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Good morning,  A massive local manufacturing expansion is set to bring a wave of new jobs to the region. Barilla has launched a one-hundred-seventy million dollar expansion project at its dry pasta plant in Avon. The global brand plans to construct a new fifty-two thousand square-foot facility, adding multiple new production and packaging lines. Local economic development leaders say the project w...

Good morning,  A Parkersburg man is jailed this morning after allegedly shaking his infant child. Police arrested twenty-three-year-old Cordel Farr after his four-month-old baby was brought to the hospital unresponsive and not breathing. The infant was flown to Morgantown with a brain bleed, and authorities say Farr admitted to shaking the baby. Meanwhile, a new wetland trail is open at the Ohio R...

Good morning. We begin with an incredibly close call on the water as state officials urge heavy caution ahead of the busy summer recreation season. A group of two dozen Boy Scouts from northern Virginia are back home safe after rapid flooding left them stranded along the Cacapon River in Hampshire County over the holiday weekend. First responders say sudden, intense currents forced the scouts to a...

Good morning. We turn first to Albany, where state lawmakers are back on the floor today grinding through a sluggish, historic legislative logjam. Marathon voting sessions continue this week as the state capital works to finalize a massive spending blueprint that is now nearly two full months overdue. While rank-and-file members began checking off individual spending bills late last week, an absol...

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RNN BOWLING GREEN 05/26/26                      A 26-YEAR-OLD BOWLING GREEN MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN BARREN COUNTY, CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ATTEMPTED FETAL HOMICIDE. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARRESTED ABDULAH MOHMAND AFTER HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND REPORTED THAT HE SECRETLY REPLACED HER PRESCRIPTION PILLS WITH AN UNKNOWN MEDICATION. FOLLOWING A SEARCH OF MOHMAND'S HOME, DETECTIVES DISCOVERED DRUGS M...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 05/22/26           FIREFIGHTERS STOPPED AN ATTIC FIRE FROM SPREADING THROUGH A HOME ON ALLEN STREET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALPHA FIRE COMPANY SAYS CREWS VENTILATED THE ROOF TO KNOCK DOWN FLAMES AND SMOKE. RESIDENTS ESCAPED SAFELY AND CALLED 911 QUICKLY, HELPING FIREFIGHTERS CONTAIN THE BLAZE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND THE CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.           A YOUTH PHIL...

RNN SELINSGROVE 05/26/26           FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, BLOOMSBURG FAIR MEMBERS WON’T RECEIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS FROM THE MOST RECENT FAIR BEFORE ELECTING DIRECTORS. FAIR OFFICIALS HAVE APPROVED A SHIFT IN THE FISCAL YEAR FROM NOVEMBER 30TH TO JUNE 30TH, GIVING AUDITORS MORE TIME TO FINALIZE REPORTS. PRESIDENT RANDY KARSCHNER SAYS THE CHANGE WILL PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS...

RNN ALTOONA 05/26/26           THREE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON FOLLOWING A BRUTAL DRUG-MONEY ASSAULT IN ALTOONA. POLICE SAY 30-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER SENSABAUGH WAS PAID A 300 DOLLAR BOUNTY BY 56-YEAR-OLD AMY BURKE AND 34-YEAR-OLD SHANNON BEARD TO AMBUSH A MAN OVER A MISSING SAFE CONTAINING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.  THE VICTIM WAS BEATEN WITH A METAL POLE AND REQUIRED 11 STITCHES AND 4 STAP...

RNN FRANKFORT 05/26/26           JUST DAYS AFTER LOSING HIS SEAT IN A HISTORIC 32 MILLION DOLLAR PRIMARY, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE HAS FILED PAPERWORK WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FOR THE 2028 ELECTION. THE MAY 25TH FILING ALLOWS MASSIE TO KEEP RAISING POLITICAL FUNDS FOR KENTUCKY'S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, THOUGH THE 14-YEAR INCUMBENT SAYS HE IS ALSO WEIGHING A POTENTI...

