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Good morning, Clearfield County officials say preparations are underway for the May 19 primary election. County commissioners say voting machines have been tested and sealed, while voters are reminded that mail-in and absentee ballots must be received by eight p-m on election night in order to count. Meanwhile, PennDOT is announcing new traffic changes on Interstate 80 in Jefferson County tied to...

Good morning, Officials with the Meadville Area Sewer Authority say repairs are nearly complete after last month’s major pump station failure that knocked the treatment system offline for nearly 19 hours. Crews are replacing damaged motors and upgrading equipment after an estimated 10 million gallons of wastewater spilled during the incident. Environmental cleanup work is expected to continue into...

Good morning, Governor Patrick Morrisey says thousands of public workers across West Virginia will soon see larger paychecks. Morrisey announced a statewide three-percent pay raise for teachers, state troopers, highway workers and other public employees, saying the increase is aimed at helping recruitment and retention. Meanwhile, voters in the Mid-Ohio Valley are reacting to primary election resu...

Good morning, A new Siena College poll shows Governor Kathy Hochul holding a 16-point lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in New York’s governor’s race. The survey found Hochul ahead 49 to 33 percent statewide. At the same time, both the governor’s favorability and job approval ratings have slipped as many New Yorkers continue expressing concern about the high cost of living across the...

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/07/26           FIRE CREWS FROM MIFFLIN COUNTY REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE INITIALLY REPORTED WITH ENTRAPMENT EARLY THIS MORNING.             ACCORDING TO CENTRAL PA FIRE WIRE, FLAMES BROKE OUT AT 208 BRATTON AVENUE IN LEWISTOWN AROUND MIDNIGHT.  THREE OR FOUR VICTIMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE, WITH ONE PERSON BEING LIFE-FLIGHTED TO THE HOSPITAL.  MULTIPLE EMS UNITS...

RNN SELINSGROVE 05/07/26           DECADES OF PLEAS FOR FLOOD RELIEF IN BLOOMSBURG AND FERNVILLE MAY FINALLY BE GETTING AN ANSWER. AT A MEETING WEDNESDAY, COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SEDA-C-O-G UNVEILED PLANS TO RESTRUCTURE FISHING CREEK AND EXTEND THE LOCAL LEVEE SYSTEM. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES REMOVING ISLANDS FROM THE CREEK AND WIDENING ITS BANKS TO PREVENT SEDIMENT BUILDUP. ADDITIONALLY, E...

RNN FRANKFORT 05/07/26            MORE THAN 1,000 EMPLOYEES AT UK ARE FACING LAYOFFS AS THE SCHOOL TRANSITIONS TO NEW SERVICE CONTRACTS. FEDERAL FILINGS SHOW THAT ARAMARK WILL CUT 926 FOOD SERVICE JOBS WHEN ITS CONTRACT ENDS ON JUNE 30TH, AND ANOTHER 97 POSITIONS ARE BEING ELIMINATED WITHIN UK HEALTHCARE AND THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.  UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SAY THEIR INTENT IS FOR ANY NEW SERVICE PAR...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/07/26           A LYCOMING COUNTY WOMAN IS FACING FELONY COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RESISTING ARREST............ AFTER A VIOLENT LATE-NIGHT CONFRONTATION WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. STATE POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON HESHBON ROAD LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, WHERE 30-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA JO VROMAN ALLEGEDLY LUNGED AT TROOPERS WITH A METAL CURTAIN ROD.           EVEN AFTER BEING TASED,...

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/07/26            MET-ED SAYS A TEMPORARY POWER OUTAGE IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY LAST NIGHT WAS CAUSED BY A SUBSTATION ISSUE.  THE ELECTRICITY WENT OUT FOR 18-THOUSAND MET-ED CUSTOMERS AT AROUND 7:40 P.M. AFTER AN ISSUE AT A SUBSTATION IN EASTON.  POWER WAS RESTORED ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER.             A NEW BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN IS URGING MONROE COUNTY GUN OWNERS TO DOUBLE-CHECK THEIR H...

