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Good morning. Here is your West Virginia State Roundup. In state economic policy, both Democratic and Republican state lawmakers in Charleston are calling for a temporary ninety-day suspension of West Virginia's motor fuel tax. Bipartisan leaders say the gas tax pause is needed to provide immediate financial relief to drivers and commercial truckers as average unleaded gas prices sit at four-...

Good morning. Here is your New York State Roundup. In state politics, Governor Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman are gearing up for their first televised debate tonight at seven p.m. Hosted by Spectrum News New York 1, the debate marks the first faceoff in the gubernatorial race, with recent statewide polling showing Hochul holding a lead as Blakeman focuses his platform on cri...

 A FRANKLIN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A 2024 DRUNK DRIVING CRASH ON SCOTTSVILLE ROAD THAT KILLED A TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD. 35-YEAR-OLD JORGE LOPEZ ITURBIDE WAS SENTENCED IN WARREN CIRCUIT COURT AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MURDER, ASSAULT, AND DUI. AUTHORITIES SAY ITURBIDE'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS OVER THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, KILLING YOU...

 Good morning. The Marietta Community Foundation has announced a major two-million-dollar matching campaign to build permanent unrestricted funds for Washington County projects. Local philanthropists Ryan and Katarina Robinson have pledged to match all qualifying donations dollar-for-dollar through the end of December, with over five hundred thousand dollars already raised prior to the public laun...

A 27-YEAR OLD BRADFORD COUNTY WOMAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED, RECOVERING FROM SUSPECTED SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES TO HER WRISTS AND NECK............ AFTER CALLING 911 MONDAY TO ASK FOR HELP DYING.             WHEN OFFICERS FROM THE POCONO TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO THE GREAT WOLF LODGE AROUND 3:13PM, THEY FOUND THE UNIMAGINABLE IN METALLICA ROSE HARRISON'S ROOM............... HER HUSBAND...

Good morning. Motorists in Olean should expect major traffic detours starting at six a.m. today due to emergency sewer line repairs. The Olean Public Works Department reports East State Street will be closed between Barry Street and Fulton Street, with temporary detours in place along East Green and South Union Streets. Cornell University has announced an immediate, full-year suspension of all par...

A BLAIR COUNTY MAN IS HEADING TO STATE PRISON FOR A TARGETED MIDDLE-OF-THE-NIGHT HOME INVASION IN STATE COLLEGE.  ON TUESDAY, 26-YEAR OLD BRAXDYN LANDRUM WAS SENTENCED TO TWO TO EIGHT YEARS BEHIND BARS, PLUS MORE THAN 13-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION.            PROSECUTORS SAY LANDRUM, A FORMER HOUSE CLEANER FOR THE VICTIMS, SMASHED A GLASS DOOR WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER TO STEAL HIGH-END WATCHES, LE...

Good morning. Cornell University has announced an immediate, full-year suspension of all parties and social gatherings at campus fraternity houses. University President Michael Kotlikoff says the ban comes as the Ivy League institution implements new survivor support services, launches independent state police investigations into campus sexual assault allegations, and expands civil rights staff fo...

Good morning. A twenty-two-year-old Knox man is behind bars in the Clarion County Jail following an underage drinking investigation in Beaver Township. State Police say Zackary Shuffstall was charged with corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol after allegedly purchasing multiple cases of beer and flavored malt beverages that were distributed to six minors in a wooded area. Shuffstall is being...

 THE CITY OF WILLIAMSPORT IS MOVING TO BAN LARGE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, CAMPERS, AND TRACTOR-TRAILERS FROM PARKING ON CITY STREETS FOR DAYS AT A TIME. MAYOR DEREK SLAUGHTER TOLD CITY COUNCIL THE OVERSIZED VEHICLES CREATE DANGEROUS SIGHTLINES FOR DRIVERS. UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, VISITING MOTORHOMES COULD PARK FOR UP TO 24 HOURS, BUT LONG-TERM STREET PARKING WOULD PROMPT A FORMAL NOT...

