RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/31/26

          POLICE IN ALLEN COUNTY HAVE RELEASED GRAPHIC NEW DETAILS IN THE DEATH OF A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN SCOTTSVILLE. POLICE ARRESTED 22-YEAR-OLDS ALEXANDRAE PRICE AND DEAVAN WILLIAMS FOR FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL ABUSE. INVESTIGATORS REPORT THE CHILD SUFFERED EXTREME PHYSICAL ABUSE AND LIVED IN A DANGEROUS, ROACH AND HUMAN WASTE-INFESTED GARAGE, AND THE ONLY FOOD IN THE HOME WAS ROTTEN.  STATE OFFICIALS ARE PERFORMING AN AUTOPSY AS FURTHER CHARGES REMAIN PENDING AGAINST PRICE AND WILLIAMS. 

              THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE’S BOWLING GREEN CAMPUS WELCOMED THIRTY-TWO INCOMING MEDICAL STUDENTS. THE CLASS OF 2030 RECEIVED THEIR TRADITIONAL WHITE LAB COATS THURSDAY AT VAN METER HALL. THE CEREMONY MARKS THE START OF A FOUR-YEAR MEDICAL DEGREE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS FROM ACROSS KENTUCKY AND THE COUNTRY.  

radioNOVO News for Lebanon: July 31, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 07/31/26

          SNYDER COUNTY ELECTIONS DIRECTOR DEVIN RHOADS IS RESIGNING HIS POSITION LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DAYS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS. RHOADS, WHO SERVED IN THE ROLE SINCE SPRING 2023, LEAVES AUGUST 7TH FOR A NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITY. DESPITE SNYDER COUNTY HAVING HAD FOUR ELECTIONS DIRECTORS SINCE THE YEAR 2000, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY ELECTION PREPARATIONS REMAIN ON TRACK AND EXPRESS FULL CONFIDENCE IN MAINTAINING SECURE, ACCURATE LOCAL VOTING.  

          A FORMER ACCOUNTANT AT A STATE PRISON WILL SERVE UP TO FOUR YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR REPEATEDLY ABUSING HIS EX-FIANCéE. 31-YEAR-OLD ALDEN WHAH OF KINGSTON WAS SENTENCED THURSDAY IN LUZERNE COUNTY COURT AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SEVEN FELONY COUNTS OF STRANGULATION AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS INVOLVING EXTREME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

          THE TOWN OF BLOOMSBURG IS PARTNERING WITH AGAPE TO CLEAN UP TRASH ALONG FISHING CREEK. TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER FUNDS TO PAY AGAPE CLIENTS FIVE DOLLARS FOR EVERY BAG OF LITTER THEY COLLECT. OFFICIALS HOPE THE SUMMER INCENTIVE PROGRAM WILL KEEP LOCAL PARK AND BEACH AREAS CLEAN FOLLOWING HEAVY WEEKEND CROWDS.

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/31/26

          WE NOW HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE DROWNING VICTIM OF WEDNESDAY'S FATAL CRASH NEAR MOUNT AIRY CASINO RESORT. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER AS 82-YEAR-OLD JOHN RADZIKOWSKI JR. OF DICKSON CITY. 
          STATE POLICE SAY HIS VEHICLE HIT A CURB, WENT AIRBORNE, AND SANK INTO A RETENTION POND. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, WHILE A FEMALE PASSENGER RESCUED FROM THE CAR WAS HOSPITALIZED.  HER IDENTITY REMAINS UNDISCLOSED. 

          A NORTHAMPTON COUNTY MAN FACES MULTIPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY A DOMESTIC DISPUTE ENDED IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. STATE POLICE SAY OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A LEHIGH TOWNSHIP HOME WEDNESDAY, WHERE 49-YEAR-OLD SEAN DEIBERT ALLEGEDLY CHOKED AND ASSAULTED HIS 71-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. OFFICERS TASED AND THEN SHOT DEIBERT INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AFTER HE CONFRONTED THEM.

