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Good morning, History was made on Wall Street as technology markets crowned a new global financial titan. Shares of Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX surged nearly twenty percent following its massive Nasdaq debut—marking the largest initial public offering in human history. The historic trading session pushed SpaceX’s total valuation past two-trillion dollars, officially making Musk the world’s f...

RNN ALTOONA 06/15/26           COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ROUTE OF UNION PACIFIC'S BIG BOY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ARE PREPARING FOR HUGE CROWDS WHEN THE HISTORIC ENGINE ROLLS THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEXT MONTH. IN GALLITZIN, LEADERS ARE URGING RAILROAD OFFICIALS TO ROUTE THE TRAIN THROUGH THE ALLEGHENY TUNNEL, CREATING A DRAMATIC PUBLIC VIEWING OPPORTUNITY.            MEANWHILE, TYRONE IS PLANNING...

RNN FRANKFORT 06/15/26           KENTUCKY'S SENIOR U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL IS HOSPITALIZED IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE 84-YEAR-OLD SENATOR WAS ADMITTED YESTERDAY MORNING FOR AN UNDISCLOSED MEDICAL ISSUE. MCCONNELL IS CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS SENATE TERM.           KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY IS TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD BECOMING A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. THE COUNCIL ON POST-SECONDAR...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 06/15/26           CITY FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE MADE DETERMINATIONS IN TWO RECENT FIRES.             A FIRE JUNE 2ND WAS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENTAL ELECTRICAL ISSUE............ LIKELY SPARKED BY CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE LIVING ROOM.  DEPUTY CHIEF KENNETH SMITH SAID A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY SAFELY ESCAPED THE FLAMES, BUT THE FAMILY DID NOT HAVE RENTER'S INSURANCE AND HAS BEEN D...

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/15/26           STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A REPORTED SHOOTING IN SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP.            TROOPERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOME ON SHORT ROAD JUST BEFORE TWO P-M YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS ACTIVE AND ONGOING, AND NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.           BLOOMSBURG TOWN COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE TROUBLED STREATER...

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/15/26           A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY IN THE DELAWARE RIVER AFTER A PERSON WENT UNDER THE WATER IN EASTON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. RESCUERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST AFTER TWO P-M... DEPLOYING DIVE TEAMS AND A HELICOPTER. OFFICIALS CONFIRM THE MISSING INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT WEARING A LIFE VEST. WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING ON UPDATES FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CONFIRM IF THE PERSON HAS BE...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/15/26           A MAJOR DRUG BUST IN JOHNSTOWN HAS A CAMBRIA COUNTY MAN BEHIND BARS.           STATE POLICE AND THE COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE EXECUTED WARRANTS AT A HOME ON THE 500-BLOCK OF WOODVALE AVENUE LAST FRIDAY..........NETTING A MASSIVE HAUL OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND WEAPONS.           INVESTIGATORS SEIZED 24-THOUSAND DOLLARS’ WORTH OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND OVER 16-GRAND IN CRACK C...

RNN LEWISTOWN 06/15/26           THE MIFFLIN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY IS PUTTING OUT A CALL FOR AREA LANDLORDS........ TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.......THE FEDERALLY-FUNDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT USED TO GO BY THE NAME........... SECTION 8 HOUSING.           MIFFLIN COUNTY HCV COORDINATOR, JACKIE MARSHALL SAYS THE WORKSHOP IS THIS WEDNESDAY, FROM 9 TO 11AM:  ...

radioNOVO News for Lebanon: June 15, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/15/26            KENTUCKY'S SENIOR U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL IS HOSPITALIZED IN WASHINGTON, DC.  THE 84-YEAR-OLD SENATOR WAS ADMITTED YESTERDAY MORNING FOR AN UNDISCLOSED MEDICAL ISSUE. MCCONNELL IS CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS SENATE TERM.           KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN BRETT GUTHRIE IS CALLING FOR AN F-B-I INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER CHINA IS BACKING ANTI-ARTIFI...

  Good morning, A DuBois woman is facing felony charges following an undercover drug sting. State police in Punxsutawney arrested fifty-five-year-old Donna Lee Hampshire at her West Long Avenue apartment. Investigators say Hampshire sold prescription Xanax and Adderall to an informant, and later offered to supply them with methamphetamine. In local infrastructure, state officials awarded over six-...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 06/12/26           A PRIME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ALONG A HEAVILY TRAVELED STATE COLLEGE CORRIDOR IS BACK ON THE MARKET AFTER SITTING VACANT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. CENTRE COUNTY PRESIDENT JUDGE JONATHAN GRINE DENIED A BUSINESSMAN'S ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN A JUDGMENT THAT AWARDED POSSESSION OF THE FORMER GAS STATION SITE BACK TO HIS LANDLORD. THE RULING LEAVES THE WELTEROTH PROPERT...

