIMS THAT IT OWES OVER 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE OR IS OBLIGATED TO SELL THE VACANT PROPERTY. THE COMPANY ARGUES THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENTS FROM THE 1990S ARE NO LONGER BINDING DUE TO CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, AND CLAIMS ALLEGATIONS OF SEVERE WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD ARE UNFOUNDED. 
          A JUDGE HAS NOT YET BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.

          SOMERSET COUNTY KICKED OFF ITS 25/250 COMMEMORATION INDOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DRAWING A CROWD OF MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE TO SOMERSET AREA HIGH SCHOOL AFTER SEVERE WEATHER FORCED ORGANIZERS TO PIVOT.
          THE FIVE-DAY EVENT HONORS TWO MAJOR MILESTONES: AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 AND FLIGHT 93. 
          THE OPENING CEREMONY FEATURED PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ENSEMBLES AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE STROLLING STRINGS. CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC, A FIREFIGHTERS' MEMORIAL GROUNDBREAKING, AND A MASSIVE PARADE.

RNN STATE COLLEGE 080626

          THE TRANSFER OF PENN STATE’S W-P-S-U RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS TO PHILADELPHIA-BASED W-H-Y-Y HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED THE FCC.
          A NEWLY FILED CONTRACT SETS THE SALE PRICE AT ONE DOLLAR, WITH WHYY ASSUMING FULL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE KEEPING THE WPSU NAME. THE FEDERAL REVIEW IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SIXTY DAYS, ENDING PENN STATE’S FUNDING FOR THE STATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS.

          A STATE COLLEGE LANDLORD IS FACING A FEDERAL LAWSUIT FOR VIOLATING THE FAIR HOUSING ACT AFTER A TENANT ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION.
          THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FILED THE LAWSUIT AGAINST VENKATACHALAM MANI ON WEDNESDAY. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ALLEGE MANI MADE UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES TOWARD A TENANT, THEN REFUSED TO REPAIR HER HOME'S FURNACE AFTER SHE REJECTED HIM—FORCING HER AND HER FOUR CHILDREN OUT IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. MANI PREVIOUSLY PLEADED NO CONTEST TO RELATED CRIMINAL CHARGES. THE FEDERAL SUIT SEEKS MONETARY DAMAGES AND AN ORDER BARRING FUTURE DISCRIMINATION.

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/06/26

          A WILLIAMSPORT TEENAGER WAS SENTENCED TUESDAY TO TIME SERVED AND THREE YEARS PROBATION FOR HIS ROLE IN A MARCH 2024 RETALIATORY SHOOTING.  18-YEAR-OLD TYKIR JIHAD SMITH PLEADED GUILTY TO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. 
          AUTHORITIES SAY SMITH WAS WITH A GROUP THAT FIRED SHOTS INTO A LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP APARTMENT IN RETALIATION FOR A FATAL SHOOTING AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT THE NIGHT BEFORE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. SMITH SERVED 336 DAYS IN THE LYCOMING COUNTY PRISON PRIOR TO SENTENCING.

          ELEVEN MEN........... FIVE OF WHOM HAIL FROM LYCOMING OR CLINTON COUNTIES.......... SURRENDERED YESTERDAY TO FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION INVESTIGATION AT A FORMER LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP MASSAGE PARLOR.
          STATE POLICE SAY THE MEN WERE CHARGED WITH PATRONIZING A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PATRONIZING PROSTITUTES AT THE FORMER GREEN SPA AND MASSAGE. THE CHARGES STEM FROM A SIX-MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO THE BUSINESS, WHICH WAS RAIDED AND SHUT DOWN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN JUNE. 
          ALL ELEVEN DEFENDANTS WERE RELEASED ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL EACH AS THEY AWAIT THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARINGS.

RNN BOWLING GREEN 08/06/26

          A CONTESTED DATA CENTER ORDINANCE IS IN A SIMPSON COUNTY COURT TODAY.
          TENKEY LANDCO LLC IS SUING OVER A RULE REQUIRING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS.......... ARGUING ITS PROPOSED DATA CENTER PLANNED FOR FRANKLIN SITS ON CITY LAND AND FALLS UNDER CITY AUTHORITY. COUNTY ATTORNEYS COUNTER THAT MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AFFECT ALL AREA RESIDENTS, MEANING COUNTY-WIDE RULES MUST APPLY.
          
          WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CAN NOW APPLY FOR THE UPCOMING DOWNTOWN B-G-K-Y AMBASSADORS ACADEMY.
          THE EIGHT-MONTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM............ CONNECTING UP TO 25 UNDERGRADS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS........ KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER............. A MONTH EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS SESSIONS........... TO GIVE STUDENTS EXTRA TIME TO PLAN AND EXECUTE THEIR CAPSTONE SERVICE PROJECTS BEFORE SPRING FINALS. APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN ONLINE THROUGH SEPTEMBER SEVENTH.

          GLASGOW DEPENDENT SCHOOLS IS HOSTING A CLOTHING GIVEAWAY TODAY TO BENEFIT LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED.
          IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT GLASGOW MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 105 SCOTTIE DRIVE, FROM 9AM TO NOON.  

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