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RNN ALTOONA 06/29/26           BLAIR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE HIT A SNAG IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BUY LAND NEAR DUNCANSVILLE FOR A NEW COUNTY PRISON............ THEY DON'T HAVE REQUIRED COPIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS NEEDED FOR THE PURCHASE.  COMMISSIONER AMY WEBSTER SAYS ENGINEERS WITH THE COUNTY'S ARCHITECTURAL FIRM ONLY TOLD THEM VERBALLY THAT THE REVIEWS FOUND NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/29/26           RAINY WEATHER DID NOT DAMPEN THE ENTHUSIASM SATURDAY, AS ACTIVISTS GATHERED IN DOWNTOWN JOHNSTOWN TO RALLY VOTERS AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS.           ORGANIZED BY "JOHNSTOWN FOR CHOICE," THE SIDEWALK PROTEST TARGETED NATIONAL POLICIES OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN-LED CONGRESS, SPANNING ISSUES FROM REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND I...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 06/29/26           A WEST VIRGINIA MAN FACES MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SELLING COCAINE TO AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER FIVE SEPARATE TIMES IN STATE COLLEGE.           POLICE SAY 28-YEAR-OLD JORDAN ELI HUFF ARRANGED THE SALES VIA TEXT, TWICE HIDING THE DRUGS INSIDE FRUIT SNACK BAGS. HUFF WAS ARRAIGNED FRIDAY AND RELEASED ON FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS UNSECURED BAIL. HIS PRELIMINAR...

RNN LEWISTOWN 06/29/26           JUNIATA COUNTY MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DELAYS THIS WEEK. DRIVERS WILL ENCOUNTER BRIDGE MAINTENANCE WORK ON GOODVILLE ROAD AT THE BRIDGE OVER DUTCHMAN RUN, WITH DETOURS IN PLACE.  JOINT AND CRACK SEALING TAKES PLACE ON ROUTE 333, INCLUDING DAYTIME LANE CLOSURES, FLAGGERS, AND A PILOT CAR THROUGH THE WORK ZONE.  ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE PIPE...

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/29/26           GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO VISITED VACCINE-MANUFACTURER SANOFI PASTEUR IN MONROE COUNTY LAST FRIDAY, TO HIGHLIGHT A 10.6-MILLION DOLLAR STATE GRANT.           THE FEDERAL FUNDING WILL HELP THE COMPANY UPGRADE ITS WASTE-PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, CUTTING ITS NATURAL GAS USAGE BY 65-PERCENT. OFFICIALS SAY THE PROJECT WILL REDUCE INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS WHILE CREATING DOZENS OF...

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/29/26           A BOWLING GREEN MAN IS BEHIND BARS THIS MORNING, ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A DRUNKEN, 15-YEAR OLD GIRL IN MAY, THEN THREATENING TO KILL HER FAMILY AFTER A SOCIAL MEDIA POST CALLED HIM OUT .              THE CASE AGAINST 21-YEAR-OLD JATARIUS SIMMONS WAS REFERRED TO A GRAND JURY ON FRIDAY FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY HEARING.  HE'S FACING CHARGES INCLUDING F...

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RNN STROUDSBURG 06/26/26           A 9-YEAR-OLD MONROE COUNTY BOY HAS DIED AFTER A DROWNING AT A POCONO TOWNSHIP HOTEL.  THE CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP BOY WAS PULLED FROM THE POOL AT THE DAYS INN BY WYNDHAM LAST SATURDAY, AND DIED THREE DAYS LATER AT LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL-CEDAR CREST. THE LEHIGH COUNTY CORONER RULED THE DEATH AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.  A POLICE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.          ...

RNN LEWISTOWN 06/26/26           MOTHER NATURE AND THE FORECASTED RAIN IN THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT HAS POSTPONED THE JUNIATA RIVER VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.  HOWEVER, THE FUN-FILLED CELEBRATION WILL STILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND, JUST ON SUNDAY NIGHT INSTEAD.             FESTIVITIES WILL KICK OFF SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE LEWISTOWN COMM...

RNN STATE COLLEGE 06/26/26           A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED 65-YEAR-OLD MORRIS REESE ON A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO PRODUCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE BLAIR COUNTY MAN IS ONE OF FOUR SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF OPERATING A LONG-RUNNING, RECORDED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE RING OUT OF A CENTRE COUNTY BASEMENT. LOCAL PROSECUTORS SAY STATE CHARGES WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD AGAINST REESE AHEAD OF HIS INITIAL FEDER...

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/26/26           THINKING A LITTLE OUTSIDE THE BOX.............. CAMBRIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A 35-THOUSAND DOLLAR AGREEMENT THURSDAY TO JOIN FOUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES IN A JOINT 10-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.            PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER SCOTT HUNT NOTED THAT BY PARTNERING THROUGH A REGIONAL COMMISSION, THE COUNTY WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE FIVE-COU...

