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Good morning, A Lawrence County man will spend years in state prison following a child molestation case.  46-year-old Thomas Minns II was sentenced to seven to twenty years after pleading guilty to charges involving a child. A judge also classified him as a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime registration. He’s been in custody since his arrest in December of 2024. In Youngstown, a former...

       A DRAMATIC, HOUR-LONG RESCUE TOOK PLACE IN MONROE COUNTY TUESDAY FOLLOWING A COLLISION BETWEEN A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE AND AN OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER. FIRE CREWS FROM MARSHALLS CREEK AND NEIGHBORING PIKE COUNTY USED HEAVY HYDRAULIC TOOLS TO FREE A DRIVER PINNED BENEATH THE TRUCK'S DASHBOARD IN MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP.  THE VICTIM WAS TREATED ON-SCENE BY FLIGHT MEDICS BEFORE BEING...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 04/23/26           A FORMER PENN STATE PROFESSOR IS HEADING TO JAIL FOR A SERIES OF LEWD ACTS IN THE ROTHROCK STATE FOREST. 64-YEAR-OLD THEMIS MATSOUKAS WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO AT LEAST FIVE MONTHS FOR CRIMES INCLUDING CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH AN ANIMAL. MATSOUKAS WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA EXPOSING HIMSELF AND PERFORMING EXPLICIT ACTS MORE THAN 50 TIMES. IN ADD...

 THE FINISH LINE IS IN SIGHT FOR THE LEBANON VALLEY RAIL TRAIL. LEBANON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GAVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL LAST WEEK FOR A NEW, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PHASE 10-C OF THE PROJECT THAT, UNTIL RECENTLY, RAIL TRAIL GRANT WRITER TOM KOTAY SAID THEY WEREN'T SURE THEY COULD MAKE HAPPEN:           {KOTAY0422-A}-------- :30 SEC........... SWATARA STATE PARK           HE SAID ON A TYPICAL SUMMER...

 Kentucky officials are updating guidelines for combatting child sexual abuse.  State Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the changes this week.  A 75-page handbook on dealing with cases of this nature is being distributed to law enforcement, prosecutors, medial and mental healthcare providers, and children's services professionals.  Coleman says the guidelines are meant to minimize tr...

 Members of the Amish community gathered in Clinton County on Wednesday to remember a mother and children who died in a house fire.  Services were held yesterday for 34-year-old Sarah Stolzflus and her six children, who were between the ages of two-and-eleven.  Authorities said they were killed in a reported explosion and fire at their home in Lamar Township Sunday morning.  The investigation is o...

RNN BOWLING GREEN 04/23/26           FIRE CREWS FROM THE RICHARDSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE ON SCENE OF A REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE AT A RESIDENCE ON BRISTOW ROAD .  REPORTS INDICATE THE HOME IS FULLY ENGULFED.             OFFICIALS ASK MOTORISTS TO USE CAUTION IN THE AREA AND LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE ROUTE THIS MORNING.              BARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL SOON HAVE A SHORTER COMMUTE FOR DRIVER’S...

RNN LEWISTOWN 04/23/26           THERE'S NO DAMAGRE REPORT YET FOR A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING NEAR STETLER ROAD AND CABIN LANE IN MILFORD TOWNSHIP....... BUT AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO RESIDENTS SUFFERED INJURIES IN THE BLAZE.            THE VICTIM REPORTEDLY SUFFERED BURNS, BUT THE EXTENT OF THEM IS UNKNOWN.  BOTH RESIDENTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR, AND THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.       ...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 04/23/26           A WOMAN IN HER TWENTIES HAS DIED FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON ROUTE 422 IN INDIANA COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE VICTIM'S CAR COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR-TRAILER IN PINE TOWNSHIP JUST AFTER 12 NOON. THE VICTIM’S NAME IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING FAMILY NOTIFICATION, AND AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY.           CAMBRIA COUNTY IS BRINGING IN...

