RNN WILLIAMSPORT 07/16/26 

            THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.  

          A MONTGOMERY BOROUGH MAN FACES 65 FELONY COUNTS FOLLOWING HIS ARREST BY LYCOMING COUNTY DETECTIVES. 28-YEAR-OLD LEVI JARRETT SCAMPONE WAS CHARGED AFTER A SEARCH OF HIS BROAD STREET HOME UNCOVERED DOZENS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FILES ON HIS CELLPHONE. SCAMPONE ADMITTED BEING SEXUALLY GRATIFIED VIEWING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.  

          LYCOMING COUNTY’S STATE LAWMAKERS ARE SPLIT ON THE 50.8-BILLION-DOLLAR STATE BUDGET SIGNED BY GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO. REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JAMIE FLICK VOTED "YES," PRAISING NEGOTIATIONS THAT SCALED BACK SPENDING, WHILE FELLOW GOP REPRESENTATIVE JOE HAMM VOTED "NO," CALLING THE PLAN FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE DUE TO MASSIVE DEFERRED PAYMENTS TO MEDICAID OF OVER 1.3-BILLION DOLLARS.  

RNN ALTOONA 07/16/26 

            THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.  

          THREE MEMBERS OF AN ALTOONA DRUG TRAFFICKING RING TIED TO A 2022 FATAL OVERDOSE ARE HEADED TO STATE PRISON. 
          RICKEY JOYNER WAS SENTENCED TO 14 TO 30 YEARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES. MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ RECEIVED FIVE TO 10 YEARS, WHILE KIRSTEN WRIGHT WAS SENTENCED TO TWO TO FOUR YEARS. 
          THE CASE STEMMED FROM THE FENTANYL AND COCAINE OVERDOSE DEATH OF 26-YEAR-OLD MARLANA KOEHLE.

          THE MARTINSBURG MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY HAS SECURED ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING FOR MAJOR WATER SYSTEM UPGRADES. THE PROJECT INCLUDES BUILDING A NEW STORAGE TANK NEAR THE AIRPORT, REFURBISHING ITS CURRENT TANK, AND REPLACING OUTDATED WATER LINES.          
          

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/16/26 

            THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.  

          A STROUDSBURG WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS OF PROBATION FOR STABBING HER BOYFRIEND DURING AN ARGUMENT LAST NOVEMBER. 29-YEAR-OLD AJEE PATTEN-HOWARD APPEARED IN MONROE COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY, AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN MAY TO TERRORISTIC THREATS, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. AUTHORITIES SAY PATTEN-HOWARD ADMITTED TO STABBING THE VICTIM IN THE SHOULDER WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.

RNN LEWISTOWN 07/16/26 

            THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.  

          MCVEYTOWN’S VOLUNTEER-RUN ROTHROCK COMMUNITY LIBRARY IS CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS TO ITS MAIN ROOM. THE AMBITIOUS PROJECT INSIDE THE BOROUGH BUILDING UPGRADED LIGHTING, LEVELED FLOORS, AND REQUIRED VOLUNTEERS TO CAREFULLY PACK AND RETURN NEARLY SIX THOUSAND BOOKS TO THEIR SHELVES.

          FOUR PROJECTS ARE COMPETING FOR THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING IN JUNIATA COUNTY. THE PROPOSALS, TOTALING OVER 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOCUS ON CRUCIAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES IN MCALISTERVILLE, PORT ROYAL, AND MIFFLINTOWN, ALONGSIDE MUNICIPAL BUILDING REPAIRS IN THOMPSONTOWN. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL DECIDE WHICH PROJECT GETS THE FUNDING ON AUGUST 11TH.          

RNN STATE COLLEGE 07/16/26 

            THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.  

         A TEAM OF EIGHT PENN STATE STUDENTS EARNED AN HONORABLE MENTION AT AN INTERNATIONAL FOOD INVENTION COMPETITION FOR CREATING THE CHIAFOLD — A HANDHELD PASTRY PACKED WITH CHIA PUDDING AND FLAVORED WITH LOCALLY SOURCED PAWPAW FRUIT. THE STUDENT-DESIGNED SNACK WAS ONE OF SIX FINALISTS AT THE INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS COMPETITION IN CHICAGO, BUT THEY'VE RETIRED THE CHAIFOLD AND DON'T PLAN TO PURSUE MARKETING IT.  

          THE DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED THE PENNSYLVANIA DOWNTOWN CENTER'S 2026 COMMUNITY INNOVATION AWARD. THE HONOR RECOGNIZES ITS CALDER WAY POP-UP PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES ENTREPRENEURS AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO TEST NEW BUSINESSES WHILE HELPING FILL VACANT DOWNTOWN STOREFRONTS. SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS HAVE SINCE OPENED PERMANENT LOCATIONS.

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/16/26 

            THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.  