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/26/26           NORTHWEST SCHOOL DIRECTORS HAVE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A NEW 2026-27 BUDGET ALONGSIDE A 5-YEAR TEACHERS CONTRACT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENTS. PROPERTY TAXES ARE SET TO INCREASE BY THE STATE ACT 1 INDEX MAXIMUM OF 4.6-PERCENT.  UNDER THE NEW RATE, THE OWNER OF A HOME ASSESSED AT 174-THOUSAN DOLLARS WILL SEE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES RISE ABOUT 102 DOLLARS NEXT YEAR.......

RNN FRANKFORT 06/26/26           FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT DEMETRUS LIGGINS HAS FILED A WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT WITH KENTUCKY'S OFFICE OF EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY, CLAIMING THE SCHOOL BOARD RETALIATED AGAINST HIM AFTER HE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT DISTRICT ISSUES. LIGGINS, WHO WAS PLACED ON PAID LEAVE EARLIER THIS MONTH, SAYS HE'S BEING PUNISHED FOR EXPOSING PROBLEMS. THE SCHOOL...

RNN ALTOONA 06/26/26           THE HORSESHOE CURVE FUNICULAR IS BACK IN SERVICE FOLLOWING A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY YESTERDAY.  THE HISTORIC RIDE WAS SHUT DOWN FOR NEARLY ALL OF LAST SEASON, REQUIRING 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MECHANICAL REPAIRS. OFFICIALS ALSO DEDICATED A NEW 80-FOOT FLAGPOLE AHEAD OF AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.           THE BLAIR COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NAMED JESSICA SHEE...

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 06/26/26           MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HAVE OPENED AN EXCLUSIVE TICKET SWEEPSTAKES FOR LYCOMING COUNTY RESIDENTS. WINNERS WILL RECEIVE FREE TICKETS TO THE 9TH ANNUAL M-L-B LITTLE LEAGUE CLASSIC ON AUGUST 23RD AT BOWMAN FIELD, FEATURING THE ATLANTA BRAVES AND THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. LOCAL RESIDENTS AGED 18 AND OLDER CAN ENTER ONLINE AT MLB.COM/LLCLA...

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/26/26           COURTS IN BARREN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES HAVE SET JULY 20TH HEARINGS FOR TWO SEPARATE LAWSUITS INVOLVING PROPOSED DATA CENTER PROJECTS. IN SIMPSON COUNTY, DEVELOPERS ARE SUING THE FISCAL COURT TO OVERTURN AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT INSIDE FRANKLIN CITY LIMITS.            MEANWHILE, IN BARREN COUNTY, A DEVELOPER IS LEGALLY CHALLENGING CAVE CITY...

  Good morning. We begin with a developing tragedy in Saratoga County, where police are investigating the deaths of six people, including four children. Authorities conducting a welfare check at a Mechanicville apartment discovered the bodies of thirty-one-year-old Sarah Myers, her mother, and her four young children, including ten-year-old twins. While police are investigating the scene as a crim...

Good morning.  We begin with an emergency declaration in southern West Virginia, where communities are reeling from severe storms, flash flooding, and landslides. Governor Patrick Morrisey officially declared a State of Emergency for Boone, Logan, and Raleigh counties after a series of slow-moving storm systems dumped over six inches of rain on the region. State officials report extensive damage t...

Good morning. The federal government has reached a massive four-hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar settlement with chemical maker Chemours over the illegal discharge of synthetic "forever chemicals." Filed in West Virginia court, the agreement requires the company to pay a civil penalty and fund clean drinking water infrastructure surrounding its Washington Works plant. In education news,...

Good morning. A severe, multi-vehicle accident in Cattaraugus County has left seven people injured, including five children. The Sheriff's Office reports that a vehicle on state Route 353 in Little Valley struck a runaway horse before colliding head-on with another car. The five children were rushed to Rochester for emergency treatment. In Steuben County, the wading area at Stony Brook State...

Good morning. Elmira police are investigating an early-morning shooting that left a vehicle crashed and one man wounded. Officers arriving on East Second Street found spent shell casings and an abandoned vehicle with a firearm inside. A wounded male later returned to the scene but refused medical attention and remains uncooperative. In infrastructure news, commuters should brace for traffic disrup...

Good morning. A personal care home administrator has been sentenced to one to three years in the Lawrence County jail. A judge ordered the sentence for fifty-year-old Kelly Renee Gonzales, who was convicted of neglect after a twenty-two-year-old resident went eleven days without his anti-seizure medication and suffered a fatal medical episode. In health news, Lawrence County has been chosen to pil...