RNN FRANKFORT 04/23/26           A FRANKFORT MAN REMAINS IN JAIL TODAY, ACCUSED OF DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ONLINE.             FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS ARRESTED STEPHEN GOLSON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO AUTHORITIES THAT HE HAD SHARED THE ILLICIT IMAGES FOR........ QUOTE......... AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER......... END QUOTE........... SPECIFICALLY MATERIAL INVOLVING CHI...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 04/23/26           WILLIAMSPORT CITY COUNCIL HAS A NEW MEMBER FOLLOWING A UNANIMOUS APPOINTMENT TUESDAY NIGHT. DAVID DUSSINGER, A FORMER REPUBLICAN COUNCIL CANDIDATE AND ENGINEER, WAS CHOSEN TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY THE LATE BONNIE KATZ. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC BEITER SAYS DUSSINGER’S BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC SAFETY MADE HIM THE BEST FIT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AMONG A FIELD OF EI...

RNN ALTOONA 04/23/26           ALTOONA’S FINANCIAL RECOVERY IS REACHING NEW HEIGHTS. S&P GLOBAL RATINGS HAS UPGRADED THE CITY’S CREDIT TO A-PLUS, CITING HEALTHY SURPLUSES AND A ROBUST $15 MILLION RESERVE FUND. CITY MANAGER CHRISTOPHER MCGUIRE SAYS THE UPGRADE VALIDATES THE CITY'S MOVE AWAY FROM "DISTRESSED STATUS" TOWARD A "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" STRATEGY. OFFICIALS HOPE TO US...

RNN SELINSGROVE 04/23/26           WHAT IF YOU HELD A SCHOOL DAY AND NO ONE CAME?  THAT WAS THE SCENE MONDAY IN BLOOMSBURG CLASSROOMS, AFTER PARENTS KEPT STUDENTS HOME FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS.  DESPITE A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBINE SHOOTING, ATTENDANCE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DROPPED TO JUST 30-PERCENT. SUPERINTENDENT J-J CLEAVER SAYS THE PERSON BEHIND...

Good morning, Two people in Elk County are facing serious charges tied to the alleged abuse of an infant. State police say 19-year-old Drake Alan Chapman, of Ridgway, and 23-year-old Skylar Lynn Foust are charged with child endangerment and related offenses. Investigators say the child suffered injuries consistent with inflicted trauma. Both are being held in the Elk County Jail, with hearings sch...

Good morning, Officials in Meadville say operations have returned to normal following a major sewer system failure that sent millions of gallons of wastewater toward French Creek over the weekend. The Meadville Area Sewer Authority says heavy rain caused flooding inside a pump facility, forcing a shutdown. Crews worked for hours to restore service, and officials say there’s no lasting impact to th...

Good morning, A Lawrence County man will spend decades behind bars following a deadly bar shooting. Forty-one-year-old Nathan Joseph Fink, of Harmony, has been sentenced to 23 to 80 years in prison. Prosecutors say he opened fire inside Breakers Pub in Ellport Borough last September, killing 57-year-old Crystal Wawrzynski and injuring four others. A judge called the case one of the most senseless...

RNN BOWLING GREEN 04/22/26           THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE ABDUCTION AND DEATH OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MORGAN VIOLI, HER ACCUSED KILLER HAS FINALLY FACED A JUDGE. 61-YEAR-OLD ROBERT SCOTT FROBERG APPEARED IN A BOWLING GREEN FEDERAL COURTROOM TUESDAY, PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING RESULTING IN DEATH. FROBERG, WHO USED A WHEELCHAIR AND SPOKE FAINTLY, WAS LINKED TO THE 1996 COLD CASE THROUGH RECENT D-...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 04/22/26           A CAMBRIA COUNTY PART TIME POLICE OFFICER AND STATE LEGISLATIVE AIDE IS FACING FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES. 45-YEAR-OLD BETHANY EDWARDS IS ACCUSED OF ABANDONING TWO DOGS THAT WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A VACANT FERNDALE APARTMENT IN MARCH. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ANIMALS LIKELY STARVED TO DEATH AFTER EDWARDS MOVED OUT BUT CONTINUED PAYING RENT. EDWARDS HAS BEEN SUSPEND...

