RNN WILLIAMSPORT 09/02/26

          WHILE CURAçAO CAPTURED THE 2026 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES TITLE ON SUNDAY, THE CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ALSO SCORED BIG. THE LYCOMING COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU ESTIMATES OVER 70-THOUSAND PLAYERS, COACHES, AND FANS FLOODED WILLIAMSPORT FOR THE TWO-WEEK TOURNAMENT, PUMPING ROUGHLY 40-MILLION DOLLARS INTO PENNSYLVANIA’S LOCAL ECONOMY.

          WILLIAMSPORT’S WILLOW STREET IS GETTING A MAJOR UPGRADE AFTER THE CITY SECURED ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE GRANT FUNDING. THE PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM THE STRETCH BETWEEN MARKET AND BASIN STREETS INTO A SAFER, SHARED-USE CORRIDOR. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE AGREEMENT WITH PENNDOT, PAVING THE WAY FOR STREET RESURFACING, NEW LIGHTING, AND IMPROVED ACCESS FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS IN THE HISTORIC OLD CITY SECTION.

          CLINTON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A 21-YEAR-OLD LOCK HAVEN MAN WANTED ON THREE ACTIVE WARRANTS. JACK LYLE WEIR JR. FACES CHARGES INVOLVING TERRORISTIC THREATS AND VIOLATIONS OF PROTECTION-FROM-ABUSE ORDERS, AS WELL AS A BENCH WARRANT FOR FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT MONDAY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON WEIR'S WHEREABOUTS IS URGED TO CONTACT CLINTON COUNTY 911.  

RNN SELINSGROVE 09/02/26

          A THREE-TRUCK CRASH SHUT DOWN WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR MIFFLINVILLE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY AN OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER BLOCKED BOTH LANES AT 4:15 AM, CAUSING TWO OTHER RIGS TO COLLIDE WITH IT. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT THE CLEANUP CAUSED MASSIVE TRAFFIC BACKUPS ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND SURROUNDING DETOUR ROUTES.

          OVER $18,500 IN STATE SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION GRANT FUNDING IS COMING TO UNION COUNTY FOLLOWING APPROVAL FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY. THE FUNDS WILL DIRECTLY COVER SECURITY UPGRADES AT THE RESOURCE CENTER, COUNTY WELLNESS INITIATIVES, NEW EQUIPMENT FOR A SHERIFF’S OFFICE K-9 UNIT, AND AN UPGRADED PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO.

          A PIECE OF COLUMBIA COUNTY HISTORY IS ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR — BUT NOT BEFORE LEAVING BEHIND A REMARKABLE REPLICA. A BARN BUILT AROUND 1803 IN BRIAR CREEK IS BEING DISMANTLED THIS WEEK AFTER MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OF WEATHER AND WEAR. THE BARN, BUILT BY THE TEENAGE SONS OF AREA FOUNDER THOMAS BOWMAN..........  HAS BEEN RECREATED IN METICULOUS DETAIL AND IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT PENN STATE’S PASTO AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM.

RNN ALTOONA 09/02/26

          BLAIR COUNTY SENIOR JUDGE TIMOTHY SULLIVAN HAS DISMISSED A MOTION TO THROW OUT THE GUILTY PLEA OF A MAN WHO RECORDED PEOPLE INSIDE A LOCAL BUSINESS RESTROOM.......... RULING THAT 55-YEAR-OLD JAMES PAUL HUFF'S REQUEST TO VACATE HIS 2021 CONVICTION WAS TIME-BARRED. THOUGH THE COURT ACKNOWLEDGED AN OVERSIGHT REGARDING HUFF'S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, HIS APPEAL CAME YEARS PAST THE LEGAL DEADLINE.

          THE DECERTIFIED PINECROFT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IS MERGING WITH LOGAN TOWNSHIP'S NEWBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHILE THE MERGER ALLOWS FORMER PINECROFT MEMBERS TO JOIN NEWBURG, ANTIS TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS PLAN TO LEGALLY CONTEST PINECROFT'S CONTINUED USE OF ITS STATION, TRUCKS, AND EQUIPMENT, ARGUING THOSE TAXPAYER-FUNDED ASSETS MUST REMAIN DEDICATED TO FIRE PROTECTION WITHIN ANTIS TOWNSHIP.

