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RNN BOWLING GREEN 04/16/26           BOWLING GREEN FIREFIGHTERS HAVE SPENT THIS WEEK SHARPENING THEIR SKILLS AT THE CITY’S REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE ANNUAL F-A-A TRAINING EXERCISE IS FOCUSED ON DOUSING AIRCRAFT FIRES AND RESCUING CRASH VICTIMS. OFFICIALS SAY THE THREE-DAY DRILL IS CRUCIAL FOR ENSURING CREWS ARE FAMILIAR WITH AIRPORT GROUNDS AND READY TO RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCY ON THE RUNWAY.        ...

RNN ALTOONA 04/16/26           AFTER FOUR YEARS AND SEVEN PROVISIONAL LICENSES, BLAIR COUNTY CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES HAS OFFICIALLY HAD ITS FULL OPERATING LICENSE RESTORED. STATE ADMINISTRATORS SAY THE AGENCY SHOWED SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS DURING RECENT INSPECTIONS, MEETING COMPLIANCE STANDARDS SIX WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. DHS SECRETARY VAL ARKOOSH PRAISED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR COMMITM...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 04/16/26           AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BEGINNING TO FINALIZE BUDGETS FOR THE UPCOMING 2026–27 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH BOTH WILLIAMSPORT AND SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT PROPOSING PROPERTY TAX INCREASES. WILLIAMSPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVED A PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET CALLING FOR A MILLAGE OF .86 MILLS........... WHICH WOULD RAISE TAXES ABOUT $86 PER $100,000 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE IF...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 04/16/26           SOMERSET COUNTY’S RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE IS LAUNCHING A NEW FRAUD ALERT SYSTEM TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS MONITOR CHANGES TO DEEDS AND MORTGAGES. OFFICIALS SAY THE LANDEX-BASED PROGRAM WILL NOTIFY SUBSCRIBERS BY TEXT OR EMAIL IF DOCUMENTS ARE ALTERED, ADDING AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION AGAINST PROPERTY FRAUD. THE SERVICE WILL BE PAID FOR THROUGH EXISTING OFFICE FUN...

RNN SELINSGROVE 04/16/26           MONTOUR TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS HAVE APPROVED PAYING BACK MORE THAN 45-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER FUNDS TO PENNSYLVANIA'S MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AFTER AUDITS UNCOVERED SEVERAL MISTAKES MADE BY FORMER TOWNSHIP ADMINISTATORS WITHIN THE TWO PENSION PLANS COVERING TOWNHIP POLICE AND NON-POLICE WORKERS.  ONE OF THE PLANS WAS INELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING AND THE OT...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 04/16/26           A SIGNIFICANT DETOUR AT THE INTERSTATE 80 AND 99 INTERCHANGE IN CENTRE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH JULY. THE CLOSURE AFFECTS SOUTHBOUND DRIVERS ON ROUTE 26 BETWEEN THE I-80 WESTBOUND RAMPS AND FOREST AVENUE. PENNDOT OFFICIALS HAD HOPED TO LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS THIS SPRING, BUT SAY SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DELAYED PROGRESS ON THE HIGH-SPEED CONNECTION PROJECT....

RNN FRANKFORT 04/16/26           A WOMAN CHARGED IN A DECADES-OLD KENTUCKY INFANT DEATH CASE IS OUT ON BOND. 55-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER CUMMINS OF VIRGINIA WAS RELEASED AFTER PROSECUTORS LOWERED HER BOND FROM ONE MILLION TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.  CUMMINS IS CHARGED WITH THE 1991 DEATH OF A NEWBORN FOUND AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. THE REDUCTION FOLLOWS EXPERT CLAIMS THAT KEY FORENSIC EVIDENCE IS UN...

RNN STROUDSBURG 04/16/26           A MONROE COUNTY MAN HAS DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH ON MARCH 29TH.             59-YEAR-OLD CAREY WATSON OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PASSED AWAY TUESDAY AT LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL-CEDAR CREST.             STATE POLICE SAY WATSON WAS RIDING ON ROUTE 209, WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE LEFT THE ROAD AND STRUCK A POLE. THE CORONER’S OFFICE HAS RULED THE DEATH ACC...