RNN ALTOONA 04/22/26           PENNDOT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEARLY $900,000 PLAN TO REHABILITATE FOUR BRIDGES ACROSS BLAIR COUNTY STARTING NEXT SPRING. THE PROJECTS INCLUDE TWO SPANS IN ALTOONA, AND ONE EACH IN SINKING VALLEY AND GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP. CIVIL ENGINEER ED GROVE SAYS CONTRACTORS WILL INSTALL NEW COMPOSITE CONCRETE DECKS TO IMPROVE STABILITY. EACH BRIDGE PROJECT WILL TAKE SIX TO EIG...

RNN LEWISTOWN 04/22/25           THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THE TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER KILLED WHEN HIS BIG RIG PLUNGED INTO THE LAUREL CREEK RESEVOIR LAST FRIDAY IN THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS IS NOW KNOWN.            BASED ON THE AUTOPSY FINDINGS, 72-YEAR OLD STEVEN LARRABEE OF CHRISTIANA, LANCASTER COUNTY SUFFERED A CARDIAC EVENT PRIOR TO LOSING CONTROL OF HIS BIG RIG............ LEADING TO MULTIPL...

RNN FRANKFORT 04/22/26           FRANKFORT POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN THAT OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT NEAR COOK OUT. 52-YEAR-OLD CAREY COVINGTON DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON AN ACCESS ROAD OFF U-S 127 SOUTH. YESTERDAY, POLICE ARRESTED TYLER COUCH OF FRANKFORT, CHARGING HIM WITH SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND MAKING FALSE REPORTS TO AUT...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 04/22/26           A LEGAL FIGHT OVER THE HISTORIC BUSH HOUSE ESTATE IS INTENSIFYING IN LYCOMING COUNTY COURT. FAMVEST ACQUISITIONS HAS FILED TO DISMISS ALVICO LTD’S REQUEST FOR AN INJUNCTION TO STOP DEMOLITION OF THE MANSION AT THE FORMER LYCOMING MALL SITE. DEVELOPERS SAY THE PROPERTY COULD MAKE WAY FOR A WAWA AND HILTON-BRAND HOTEL. FAMVEST ARGUES THE 2022 SALES AGREEMENT INCLU...

RNN SELINSGROVE 04/22/26           A CRITICAL LIFELINE FOR NORTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WITH CONTAMINATED WELLS IS ON THE VERGE OF RUNNING DRY. THE STATE’S HAZARDOUS SITE CLEANUP FUND, WHICH PROVIDES BOTTLED WATER AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR HOMES PLAGUED BY "FOREVER CHEMICALS," IS NEARLY DEPLETED. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO HAS PROPOSED $20 MILLION TO RESCUE THE FUND, BUT THE PLAN REMAINS STALL...

RNN STROUDSBURG 04/22/26           A MONROE COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN A CASE ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A SUICIDE. 43-YEAR-OLD JACOB NAUMAN WAS CHARGED THIS MONTH WITH THE 2023 DEATH OF BRITTANY BURGIN IN MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP. WHILE NAUMAN CLAIMED BURGIN HANGED HERSELF AFTER A PARTY, A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION AND A SECOND AUTOPSY DETERMINED SHE WAS ACTUAL...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 04/22/26           A FORMER PENN STATE STUDENT WILL SPEND AT LEAST SIX YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF THREE WOMEN. 26-YEAR-OLD MONCEF GUEN WAS SENTENCED TUESDAY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FELONY COUNTS INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND STRANGULATION. PROSECUTORS SAY GUEN’S VIOLENCE WAS ESCALATING; HE WAS ACCUSED OF STRANGLING ONE VICTIM TWICE AND THREATENING TO LEAK EXP...