RNN ALTOONA 05/07/26           GRUESOME TESTIMONY BEGAN YESTERDAY IN THE ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE TRIAL FOR RAYMOND OECHSLE JUNIOR.......... THE MAN ACCUSED OF A BRUTAL 2023 STABBING INSIDE THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON. JURORS WERE SHOWN BLOODIED MAKESHIFT WEAPONS ALLEGEDLY USED TO ATTACK TWO INMATES. ONE CORRECTIONS OFFICER TESTIFIED THE SCENE WAS SO TRAUMATIC HE QUIT HIS JOB THAT DAY. EVIDENCE ALSO INCLUDE...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 05/07/26           STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH COUNCIL IS MOVING TO CURB LOCAL COLLABORATION WITH U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT EVAN MYERS ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT A BINDING ORDINANCE—MEANT TO PROTECT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY—SHOULD HIT THE AGENDA BY JULY 6TH. THE MOVE FOLLOWS MONTHS OF PROTESTS AND A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION THAT FAILED TO PASS. MAYOR EZRA NANES S...

             THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS WORKING TO CONTAIN A MEASLES OUTBREAK IN LEBANON COUNTY THAT HAS ALREADY SICKENED 11 RESIDENTS. AS OF MAY 6, 2026, OFFICIALS REPORT THAT 10 OF THOSE PATIENTS WERE UNVACCINATED, WITH 3 PEOPLE REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. THIS BRINGS THE STATEWIDE TOTAL TO 23 CASES THIS YEAR, NEARLY ALL INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD NOT RECEIVED THE M-M-R VACCINE. ...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/07/26           JURORS IN THE TRIAL OF AUSTIN KLINE, THE SOUTH FORK MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AND DISMEMBERING AN ALTOONA CONTRACTOR IN 2023 HEARD GRAPHIC TESTIMONY FROM STATE POLICE AND THE CAMBRIA COUNTY CORONER, WHO DESCRIBED FINDING THE REMAINS OF 55-YEAR-OLD RICHARD MORGAN HIDDEN UNDER BLANKETS IN A GARAGE ON KLINE’S PROPERTY. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORGAN HAD BEEN SHOT AND BLUDGEONE...

RNN BOWLING GREEN 05/06/26           WARREN COUNTY OFFICIALS OFFICIALLY OPENED THE DOORS TO A FOUR-MILLION-DOLLAR LAW ENFORCEMENT HUB AT SUGAR MAPLE SQUARE ON MONDAY. IT FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING ROOMS, EXPANDED DISPATCH FACILITIES, AND A DRIVE-UP WINDOW FOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. SHERIFF BRETT HIGHTOWER SAYS THE MOVE FULFILLS A YEARS-LONG VISION TO PROVIDE DEPUTIES WITH MOR...

 Derry Township police are asking for the public's help to find a man who was hit by a vehicle.  Authorities say a man was struck near Fishburn and Hartley Roads Saturday afternoon then got up and kept walking.  Officers would like to speak to the man as part of their investigation.  Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact Derry Township P-D.  A man is accused of trying to lu...

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/06/26           A 35-YEAR-OLD JUNIATA COUNTY MAN HAS DIED AFTER RE-ENTERING HIS BURNING MOBILE HOME IN THOMPSONTOWN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO SAVE HIS PET CAT. FAMILY MEMBERS SAY NICK SUPPLEE INITIALLY ESCAPED THE FLAMES BUT WENT BACK INSIDE FOR HIS CAT, MILA.            SUPPLEE, WHO WAS A LEUKEMIA SURVIVOR, WAS PULLED FROM THE HOME BY CREWS BUT LATER DIED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE...