RNN LEWISTOWN 04/16/26           A FORMER EAST JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS FACING CHARGES FOR AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT. STATE POLICE SAY 27-YEAR-OLD JAMES TOWSEY OF PORT ROYAL ADMITTED TO SENDING THE GIRL NUDE PHOTOS AND DRINKING ALCOHOL WITH HER AT HIS HOME LAST YEAR.            TOWSEY WAS PLACED ON LEAVE LAST JULY AFTER THE DISTRICT LEARNED OF THE INVESTIGATION. HIS PRELI...

          AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN THE DEATH OF A WOMAN , FOUND INSIDE A HOME IN LEBANON COUNTY THAT WAS SOLD AT A SHERIFF'S SALE EARLIER IN THE DAY.             RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES REPORTS, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO: __________________________ SOUTH LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP POLICE PERFORMED A WELLNESS CHECK AT A HOME IN THE 300 BLOCK OF TIMBER LANE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE...

Good morning, A Meadville man is headed to trial after allegedly stealing from his employer. Police say 37-year-old Timothy McIntyre waived his preliminary hearing Monday. Investigators say he made multiple trips to a garage behind Walgreens on North Street, where he’s accused of taking bags of road salt. He remains in the Crawford County Jail on 10-thousand dollars bail. In Lawrence County, drive...

Good morning, In Elk County, a Ridgway man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly having inappropriate contact with a minor. Police say 31-year-old Kyle Timothy Jacobs is accused of unlawful contact, corruption of minors, and providing alcohol to underage girls following an investigation into incidents reported in December. Authorities say the case involves communication through social...

Five people are in custody after a robbery and assault in Allentown, including four teenagers.  Police say one person inside an SUV pointed a gun at the victim and fired a shot in the air near Fulton and Turner yesterday afternoon then the other four chased him down, attacked him, and stole his shoes.  Authorities said they were found in the SUV a short time later.  The department said a 42-year-o...

The Kentucky General Assembly is overriding many of the vetoes issued by Governor Andy Beshear.  Lawmakers were back in session yesterday, with the Republican majority wasting no time in reversing a large portion of the governor's choices on submitted legislation.  Many of the overrides were on line-item vetoes in the state budget, with Republican assembly members again arguing that the Commo...

   A BOWLING GREEN NOISE COMPLAINT LED TO A BIZARRE ARREST LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY WATCHED 23-YEAR-OLD DEVON GRAY SPEED PAST THEM WITH A MAN CLINGING TO THE HOOD OF HIS CAR. GRAY CLAIMED THE PASSENGER "DEMANDED" A RIDE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE, BUT OFFICERS WEREN'T BUYING THE EXCUSE. GRAY WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE WANTON ENDANGERMENT AND HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASE...

  TWO TYRONE BOROUGH POLICE OFFICERS ARE OUT OF A JOB FOLLOWING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.           COUNCIL VOTED MONDAY TO TERMINATE OFFICERS TRACI WINTERS AND AUSTIN MILLER, WHO HAD BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. MAYOR JOHN HARLOW SAYS THE BOROUGH FOLLOWED PROPER PROCEDURES AND DENIED CLAIMS THAT THE DISCIPLINE WAS TIED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS MILLER MADE AT A PRIOR MEETING ABOUT TH...

COME THE MAY 19TH PRIMARY ELECTION, WILLIAMSPORT VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO ELECT A SEVEN-MEMBER HOME RULE STUDY COMMISSION. A YES VOTE ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO STUDY POTENTIAL HOME RULE; A NO VOTE WOULD HALT THE EFFORT. OFFICIALS STRESS THE BALLOT DOES NOT CREATE HOME RULE ITSELF. INSTEAD, THE PANEL WOULD WORK WITH A STATE-FUNDED CONSULTANT. AND COULD DRAFT A CHARTER FOR A 2027 VOTE AFTER A NI...