          A NORTH WOODBURY TOWNSHIP FARM IS JOINING PENNSYLVANIA'S BOOMING POULTRY SECTOR TO KEEP ITS FAMILY BUSINESS GOING. CURRYVIEW FARMS OWNERS MELISSA AND KEITH BRUMBAUGH RECEIVED 82-THOUSAND YOUNG CHICKENS ON MONDAY AFTER COMPLETING A TWO- MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION THAT INCLUDES TWO NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART POULTRY BARNS. THE MOVE ALLOWS THE FORMER DAIRY FARM TO DIVERSIFY ITS OPERATIONS AND HELP SECURE ITS LONG-TERM FUTURE.

RNN STROUDSBURG 09/02/26

          STROUD AREA REGIONAL POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IDENTIFYING DRIVERS INVOLVED IN A DOWNTOWN "STREET TAKEOVER" THAT PROMPTED A TEMPORARY CURFEW IN STROUDSBURG. AUTHORITIES SAY A BLUE CHEVY CORVETTE WITH FAKE PLATES WAS DOING DONUTS NEAR MAIN AND SEVENTH STREETS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. MAYOR ELLEN CURRIE ISSUED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND OVERNIGHT CURFEW ON MAIN STREET THROUGH FRIDAY AS POLICE INVESTIGATE.

          WE'RE JUST ONE DAY AWAY FROM THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER DUNKIN' DONUTS BUILDING IN STROUDSBURG. THE POCONO FAMILY YMCA WILL TEAR DOWN THE STRUCTURE AT 7AM THURSDAY, TO CLEAR SPACE FOR ITS 21-MILLION-DOLLAR RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT. CLEARING THE LOT PAVES THE WAY FOR A NEW SIX-LANE POOL, EXPANDED FITNESS AREAS, AND UPGRADED COMMUNITY SPACES, WITH AN OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH.

           NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY "WE FIGHT FENTANYL."  
          THE OPIOID CRISIS IS REAL.  LISTEN TO THE "DOSE OF REALITY PODCAST"  AT WE FIGHT FENTANYL-DOT-ORG.  POWERFUL STORIES.  HONEST CONVERSATIONS. 
          LAURA LEBEAU, RADIO NOVO NEWS. 

RNN STATE COLLEGE 09/02/26

          CENTRE COUNTY’S PRESIDENT JUDGE JONATHAN GRINE IS TAKING PERSONAL CONTROL OF THE CASE AGAINST 14 MEN CHARGED IN A MAJOR COCAINE RING OPERATING OUT OF TWO PENN STATE FRATERNITIES. THE ADMINISTRATIVE TAKEOVER FOLLOWS DEFENSE CLAIMS OF PROSECUTORIAL BIAS IN JUDGE SELECTION. GRINE WILL ALSO ADDRESS AN EMERGENCY BAIL REQUEST TODAY FOR 24-YEAR-OLD ALLEGED RINGLEADER AGOSTINO ABBATIELLO, WHO REMAINS THE ONLY DEFENDANT HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

          FOLLOWING A MASSIVE SURGE IN SUMMER RIDERSHIP, CENTRE AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND YOUNGER CAN NOW RIDE CATA BUSES FOR FREE YEAR-ROUND.  STUDENTS MUST VISIT CATA’S DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE OFFICE WITH PROPER ID TO CLAIM A PASS. 
          MEANWHILE, CATA IS ALSO HOSTING TWO PUBLIC FEEDBACK MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH:  ONE FOR THE PENN STATE COMMUNITY FROM 1-2PM AT THE EISENHOWER PARKING DECK, AND ANOTHER FROM 4-6PM FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT SCHLOW LIBRARY.  

RNN FRANKFORT 09/02/26

          FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS CANCELING ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY AS EXTREME HEAT GRIPS THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN LEXINGTON ARE PROJECTED TO HIT 95 DEGREES OR HIGHER THROUGH FRIDAY. DISTRICT OFFICIALS RESTRICTED TUESDAY'S AFTER-SCHOOL OUTDOOR EVENTS AND HAVE NOW CALLED OFF ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR TODAY TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

          AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS ACROSS LOUISVILLE ARE FACING A WAVE OF DESTRUCTION. CITY RECORDS SHOW AT LEAST TWO DOZEN FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED, SHOT, OR STOLEN SINCE LAST OCTOBER, WITH MOST INCIDENTS OCCURRING THIS SUMMER AMID GROWING PRIVACY CONCERNS NATIONWIDE. POLICE SAY THE DAMAGE HAS COST THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS, BUT MAINTAIN THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY REMAINS VITAL FOR SOLVING LOCAL CRIMES.

          THE FRANKFORT COMMUNITY GATHERED YESTERDAY TO HONOR THE LIFE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY FIREFIGHTER KOLBY TUCKER. EMERGENCY VEHICLES FROM ACROSS KENTUCKY LED A LARGE PROCESSION THROUGH TOWN AS RESIDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LINED THE STREETS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. TUCKER, WHO WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD, PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 26TH AT THE AGE OF 24.

Good morning.

A thirty-eight-year-old Brockport man is facing felony charges after state police say he stole a utility vehicle in Huston Township and crashed it while under the influence. Authorities say Jared Steiner allegedly took the U-T-V from a Penfield-area home before flipping it into a driveway culvert on Hickory Road.

In local education news, the DuBois Area School District has sworn in retired State Police Trooper Emery Faith as its new high school police officer. Faith brings decades of law enforcement experience and full arrest powers to his role focused on campus security and student mentorship.

And the Relay For Life of Central Clearfield County has officially surpassed its annual fundraising goal, raising over one-hundred-two-thousand dollars this year to support cancer research and patient care.

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

Good morning.

An eighteen-year-old driver miraculously escaped serious injury after being ejected from a car during a fiery crash on Route Sixty-Six in Howe Township. State police say Luma Stein was thrown through the rear window of her vehicle after striking a tree, moments before the car burst into flames.

In local business news, Chipotle Mexican Grill has confirmed its new location at the Clarion Mall will open before the end of the year. The new restaurant in Monroe Township is expected to bring roughly thirty jobs to the area.

And state police are investigating an identity theft case in Jefferson County after a seventy-one-year-old Sigel man discovered multiple credit cards had been fraudulently opened in his name.

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

Good morning.

Two Erie residents face felony charges after state police apprehended them in Summit Township with a missing five-year-old girl from North Carolina. Authorities say thirty-one-year-old Alexandra Robinson refused to reveal the child's location and remains jailed on one-hundred-thousand-dollars bail, while co-defendant Jimmee Mills Senior disclosed where the child was and posted a fifty-thousand-dollar bond.

Meanwhile, the trial for Dashawn Watkins, the man charged in the twenty-twenty-four murder of transgender teenager Pauly Likens, has been delayed once again. Court officials confirm a new judge and defense attorney are taking over the case, with a new trial date pending.

And a twenty-three-year-old woman faces felony criminal trespass charges in Crawford County after state police say she broke into a West Mead Township home through an air conditioning unit to steal over one-thousand dollars in wristwatches.

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

Good morning.

Boardman Township police seized over twenty-seven thousand dollars in cash, a firearm, and large quantities of suspected methamphetamine and crack cocaine during a Monday morning drug raid on Ferncliff Avenue. Authorities arrested fifty-year-old Nakyia Parker at the home on a parole violation, with formal drug charges pending.

In state news, Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing bipartisan legislation to strictly limit the use of automatic license plate reading cameras across the commonwealth. The bills follow privacy concerns and nationwide reports of officer misuse, with proposed restrictions on continuous data collection statewide.

And Youngstown police are investigating after recovering two abandoned, bullet-riddled vehicles in Boardman tied to a massive shooting at a West Side Airbnb birthday party.

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