RNN ALTOONA 06/12/26           BLAIR COUNTY WILL PAY $97,500 TO SETTLE A FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED BY THREE FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN WHO ALLEGED THEY WERE REMOVED FROM AN ALTOONA HOME IN 2008 AND LATER ABUSED BY FOSTER PARENTS IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE SETTLEMENT WITHOUT ADMITTING WRONGDOING, SAYING IT AVOIDS ADDITIONAL TRIAL COSTS. THE FOSTER PARENTS WERE CONVICTED OF CHIL...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/12/26           THE CAMBRIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE NAMED 26-YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN JEFF VIVIAN AS THE COUNTY'S NEW CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER. VIVIAN TAKES OVER ON MONDAY FOLLOWING A SERIES OF DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS. HE SUCCEEDS FORMER CHIEF TONI WHITE, WHO RESIGNED IN APRIL AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH FELONY COUNTS OF THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING, FOR EMBEZZLING FUNDS FROM TH...

RNN FRANKFORT 06/12/26           THE FRANKFORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS UNANIMOUSLY AWARDED SUPERINTENDENT, DR. SHERI SATTERLY ITS HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING. IN HER FOURTH YEAR LEADING THE DISTRICT, SATTERLY RECEIVED AN EXEMPLARY EVALUATION, WITH OFFICIALS PRAISING THEIR STRONG FINANCIAL STANDING AND EXPANDED DUAL-CREDIT PROGRAMS UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.           LOUISVILLE OFFICIALS...

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/12/26           TWO MONROE COUNTY MEN PLED GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH A PAIR OF MOLOTOV COCKTAIL ATTACKS IN 2023. 21-YEAR-OLD CHAPEL ILIEV AND 22-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH GARCIA ADMITTED TO FELONY CONSPIRACY CHARGES TIED TO AN ATTEMPTED HOUSE ARSON IN BARRETT TOWNSHIP AND A VEHICLE FIRE AT EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY. A THIRD DEFENDANT FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT, AND A BENCH WARRANT HAS BE...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 06/12/26           THE LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST PAY NEARLY THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO A WOMAN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH. A FEDERAL JURY FOUND THE DISTRICT LIABLE FOR IGNORING REPORTS ABOUT COACH KELLI VASSALLO, WHO SERVED PRISON TIME FOR THE ABUSE. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEIR INSURANCE CARRIER WILL FULLY COVER THE TWO-POIN...

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/12/26           A COLUMBIA COUNTY AMISH POULTRY FARMER IS FEELING THE FLIP SIDE OF THE EGG MARKET. DURING THE AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, SOARING EGG PRICES SPARKED A RUSH TO BUILD HENHOUSES. NOW, WITH PRICES PLUNGING AND EGGS FLOODING THE MARKET, GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP FARMER SAM SMOKER IS SELLING THOUSANDS OF LAYING HENS FOR JUST 50 CENTS EACH. SMOKER SAYS A LOST DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT LEF...

RNN LEWISTOWN 06/12/26           A PACKED HOUSE OF ROUGHLY 300 RESIDENTS TURNED OUT IN GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP LAST NIGHT TO RAISE CONCERNS AND DISCUSS A STRICT NEW ORDINANCE REGULATING A PROPOSED DATA CENTER. THE DRAFT ORDINANCE INCLUDES EXCEPTIONALLY LOW NOISE CAPS TO ELIMINATE LOW-FREQUENCY HUMMING, PLUS RULES ON HIGH WATER AND ENERGY USE. TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS SAY THE STRICT RULES THEY'RE OUTLINI...

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/12/26           THE APPARENT UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS IS SETTLING INTO BOWLING GREEN......... AS THE LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP SOKY INDIVISIBLE HOSTED A PUBLIC DISCUSSION WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING BOWLING GREEN'S RECENT REJECTION OF A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM.            WHILE ORGANIZERS WARNED OF POTENTIAL UTILITY RATE HIKES AND GRID CAPACITY ISSUES SEEN IN NEIGHBORING RE...

Good morning. A dangerous and oppressive early-summer heat wave is gripping the entire state today. The National Weather Service has issued a widespread Heat Advisory in effect from noon through eight o'clock this evening, warning that the combination of soaring temperatures and extreme humidity will push "feels-like" heat index values well over one-hundred degrees. The relentless h...

Good morning. A high-stakes legal battle involving United States Senator Jim Justice and the state government is escalating rapidly this morning. The West Virginia Tax Division has filed an aggressive consolidated reply, doubling down on its demands to officially intervene in a multi-million-dollar federal lawsuit targeting the iconic Greenbrier Resort and the Justice family. The state agency seek...