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RNN FRANKFORT 04/20/26           THERE’S A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS. CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CHRIS TRACY HAS BEEN NAMED THE DISTRICT’S NEW STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. HE SAYS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW CHALLENGE AND SUPPORTING FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.           SUPERINTENDENT MARK KOPP SAYS TRACY’S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WILL HELP ENHANCE STUDENT RESOURCE...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 04/20/26                      A COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AFTER A MOTHER AND HER SIX CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY.  THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED ON LONG RUN ROAD IN LAMAR, A TOWN IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR THE CENTRE COUNTY BORDER. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT 8:30AM SUNDAY TO FIND THE HOME FULLY ENGULFED FOLLOWING A REPORTED EXPLOSION. STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VI...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 04/20/26           A COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AFTER A MOTHER AND HER SIX CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY.  THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED ON LONG RUN ROAD IN LAMAR, A TOWN IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR THE CENTRE COUNTY BORDER. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT 8:30AM SUNDAY TO FIND THE HOME FULLY ENGULFED FOLLOWING A REPORTED EXPLOSION. STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS AS 3...

RNN STROUDSBURG 04/20/26           A DRAMATIC RESCUE UNFOLDED IN MONROE COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT AT WERRY’S PUB. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE MILFORD ROAD LANDMARK TO FIND HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES, WITH REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. CREWS QUICKLY USED A LADDER TO PULL ONE ADULT TO SAFETY BEFORE BRINGING THE BLAZE UNDER CONTROL IN JUST TWENTY MINUTES. SIX PEOPLE WERE...

RNN LEWISTOWN 04/20/26           GOOD NEWS FOR RESIDENTS IN ARMAGH TOWNSHIP................. THE "DO NOT DRINK" WATER NOTICE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY LIFTED. THE MIFFLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY ISSUED THE ALL-CLEAR SUNDAY EVENING AFTER REQUIRED TESTING CONFIRMED NO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WERE PRESENT IN THE SYSTEM.            THE EMERGENCY WAS TRIGGERED AFTER AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT...

radioNOVO News for Lebanon: April 20, 2026

Good morning, A Reynoldsville woman is facing felony charges following an incident at the State Police barracks in Punxsutawney. Troopers say 32-year-old Heidi Nicole Rodgers is accused of aggravated assault, DUI, and resisting arrest after allegedly fighting with officers during an investigation. A Clearfield County woman is facing charges after allegedly stealing more than 12-thousand dollars fr...

Good morning, In Meadville, a major sewage system failure has led to the discharge of an estimated 10 million gallons of untreated wastewater. Officials say the issue happened Saturday at the city’s main pump station near French Creek. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been notified, and while cleanup continues, officials say drinking water remains safe. In Erie, city lea...

Good morning, In New Castle, police say a man is in custody after a chase that ended in Neshannock Creek. Officers say 26-year-old Jgenus Markeis Steele allegedly fled with a firearm before entering the water. Crews later recovered the gun, along with a hammer investigators believe may be connected to a separate assault. Steele is now facing multiple charges. In Erie County, a nearly 2-million dol...

 Kentucky is one of the most affected states by a recent surge in gas prices.  A report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows Kentuckians are spending an average of 47-dollars more per month on gas.  That cost is the fourth largest cost in the country, only behind Alabama, Mississippi and Wyoming.  The report states that Kentuckians are being hit harder by gas prices due to the...

radioNOVO News PA News Roundup for April 17, 2026

A STATE COLLEGE MAN’S DECADES-LONG FIGHT FOR FREEDOM HAS HIT ANOTHER ROADBLOCK. DESPITE BEING EXONERATED FOR A 1982 MURDER, 64-YEAR-OLD "SUBU" VEDAM REMAINS BEHIND BARS AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPEALED A RULING THAT WOULD HAVE BLOCKED HIS DEPORTATION.            VEDAM SPENT FORTY-THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT, ONLY TO BE TAKEN TO IMMIGRATION DE...

GROUND WAS BROKEN THURSDAY ON A PROJECT TO GIVE THE FORMER BETHLEHEM STEEL BUILDING A NEW LIFE.            RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES HAS MORE, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO: __________________________ OFFICIALS JOINED PARTNERS COMMON CRAFT DEVELOPMENT AND FUNKS CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CEREMONY AT LEBANON STEEL WORKS THURSDAY. THE PROJECT WILL CONVERT THE 30-THOUSAND- SQUARE-FOOT SITE INTO COMMERCIAL...

  A PORT ROYAL FAMILY IS COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE DESTROYED THEIR GARAGE AND CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THEIR PET CHICKENS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FLAMES SHOT FORTY FEET INTO THE AIR ON MAIN STREET, WAKING NEIGHBORS AND DAMAGING TWO NEARBY HOMES AND A CHURCH. HOLLEY BOONE SAYS HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER ALERTED THE FAMILY JUST IN TIME TO ESCAPE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER...