          OVER 22-MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING IS COMING TO LOCAL WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS. IN CAMBRIA COUNTY, NANTY GLO RECEIVED A 7.2--MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT FOR FILTRATION PLANT UPGRADES, SAVING RESIDENTS FROM A MASSIVE 69-PERCENT RATE HIKE. MEANWHILE, IN SOMERSET COUNTY, HOOVERSVILLE BOROUGH SECURED AN 11-MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT AND LOAN FOR A WATERLINE EXTENSION, AND CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP WAS AWARDED NEARLY 10.8 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A SANITARY SEWER EXPANSION.
          THE FUNDING COMES THROUGHT THE PENNSYLVANIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.......... PENNVEST.  
  

RNN FRANKFORT 07/16/26

          A MADISON COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED 19-YEAR-OLD BRAILEN WEAVER ON TWO COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER FOLLOWING A DEADLY BANK ROBBERY APRIL 30TH. KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN ANNOUNCED HE INTENDS TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR WEAVER, WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING 42-YEAR OLD BRIAN SWITZER AND 35-YEAR OLD BREANNA EDWARDS INSIDE A U.S. BANK BRANCH ON CHESTNUT STREET IN BEREA.  WEAVER ALSO FACES THE DEATH PENALTY ON FEDERAL BANK ROBBERY CHARGES RELATED TO THE HOLD-UP.  

           THE PERJURY TRIAL FOR FORMER BARDSTOWN POLICE OFFICER NICK HOUCK HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL AUGUST SIXTH. HOUCK IS ACCUSED OF LYING UNDER OATH REGARDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CRYSTAL ROGERS. HIS BROTHER, BROOKS, WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON LAST YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE.

          THE FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR IS UP AND RUNNING THIS WEEK.............. PROVIDING FAMILY FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT AND PLENTY OF RIDES, MUSIC, DIRT BIKE RACING AND DELICIOUS FAIR FOOD!  THE FAIR RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH ADMISSION SET AT 15 DOLLARS.  IF YOU GO, KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY CASH IS ACCEPTED.    

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/16/26

          A MARCH 2027 TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR 18-YEAR-OLD ASA HOWARD, WHO FACES THREE COUNTS OF MURDER FOLLOWING A DEADLY BARREN COUNTY CAR CRASH. AUTHORITIES SAY HOWARD WAS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL WHEN HE CRASHED IN OCTOBER 2025, KILLING THREE TEENAGE PASSENGERS.
          A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT HAS ALSO BEEN FILED AGAINST THE GLASGOW RETAILER ALLEGED TO HAVE SOLD ALCOHOL TO HOWARD SHORTLY BEFORE THE CRASH. 

          NEW DATA FROM GENERAL MOTORS SHOWS THE BOWLING GREEN ASSEMBLY PLANT GENERATES $1.65 BILLION IN KENTUCKY'S ECONOMY. GM SAYS EACH PLANT JOB SUPPORTS NEARLY NINE ADDITIONAL JOBS, WHILE ITS NETWORK OF 173 KENTUCKY SUPPLIERS ADDS ANOTHER $1.6 BILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. PLANT LEADERS SAY THE NUMBERS REFLECT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL FAMILIES AS CORVETTE PRODUCTION MARKS ITS 45TH YEAR IN BOWLING GREEN.

Good morning, 

A massive blanket of wildfire smoke has triggered a statewide Code Red Air Quality Alert for Pennsylvania today. The Department of Environmental Protection warns that heavy smoke from Canadian and Midwest fires is mixing with extreme heat, creating highly unhealthy air. Everyone is advised to limit their time outdoors.

Former DuBois City Manager John "Herm" Suplizio is scheduled for a federal change-of-plea hearing next Thursday in Johnstown. Suplizio faces public corruption charges for allegedly diverting one-point-five million dollars in city funds into unauthorized accounts for personal use.

In Jefferson County, an eighteen-year-old Falls Creek man faces a felony trespassing charge. State police say Timothy Kronenwetter Junior broke into a Washington Township garage after home security cameras caught him exploring the private property.

And a local food distribution program is expanding into Elk County to support area veterans. Organized by the Second Harvest Food Bank, the next Military Share event will provide free meat, produce, and groceries to local military families on July twenty-second at the Christian Food Bank in Saint Marys.

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

Good morning, 

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a statewide Code Red Air Quality Alert for today. Thick smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota is moving across the region, creating highly unhealthy breathing conditions. Officials urge everyone to limit strenuous outdoor activities.

Tens of thousands of retired Pennsylvania teachers, state workers, and first responders are finally getting a pension boost. The state’s new budget includes long-overdue cost-of-living adjustments, funded entirely by rising state online gaming revenues.

In Vernon Township, a massive new Goodwill superstore is officially open this morning. Taking over the old Joann Fabrics space in the Park Avenue Plaza, the twelve-thousand-square-foot store brings nearly thirty new jobs to the Meadville area.

And Crawford County officials are inviting Venango Township landowners to a July thirtieth meeting to learn how to protect their agricultural acreage from future development restrictions.

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