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RNN STATE COLLEGE 07/31/26

          PENN STATE'S 128-MILLION-DOLLAR SUSAN WELCH LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING WILL REOPEN FOR THE FALL SEMESTER FOLLOWING A SEVEN-MONTH CLOSURE. THE NEW FACILITY WAS EVACUATED LAST NOVEMBER AFTER STRUCTURAL ISSUES CAUSED A MULTI-STORY WALL CRACK AND FLOOR DROP. STATE INSPECTORS RECENTLY ISSUED A RE-OCCUPANCY PERMIT AFTER COMPLETION OF CORRECTIVE REPAIRS.

          A FEDERAL JUDGE IS ALLOWING A LAWSUIT AGAINST A STATE COLLEGE TRAMPOLINE PARK TO MOVE FORWARD, RULING A LIABILITY WAIVER SIGNED BY A CUSTOMER'S MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A MINOR IS INVALID. THE PLAINTIFF ALLEGES SHE SUFFERED SPINAL FRACTURES IN 2024 AFTER JUMPING INTO A SHALLOW FOAM PIT AT GET AIR. THE PARK MUST FORMALLY RESPOND TO THE NEGLIGENCE SUIT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

          WOODYCREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL CELEBRATE ITS GRAND REOPENING THIS SUNDAY, NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER A FIRE SEVERELY DAMAGED THE 90 YEAR-OLD BUILDING. A SPECIAL 10AM WORSHIP SERVICE LED BY THE REV. RENEE FORD WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE FIREFIGHTERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HELPED REBUILD THE CONGREGATION'S HOME.  

RNN LEWISTOWN 07/31/26

          FIVE LEWISTOWN RESIDENTS WERE INJURED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER A MASSIVE TWO-ALARM FIRE SWEPT THROUGH AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON VALLEY STREET.  FIRE CREWS GOT THE CALL JUST BEFORE 11PM WEDNESDAY.  FIREFIGHTERS FROM MIFFLIN, JUNITA, AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES RESPONDED........... AND DID BATTLE UNTIL 2AM THURSDAY.  RESIDENTS LEAPED FROM WINDOWS AND BALCONIES TO ESCAPE THE HEAVY FLAMES....... INJURING TWO OF THE BUILDING'S OCCUPANTS AND THREE RESPONDING FIREFIGHTERS.  NONE OF THE VICTIMS' CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED.  
          A STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.

            IT WASN'T DISCLOSED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS UNLOCKED, BUT STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A HANDGUN FROM A PICKUP TRUCK IN JUNIATA COUNTY. TROOPERS SAY THE SPRINGFIELD XD PISTOL, VALUED AT ABOUT 400 DOLLARS, WAS STOLEN FROM THE TRUCK, WHILE IT WAS PARKED ALONG DIMMSVILLE ROAD IN GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT STATE POLICE IN LEWISTOWN.............. AND AS ALWAYS, TROOPERS REMIND FOLKS TO REMOVE ANY VALUABLE ITEMS OR FIREARMS WHEN PARKING YOUR VEHICLE AND WALKING AWAY............. AND ALWAYS LOCK THE DOORS.  

RNN FRANKFORT 07/31/26

          HEALTH OFFICIALS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL CASES OF LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE. THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE OVERALL RISK TO THE PUBLIC REMAINS LOW AND NO COMMON EXPOSURE SOURCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. LOCAL WATER SUPPLIERS, INCLUDING THE FRANKFORT PLANT BOARD AND FARMDALE WATER DISTRICT, STATE THERE IS NO INDICATION PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS ARE LINKED TO THE NON-CONTAGIOUS BACTERIAL ILLNESS.

          LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL'S DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS VOTED THURSDAY TO DISSOLVE A RULE PROHIBITING MEMBERS FROM CAMPAIGNING AGAINST PARTY COLLEAGUES. THE RULE CHANGE HALTS THE EXPULSION PROCESS AGAINST COUNCILMAN JP LYNINGER, WHO FACED DISCIPLINE AFTER SUPPORTING A PRIMARY CHALLENGER AGAINST AN INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT. THE TWO-THIRDS VOTE SPARKED HEATED DEBATE WITHIN THE CAUCUS OVER PARTY UNITY AND FUTURE ELECTION STRATEGY.