 HISTORY IS COMING BACK TO LIFE IN DOWNTOWN STROUDSBURG. THE MONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WILL OFFICIALLY REOPEN THE DOORS TO THE STROUD MANSION AT 900 MAIN STREET ON MAY 5TH, FOLLOWING A MAJOR THREE-YEAR EXPANSION. THE NEW HERITAGE CENTER ADDITION FEATURES AN ELEVATOR, CLIMATE CONTROL, AND A DEDICATED ROOM FOR THE LENAPE PEOPLE. VISITORS CAN EVEN SNAP A PHOTO IN AN AUTHENTIC, HEART-SHAPED...

DOZENS OF CRIMINAL CASES IN LINCOLN COUNTY HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AFTER A FORMER DEPUTY ADMITTED TO STEALING CASH DURING A SEARCH. FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD RON LUSTER PLEADED GUILTY WEDNESDAY TO TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND ABUSE OF PUBLIC TRUST. PROSECUTORS ARE RECOMMENDING THREE YEARS IN PRISON, SAYING LUSTER’S ACTIONS COMPROMISED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK.           LOUISVILLE METRO COUN...

 CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTER DERECK MARTZ WAS BACK IN A MONTOUR COUNTY COURTROOM THURSDAY, FIGHTING HIS TWELVE-TO-FIFTY-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. MARTZ CLAIMS HIS FORMER ATTORNEY FAILED TO PROPERLY ARGUE AN "INFANCY DEFENSE," NOTING HE WAS ONLY ELEVEN WHEN HE BEGAN MOLESTING A 7 YEAR OLD BOY.  HOWEVER, HIS FORMER LAWYER TESTIFIED THAT HE FILED ALL APPROPRIATE APPEALS, WHICH WERE ULTIMATELY REJE...

A MAJOR MILESTONE IN JOHNSTOWN PHILANTHROPY IS PROVIDING A MILLION-DOLLAR LIFELINE TO LOCAL CHARITIES. MARKING ITS TWENTIETH GRANT CYCLE THURSDAY, LEE INITIATIVES AWARDED A MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING TO NEARLY 70 AREA NONPROFITS. THE ORGANIZATION......... WHICH PRESERVES THE LEGACY OF A LOCAL DOCTOR WHO PERISHED IN THE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD......... HAS NOW DONATED TEN MILLION DOLLARS OVER TW...

 BLAIR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY THEY'RE PLAYING THE WAITING GAME BEFORE CLOSING ON LAND FOR A NEW COUNTY PRISON. THE BOARD IS EYEING 83 ACRES OF WOODLAND OUTSIDE DUNCANSVILLE, BUT CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONER DAVE KESSLING SAYS THEY WON’T FINALIZE THE 585-THOUSAND-DOLLAR PURCHASE UNTIL ENVIRONMENTAL AND WETLAND REPORTS ARE COMPLETE. THE PROPOSED FACILITY WOULD REPLACE THE AGING, OVERCROWDED MULBERRY...

          SEVEN PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AFTER A GARAGE FIRE TRIGGERED A SECOND ALARM IN WILLIAMSPORT THURSDAY MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY THE BLAZE IN THE EIGHT-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MEMORIAL AVENUE SPREAD QUICKLY, DAMAGING SEVERAL NEARBY PROPERTIES AND CAUSING A GARAGE TO COLLAPSE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS NOW ASSISTING THE DISPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE INFERNO REMAINS U...

          A BOWLING GREEN MAN IS BEHIND BARS FOLLOWING A SEVEN-HOUR STANDOFF WITH POLICE YESTERDAY.             39-YEAR-OLD ALBERTO VAZQUEZ-HERNANDEZ WAS ARRESTED AT HIS OAK GROVE WAY HOME AFTER A CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE.            POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN VAZQUEZ-HERNANDEZ ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A HOME ON LOOP STREET AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A VICTIM. HE TOLD INVEST...

Good morning, A Clearfield County woman is facing charges after allegedly stealing more than $12,000 dollars from local student groups and fundraisers. Police say 41-year-old Jennifer L. Miller is accused of taking the money over time, impacting multiple organizations, and the case is now moving through the court system. Drivers across the region are also feeling the pinch at the pump. According t...

Good morning, A Clearfield County woman is facing charges after allegedly stealing more than $12,000 from local student groups and fundraisers. Police say 41-year-old Jennifer L. Miller is accused of taking the money over time, impacting multiple organizations. The case is now moving through the court system. Drivers across the region are feeling it at the pump, as gas prices continue to climb. Ac...

 Investigators are ruling a deadly officer-involved shooting in Northampton County last month was justified.  The County District Attorney's Office said a SERT team member fatally shot a man armed with an AR-15 rifle after the man refused numerous commands to surrender.  They said the man fired shots in the direction of law enforcement on multiple occasions during the two-hour standoff at a h...

Governor Andy Beshear is pushing back on claims made about wasteful spending in Kentucky's Medicaid system in the nation's capital yesterday.  Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball claimed to find over 800-million dollars in fraudulent and unnecessary costs paid out by the state while speaking before a Congressional subcommittee.  Ball says this includes non-citizens receiving Medicaid and benef...