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/06/26           A BERKS COUNTY WOMAN PLED GUILTY TO PERJURY AFTER SUBMITTING FRAUDULENT VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS IN MONROE COUNTY. 31-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY ARIAS ADMITTED TO FORGING SIGNATURES ON MAIL-IN BALLOT REQUESTS, INCLUDING ONE FOR A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN DEAD SINCE 2020.            SHE WORKED FOR A CANVASSING GROUP, AND CLAIMED THE FORMS WERE MEANT TO BE EXAMPLES. SHE'S ONE...

RNN FRANKFORT 05/06/26           A PERRY COUNTY MAN FACING MURDER CHARGES FOR A FATAL A-T-V CRASH HAS NOW PLED GUILTY TO FEDERAL SEX CRIMES. 26-YEAR-OLD NOAH BACK ADMITTED TO TRANSPORTING A MINOR ACROSS STATE LINES FOR CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY. BACK IS ALREADY BEHIND BARS FOR THE FEBRUARY WRECK THAT KILLED 16-YEAR-OLD EMILYNN CLARK; PROSECUTORS SAY HE PROVIDED ALCOHOL TO THE UNDERAGE DRIVER INVOLV...

RNN ALTOONA 05/06/26           INMATE NUMBERS AT THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON HAVE HIT A ONE-YEAR LOW, DROPPING TO 308 AS OF LAST WEEK. OFFICIALS ATTRIBUTE THE DECLINE TO MORE INMATES BEING RELEASED THAN ADMITTED, ALONGSIDE THE TRANSFER OF NINETEEN INDIVIDUALS TO THE CENTRE COUNTY PRISON TO EASE OVERCROWDING.            WHILE THE POPULATION IS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR’S PEAK OF FOUR HUNDRED, THE PRISON BOAR...

RNN SELINSGROVE 05/06/26           TENSIONS BOILED OVER AT TUESDAY’S NORTHUMBERLAND BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING AS RESIDENTS ACCUSED MAYOR DAN BERARD OF USING RACIAL SLURS DURING A CONFRONTATION AT A LOCAL PLAYGROUND. THREE MOTHERS TESTIFIED THAT THE MAYOR SHOUTED THE "N WORD" AT THEIR TEENAGERS WHILE ORDERING THEM TO LEAVE THE SECOND STREET PARK AFTER DARK ON APRIL 17TH.            PORTIONS...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/06/26           A LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP MAN FACES CHARGES THIS MORNING AFTER POLICE SAY HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER’S BODY FOR DAYS WITHOUT REPORTING HER DEATH. 26-YEAR-OLD ROOSEVELT SHORT ALLEGEDLY CARRIED ON WITH HIS DAILY ROUTINE WHILE HIS MOTHER LAY DEAD IN THEIR EAST THIRD STREET APARTMENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHORT EVENTUALLY ADMITTED HE KNEW SHE HAD DIED, BUT KEPT QUIET BECAUSE...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 05/06/26           A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS HOSPITALIZED THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A FARMING ACCIDENT IN CENTRE COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY THE TODDLER WAS INJURED MONDAY EVENING IN AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A HORSE-DRAWN PLANTER ON BRUSH VALLEY ROAD IN MILES TOWNSHIP. EMERGENCY CREWS TREATED THE BOY AT THE SCENE BEFORE HE WAS FLOWN BY LIFE FLIGHT TO GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER. HIS CURRENT CO...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/06/26           A CAMBRIA COUNTY JUDGE IS DIGGING INTO A SERIES OF MOTIONS IN THE CASE OF A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING FOUR WOMEN OUTSIDE A JOHNSTOWN LOUNGE LAST SUMMER. NAEEM WEST, WHO IS REPRESENTING HIMSELF, ARGUED IN COURT TUESDAY THAT HE SHOULD BE RELEASED ON NOMINAL BAIL DUE TO TRIAL DELAYS. PROSECUTORS DISAGREE, CLAIMING WEST’S OWN LEGAL FILINGS HAVE STALLED THE PROCESS. JUDGE...