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/26/26           PENNDOT WILL RESUME ITS "OIL AND CHIP" SURFACE TREATMENT OPERATIONS ON SEVERAL JUNIATA COUNTY ROADWAYS THIS WEEK FOLLOWING THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. MAINTENANCE CREWS WILL BE SWEEPING, OILING, AND ROLLING STONE ON HEAVILY TRAVELED ROUTES INCLUDING CUBA MILLS, CEDAR SPRINGS, AND INDUSTRIAL PARK ROADS. STATE OFFICIALS URGE DRIVERS TO REDUCE THEIR SPEEDS ON...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/26/26           LYCOMING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE CALLING FOR A SWIFT CLEANUP AFTER A SEWAGE BACKUP AT THE MUNCY TOWNSHIP BUILDING LEFT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY DEALING WITH FECAL CONTAMINATION, MOLD AND BACTERIA. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE CLEANUP COULD COST MORE THAN 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS DISPUTE RESPONSIBILITY. COUNTY SOLICITOR CHRIS KENYON SAYS THE COU...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/26/26           A 50-YEAR-OLD STOYSTOWN MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER STATE POLICE SAY HE OPENED FIRE ON AN ACQUAINTANCE AND EXPLICITLY VOWED TO KILL THEM. TROOPERS ARRESTED ADRIAN CUSTER LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP. INVESTIGATORS SAY CUSTER RETRIEVED A FIREARM AFTER A PHYSICAL STRUGGLE, SHOT DIRECTLY INTO THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE AS THEY DRO...

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/26/26           A 31-YEAR-OLD TANNERSVILLE MAN IS FACING CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE VANDALIZED LOCAL SPORTS COURTS OUT OF SHEER FRUSTRATION. INVESTIGATORS USED SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TO IDENTIFY SAIF KALEEM, WHO ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO CUTTING 4 PICKLEBALL NETS AND A TENNIS NET ACROSS 2 POCONO TOWNSHIP PARKS BETWEEN MAY 12TH AND THE 14TH.            ACCORDING TO T...

radioNOVO News for Lebanon: May 26, 2026

Good morning, We begin with breaking news out of Cabell County, where investigators are hunting for answers following a wave of deadly holiday weekend gun violence. Huntington authorities confirm they are aggressively investigating multiple separate shootings. Officers rushed to Fifth Avenue late Sunday night, discovering a South Point, Ohio man dead from a fatal gunshot wound. Less than twenty-fo...

Good morning, We begin at the State Capitol, where lawmakers are returning to Albany today to face a gridlocked fiscal crisis. Lawmakers are heading back to the floor to continue voting on a state budget that is now nearly two consecutive months late. While voting on parts of the massive fiscal plan officially began late last week, a complete agreement remains up in the air. The initial legal dead...

Good morning,  We begin with a suspicious arson investigation. The state fire marshal and Wood County Sheriff’s Office are investigating after an early morning blaze tore through a South Fourth Street mobile home on Sunday before spreading next door. No one was hurt, but dispatchers confirm this is the second time this exact home has caught fire in the past week. Meanwhile, a major traffic bottlen...

Good morning,  We begin with the high-stakes battle for the Southern Tier's congressional seat. The race for New York's Twenty-Third District heated up over the weekend as Democratic primary candidates Dr. Aaron Gies of Olean and Buffalo attorney Kevin Stocker clashed in a packed debate forum. Both candidates are vying for the chance to challenge Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy th...

Good morning,  We begin with a shocking murder investigation in the region. Authorities have officially identified the victim of Saturday's fatal stabbing near Cornell University as nineteen-year-old Breanne Keanne of Ithaca. Police arrested twenty-year-old Damian Stewart at the Triphammer Road scene. Stewart is currently being held without bail at the Tompkins County Jail on second-degree mu...

Good morning,  We begin with a tragedy in Butler County. State police are investigating a two-alarm house fire that claimed two lives yesterday afternoon on Old Route Sixty-Eight in Forward Township. Dispatchers say a woman called to report a couch on fire before the line went silent. First responders found the home engulfed, later discovering two deceased victims inside. Meanwhile, a late-night f...

Good morning,  We begin with your morning-after commute. Following a weekend of record-breaking travel across the state, transportation officials are warning Interstate Eighty commuters to brace for residual gridlock today as millions of Pennsylvanians return from the long weekend. Local drivers are also absorbing a heavy hit at the pump this morning, with regular unleaded averaging four dollars a...

Good morning,  We begin with a tragic holiday accident. State police say a twenty-year-old Harborcreek man was killed yesterday afternoon following a collision between a car and a motorcycle on Route Ninety-Nine near Hershey Road. Investigators kept the roadway closed for hours to reconstruct the scene. Meanwhile, local drivers face a brutal post-holiday commute. Triple A reports state gas prices...

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