          THE DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON YMCA HAS FILED FOR DEMOLITION PERMITS FOLLOWING ITS PLANNED SALE TO A STUDENT HOUSING DEVELOPER. CENTER LEADERSHIP SAYS THE HIGH STREET LOCATION REMAINS FULLY OPEN, WITH OPERATIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 2027.

RNN ALTOONA 07/31/26

          A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS VACATED THE DEATH SENTENCE OF FORMER ALTOONA RESIDENT ANDRE STATON FOR THE 2004 MURDER OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, BEVERLY YOHN. UNDER A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, THE 63-YEAR-OLD WILL NOW SERVE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. PROSECUTORS AGREED TO DROP THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER EXAMS DETERMINED STATON LACKS MENTAL COMPETENCY UNDER FEDERAL STANDARDS.

          A BLAIR COUNTY JUDGE HAS DISMISSED SEVERAL PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS FILED BY AN ALTOONA MAN FACING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR A 2023 MURDER. PRESIDENT JUDGE WADE KAGARISE RULED THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AGAINST 54-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND OECHSLE JR. IN THE FATAL STABBING OF CHRISTOPHER HELSEL. THE BLAIR COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO SEEK CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, CITING TORTURE AND FELONY OFFENSE AGGRAVATORS IN THE CASE.

          THE HUNTINGDON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL UNVEILED A NEW LOGO AND VISUAL REBRAND THURSDAY INSIDE ITS RENOVATED FORMER CHURCH BUILDING. THE NEW DESIGN—CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JUNIATA COLLEGE STUDENTS—DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE'S STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 07/31/26

          ONGOING LEGAL BATTLES OVER THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONTINUE IN LYCOMING COUNTY, WHERE DONALD TRUMP DEFEATED JOE BIDEN BY OVER 24-THOUSAND VOTES. THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT HAS SENT A LAWSUIT BACK TO THE COMMONWEALTH COURT TO DETERMINE WHETHER DIGITAL IMAGES OF IN-PERSON BALLOTS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS UNDER STATE LAW. COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED RECORDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.

          THE CITY OF WILLIAMSPORT IS APPLYING FOR NEARLY 800 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STATE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION GRANT FUNDS. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH FINANCING AUTHORITY. IF AWARDED, THE FUNDS WILL EXTEND WEST THIRD STREET STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO CENTER STREET, ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, TREES, AND STORMWATER UPGRADES.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/31/26

          A BEDFORD COUNTY CONTRACTOR FACES THEFT AND FRAUD CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE POCKETED OVER 270-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RE-ROOF A LOCAL CHURCH, BUT NEVER SHOWED UP TO DO THE WORK. OFFICIALS AT ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH PAID SAMUEL HARRIS HALF THE PROJECT COST LAST NOVEMBER. HARRIS CLAIMS WEATHER AND OTHER DELAYS STALLED THE JOB, AND HE'S PROMISING FULL REPAYMENT.

          RESIDENTS IN THE WEST HILLS REGION ARE INVITED TO A PUBLIC MEETING NEXT MONTH FOR AN UPDATE ON LOCAL PLANNING EFFORTS. OFFICIALS FROM BROWNSTOWN, SOUTHMONT, WESTMONT, AND UPPER AND LOWER YODER TOWNSHIPS WILL PRESENT PROPOSED GOALS AND PRIORITIES ON AUGUST 10TH AT WESTMONT HILLTOP ELEMENTARY, REFLECTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK GATHERED OVER THE PAST YEAR.  THE MEETING WILL RUN FROM 5 TO 7PM.

          A NATIONAL POST-9/11 MILITARY TRIBUTE IS RETURNING TO SOMERSET COUNTY NEXT MONTH. THE FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL—A SIX-FOOT FLAG MADE OF OVER SEVEN-THOUSAND DOG TAGS—WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT PATRIOT PARK FROM AUGUST 5TH THROUGH AUGUST 15TH TO HONOR FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS.