RNN FRANKFORT 07/20/26

          A PEDESTRIAN IS IN CRITICAL, LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR DOWNTOWN YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS CROSSING WEST BROADWAY IN A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK WHEN A VEHICLE TURNING LEFT FROM SECOND STREET HIT HIM. THE DRIVER REMAINED AT THE SCENE, AND AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

          THE FORMER FINANCE CHIEF FOR FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT NOON TODAY.  RODNEY JACKSON, WHO RETIRED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOLLOWING INTENSE CRITICISM OVER A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR DISTRICT BUDGET DEFICIT HAS HIRED AN ATTORNEY AND IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO MISSTATED DISTRICT FINANCES AND OTHER FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES DURING HIS TENURE.

          TWO 40-YEAR-OLD WOMEN FACE STALKING AND HARASSMENT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY TARGETING LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. POLICE SAY KEVONNE AND SHAVONNE GORE ROUTINELY STAKED OUT THE JAIL, FILMED STAFF, AND SENT A GUARD DEATH THREATS ALONGSIDE PHOTOS OF HIS HOME. THE WOMEN ADMITTED TO KNOWING THE GUARDS DUE TO A PRIOR ISSUE INVOLVING AN INMATE.

RNN STATE COLLEGE 07/20/26

           TUITION IS ABUT TO GO UP AGAIN AT PENN STATE.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS APPROVED A TWO-POINT-FIVE-PERCENT TUITION HIKE FOR IN-STATE UNDERGRAD STUDENTS THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.  OFFICIALS SAY THE TUITION INCREASE IS ONLY FOR STUDENTS AT PENN STATE'S FLAGSHIP CAMPUS IN UNIVERSITY PARK.  TUITION RATES WILL REMAIN THE SAME AT PSU'S COMMONWEALTH CAMPUSES FOR A FIFTH-STRAIGHT YEAR.

          A 24-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA MAN IS JAILED WITHOUT BAIL AFTER ALLEGEDLY ACTING AS A COURIER IN A SOPHISTICATED 265-THOUSAND DOLLAR SCAM TARGETING A STATE COLLEGE COUPLE. STATE COLLEGE POLICE ARRESTED KEVIN GAN ON THURSDAY DURING AN UNDERCOVER STING AFTER THE VICTIMS REALIZED THEY WERE BEING SCAMMED.  AUTHORITIES REMIND RESIDENTS THAT LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WILL NEVER DEMAND CASH OR GOLD OVER THE PHONE.

          THE HAPPY VALLEY ADVENTURE BUREAU HAS MUCH TO BE HAPPY ABOUT, THESE DAYS.  A BUSY WEEK OF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVALS DELIVERED MASSIVE TOURISM NUMBERS FOR CENTRE COUNTY, ANCHORED BY THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, WHICH DREW OVER 163,000 VISITS TO STATE COLLEGE. MEANWHILE, THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE FESTIVAL SAW AN EXTRAORDINARY 760 PERCENT ATTENDANCE SPIKE FOLLOWING ITS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE MILITARY MUSEUM GROUNDS IN BOALSBURG.

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/20/26

          A 33-YEAR-OLD TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP MAN FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE USED TEXT MESSAGES TO ARRANGE A SEXUAL MEETING WITH A DECOY HE BELIEVED WAS A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL. AUTHORITIES SAY JOHN T. KEEN SENT AN EXPLICIT PHOTO BEFORE BEING CONFRONTED BY AN ONLINE ADVOCACY GROUP AT HIS HOME LAST THURSDAY.  KEEN FACES A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON JULY 28TH.
         
          A ROAD RAGING COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP WOMAN WILL BE COOLING OFF DURING A 7-AND-A-HALF TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A 2025 ROAD RAGE SHOOTING ON I-380. 
          39-YEAR OLD TATIANA D. PETERSON WAS SENTENCED JULY 16TH AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. PROSECUTORS SAY PETERSON CHASED DOWN A PICKUP TRUCK AND SHOT THE DRIVER IN THE FACE AFTER A DISPUTE ON THE HIGHWAY.

RNN LEWISTOWN 07/20/26

          A 32-YEAR-OLD LEWISTOWN MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED STATUTORY SEXUAL ASSAULT. POLICE TOOK RANDY E. MOORE INTO CUSTODY ON FRIDAY AFTER RECEIVING TEXT LOGS SHOWING HE ARRANGED TO MEET A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL. THE ARREST FOLLOWS A WEDNESDAY INCIDENT WHERE AN ONLINE CITIZEN GROUP CONFRONTED MOORE ON VALLEY STREET. POLICE INITIALLY DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THAT CONFRONTATION, STATING THAT HIGH-PRESSURE, STAGED INTERACTIONS BY SOCIAL MEDIA CREATORS OFTEN PRODUCE COERCED STATEMENTS THAT CAN JEOPARDIZE A LEGAL CONVICTION. MOORE LATER CONFESSED DURING A VOLUNTARY POLICE INTERVIEW.

          THE LEWISTOWN COUNTRY CLUB IS HOSTING ITS 6TH ANNUAL BALL DROP FUNDRAISER THIS FRIDAY. DOORS OPEN AT 5 P.M., FEATURING LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, AND PRIZES BEFORE 1,000 PLASTIC GOLF BALLS ARE DROPPED FROM A FIRE TRUCK ONTO THE NINTH GREEN. TICKETS ARE $10, WITH ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORTING COURSE MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT.

RNN SELINSGROVE 07/20/26

          COLUMBIA COUNTY IS INVESTING $230,000 FROM ITS TOURISM FUND TO REPAIR THE HISTORIC BELL TOWER ATOP THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE 136-YEAR-OLD STRUCTURE HAS SUFFERED SEVERE ROT AND ITS CLOCK MECHANISM HAS BEEN SILENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. A PITTSBURGH CONTRACTOR IS SLATED TO HANDLE THE STRUCTURAL RENOVATIONS AND CLOCK REPAIRS THIS FALL.

          A PLEA AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR A 54-YEAR-OLD MIFFLINBURG MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL AFTER THE VICTIM REJECTED THE INITIAL OFFER. ROBERT W. COLEMAN THE THIRD FACES MULTIPLE FELONY COUNTS OF CORRUPTION OF MINORS AND INDECENT ASSAULT. PROSECUTORS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL HAVE CONTINUED THE CASE TO NEGOTIATE A NEW AGREEMENT.

          A SELINSGROVE MAN IS FACING MISDEMEANOR ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES AFTER A NEIGHBOR'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CAUGHT HIM ABUSING A PET. POLICE SAY 49-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM J. DIXON WAS FILMED HOLDING A SMALL DOG BY ITS NECK BEFORE THROWING THE ANIMAL FROM AN ELEVATED DECK TO THE GROUND ON JUNE 25TH.

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 07/20/26

          THE WILLIAMSPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED A MEDIATION AGREEMENT WITH ITS CONTRACTORS TO RECOVER NEARLY 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TERMINAL REPAIR COSTS. THE REPAIRS WERE NECESSARY AFTER A 2017 DRIVING RAINSTORM, SHORTLY AFTER CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED, CAUSED SEVERE ROOF LEAKS AND WATER DAMAGE. OFFICIALS HOPE TO AMICABLY RESOLVE THE LIABILITY DISPUTE WITH THE ARCHITECT AND CONSTRUCTION FIRM BY AUGUST 31ST.

          A DOZEN FIRE AND E-M-S CREWS BATTLED SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY FLAMES AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK A FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP HOME SATURDAY NIGHT.  THE SECOND-ALARM BLAZE ERUPTED JUST AFTER 5:30 P.M. IN THE 200 BLOCK OF KATIE LANE. EMERGENCY CREWS FROM ACROSS LYCOMING COUNTY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO ASSIST WITH MANPOWER AND BRING THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.  A DAMAGE ESTIMATE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

          A WILLIAMSPORT MAN WAS CAUGHT "BLACK-HANDED" BY STATE POLICE AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING AND SPRAY-PAINTING A MOTORCYCLE. TROOPERS TRACKING A STOLEN SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR HONDA IN NEW COLUMBIA FOUND 35-YEAR OLD DANIEL JOSEPH MOSS WITH HIS HANDS, PANTS, AND SHOES STAINED WITH BLACK PAINT. MOSS IS JAILED ON  MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES, FOR LACK OF 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.  

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/20/26

          MORE THAN FIFTY CAVE CITY AND BARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS MARCHED ALONG HIGHWAY 90 SATURDAY TO PROTEST A PROPOSED DATA CENTER OFF DOYLE AVENUE. THE DEMONSTRATION JOINED OVER ONE HUNDRED OTHERS NATIONWIDE AS PART OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA CENTER NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST ORGANIZED BY THE GROUP HUMANS FIRST.

          BOWLING GREEN CITY FIREFIGHTERS MADE QUICK WORK OF A FIRE AT STADIUM PARK PLAZA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  .
          FIRE CREWS GOT THE CALL AT 3:19PM SUNDAY. FIREFIGHTERS LOCATED THE FIRE QUICKLY BROUGHT IT UNDER CONTROL.  THE PARKING STRUCTURE WAS CLOSED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FIRE'S CAUSE IS UNDERWAY.  

          WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY’S CONCRETE CANOE TEAM HAS MADE HISTORY BY WINNING FIRST PLACE AT THE NATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENT CHAMPIONSHIPS. COMPETING AGAINST 25 OTHER UNIVERSITIES, WKU TOOK TOP HONORS WITH THE U-S-S ALLIANCE, A 19-FOOT CONCRETE CANOE BUILT TO HONOR AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.

RNN ALTOONA 07/20/26

          A 27-YEAR-OLD BLAIR COUNTY MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO NEARLY 50 FELONY COUNTS RELATED TO POSSESSING MORE THAN 21-THOUSAND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES. NASIR DEBONAIRE GARNER ENTERED THE PLEAS ON THE FINAL DAY OF HIS TRIAL, WHILE A SINGLE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED INVOLUNTARY DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WAS SEVERED. JUDGE WADE KAGARISE WILL ISSUE A VERDICT ON THAT REMAINING CHARGE AT A LATER DATE.

          BLAIR COUNTY WILL PAY A COMBINED $100,000 TO SETTLE A FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED BY TWO WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE FORCED TO PARTIALLY UNDRESS AT THE COUNTY PRISON. THE NURSE AND CASEWORKER ALLEGED THEY HAD TO REMOVE CLOTHING IN VIEW OF MALE GUARDS AND INMATES AFTER TRIGGERING A METAL DETECTOR IN 2025. THE COUNTY DENIES ALL LIABILITY UNDER THE AGREEMENT.

          A 66-YEAR-OLD ALTOONA MAN FACES MULTIPLE AGGRAVATED ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE ABANDONED EIGHT KITTENS IN TRASH CANS AT AREA SHEETZ GAS STATIONS. AUTHORITIES SAY JOSEPH FRANK JR. CONFESSED TO SEALING THE YOUNG ANIMALS IN GROCERY BAGS BECAUSE HE FELT OVERWHELMED BY LOCAL STRAY LITTERS. FOUR OF THOSE KITTENS ULTIMATELY DIED.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/20/26

          IT'S ANOTHER CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT DAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. THE STATE DEP SAYS THE WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM CANADA AND MINNESOTA MAY MAKE OUTDOOR AIR UNHEALTHY FOR THOSE IN THE SENSITIVE GROUPS, INCLUDING VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND THOSE WITH HEART OR LUNG CONDITIONS.  THE CODE ORANGE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 12AM TUESDAY.

          A PHILADELPHIA NATIVE ACCUSED OF STABBING AN ADAMS TOWNSHIP MAN AND SETTING HIS BODY ON FIRE WILL FACE TRIAL IN OCTOBER. A CAMBRIA COUNTY JUDGE SCHEDULED JURY SELECTION FOR DASHANE WHITE-FERGUSON TO BEGIN OCTOBER 8. WHITE-FERGUSON FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, ROBBERY, AND ABUSE OF A CORPSE.

          DOWNTOWN JOHNSTOWN’S CENTRAL PARK IS NEARING THE COMPLETION OF ITS EIGHT-MILLION-DOLLAR TRANSFORMATION, WITH AN OFFICIAL OPENING SET FOR NEXT MONTH.  COMMUNITY LEADERS HOPE THE REVITALIZED SPACE, FEATURING FIFTY-FIVE NEW TREES, A FOUNTAIN, AND FULL WI-FI ACCESS, WILL ACT AS A MAJOR HUB FOR LOCAL EVENTS AND BOOST FOOT TRAFFIC FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.         

Good morning.

Emergency crews spent yesterday afternoon battling a major, fast-moving house fire in Treasure Lake. First responders rushed to the ten-thousand-block of Treasure Lake Road just after three o'clock following urgent reports of a structure fire with victims trapped inside. Firefighters immediately began an aggressive sweep of the burning home while working to contain the blaze. The cause of the fire and the condition of the occupants remain under investigation.

Meanwhile, the Clearfield County Fair Parade officially kicks off tonight at six o'clock in downtown Clearfield. The massive lineup features local marching bands, emergency vehicles, and Shrine performers moving down Market Street—with a strict reminder that candy must be handed out by walkers, not thrown from moving vehicles.

And the Jefferson County Fair is officially underway in Brookville following yesterday's opening ceremonies. The fairgrounds will feature local motor races tonight, a professional rodeo this Friday, and nightly remote-control car giveaways.

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