A HIGH-PROFILE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 46-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BISHOP WAS SET TO FACE A JURY ON CHARGES HE ASSAULTED AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, BUT PRESIDENT JUDGE PAIGE ROSINI DISMISSED THE JURORS JUST HOURS AFTER THEY ARRIVED. OFFICIALS SAY "SEVERAL ISSUES" THAT COULDN'T BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY FORCED THE LAST-MINUTE CONTINU...

  THREE MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SEIZED NEARLY TWENTY GRAND IN DRUGS HIDDEN IN A SPARE TIRE. AUTHORITIES STOPPED THE SUSPECTS ON SCALP AVENUE IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, UNCOVERING COCAINE AND NARCOTIC PILLS ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLED FROM PHILADELPHIA. DESPITE CLAIMS THEY WERE ON A "FAMILY VACATION," ALL THREE NOW FACE FELONY CONSPIRACY CHARGES AND ARE BEING HELD ON 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND....

 A MAJOR DETOUR FOR CENTRE COUNTY DRIVERS IS STICKING AROUND LONGER THAN EXPECTED. PENNDOT ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THAT THE CLOSURE OF EXIT 161 FOR WESTBOUND I-80 WILL NOW REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH JULY. OFFICIALS BLAME SEVERE WINTER WEATHER FOR STALLING PROGRESS ON THE NEW HIGH-SPEED INTERCHANGE. DRIVERS HEADING TO I-99 SOUTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE THE MILESBURG DETOUR UNTIL THE PROJECT WRAPS UP THIS SUM...

          LEWISTOWN BOROUGH OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED ITS NEW MANAGER AT MONDAY NIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING. JULIE BROOKS, WHO STEPPED INTO THE ROLE LAST MONTH, SAYS SHE IS READY TO "HIT THE GROUND RUNNING."            BROOKS BRINGS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IN WATER MANAGEMENT TO THE POSITION, AND SAYS SHE'S HONORED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.      ...

THE KENTUCKY SENATE IS HALTING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF FAYETTE CIRCUIT JUDGE JULIE MUTH GOODMAN. FOLLOWING A SUPREME COURT ORDER AND A NEW JUDICIAL CONDUCT PROBE, LAWMAKERS VOTED TO SUSPEND THE PROCEEDINGS INDEFINITELY. SENATE PRESIDENT ROBERT STIVERS SAYS THE DELAY ALLOWS FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO GOODMAN'S CONDUCT, THOUGH THE SENATE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESUME THE TRIAL AT A LATER DAT...

 A MONROE COUNTY MAN IS HEADING TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR A SCHEME INVOLVING OVER 300-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FRAUDULENT COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS. 46-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM FREEMAN THE FOURTH OF TOBYHANNA WAS SENTENCED TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS FOR FILING AT LEAST TEN FALSE LOAN APPLICATIONS AND A FRAUDULENT TAX RETURN. PROSECUTORS SAY FREEMAN FABRICATED EMPLOYEE COUNTS AND GROSS REVENUES TO SECURE THE STIMULUS MONE...

IF YOU VOTE WITH A MAIL IN BALLOT IN LEBANON COUNTY, TAKE NOTE.............. YESTERDAY, THE COUNTY'S ELECTIONS BOARD APPROVED THIS YEAR'S PRIMARY BALLOT............ AND COUNTY ELECTIONS CHIEF SEAN DRASHER SAYS THEY'RE READY TO BE MAILED OUT.  VOTERS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE THEIR REQUESTED, MAIL-IN BALLOTS BY THIS WEEKEND.                  IN ADDITION, THE APPROVAL OF THE PRIMARY BALLO...

Good morning, A Conneaut Lake man has been sentenced to jail time after indecent exposure incidents on the Allegheny College campus.  Authorities say 32-year-old Scott Moersch was given one to 12 months in the Crawford County Jail, followed by a year of probation, after pleading guilty. Investigators say the incidents happened last spring near student housing, when he was spotted without pants or...