Good morning. A fifty-one-year-old Lewistown man is facing felony assault charges after city police say he physically attacked a nurse at the Penn Highlands Behavioral Health facility in DuBois. Authorities say Gregory Price was placed in the Clearfield County Jail on one hundred thousand dollars bail after allegedly striking a staff member during an incident on Sunflower Drive last week. Pennsylv...

BERWICK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY CHRISTOPHER CROSS JAMES DIED AT GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS FOLLOWING A VIOLENT STRUGGLE INSIDE HIS WALNUT STREET HOME. NEIGHBORS REPORTED SEEING JAMES CRAWL FROM HIS BACKYARD ONTO A SIDEWALK ON EAST SECOND STREET BEFORE CALLING 911. POLICE SAY THERE IS NO ONGOING T...

THE FRANKFORT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY MONDAY NIGHT NOT TO RENEW ITS CONTRACT WITH FLOCK GROUP INC. WHEN IT EXPIRES IN JANUARY 2027. FOLLOWING PUBLIC OPPOSITION AT RECENT MEETINGS, THE 5-NOTHING VOTE ENSURES THE CITY WILL NOT EXTEND ITS AGREEMENT FOR 19 LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS. ALL 19 AUTOMATED CAMERAS WILL BE REMOVED FROM FRANKFORT STREETS ONCE THE LEASE ENDS.           A MAN...

Good morning. A Shenango Township couple is suing an Ohio mining company, seeking five hundred thousand dollars in damages over heavy truck traffic and dust. Local attorney Chris Papa and his wife filed the lawsuit against the East Fairfield Coal Company, alleging heavy equipment has been trespassing on their private road at five a.m. to access a nearby limestone mine without permission. Township...

Good morning. A landmark restaurant in Conneautville is a total loss following a devastating early morning fire. More than a dozen regional fire departments responded to The Valley Inn on Main Street around three-thirty yesterday morning after heavy smoke and flames spread through the building's roof. A State Police fire marshal has ruled the blaze accidental, and owner Tammy Mead expressed d...

 MIFFLIN COUNTY ADDED 14 NEW MEASLES CASES LATE LAST WEEK, RAISING ITS LOCAL TOTAL TO 167 AS PENNSYLVANIA'S STATEWIDE COUNT REACHED 1,136.  HEALTH DEPARTMENT DATA SHOWS MIFFLIN COUNTY TRAILING ONLY LANCASTER COUNTY IN TOTAL INFECTIONS. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT ACTIVE COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION ACROSS 12 COUNTIES, URGING RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THEY ARE UP TO DATE ON THEIR 2-DOSE MMR...

A 72-YEAR-OLD JOHNSTOWN-AREA MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE STALKED A UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT JOHNSTOWN STUDENT. ANTHONY SANSONE JR. WAS CHARGED WITH STALKING AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS AFTER OFFICERS SPOTTED HIM ON CAMPUS IN APRIL DESPITE A NO-TRESPASS ORDER. SANSONE POSTED 10% OF 15,000 DOLLARS BAIL AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AHEAD OF HIS OCTOBER 21ST PRELIMINARY HE...

 A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS REJECTED THE LATEST APPEAL FROM AN ALTOONA MAN CONVICTED IN A BRUTAL 1988 MURDER. JAMES RODGERS WAS 17 WHEN HE STABBED 72-YEAR-OLD PASQUALE LASCOLI OVER 70 TIMES DURING A HOME INVASION. ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO LIFE, RODGERS' TERM WAS ADJUSTED TO 40 YEARS TO LIFE FOLLOWING A SUPREME COURT RULING ON JUVENILE OFFENDERS. THE 55-YEAR-OLD REMAINS IN STATE PRISON AND WILL REACH...

MULTIPLE PEOPLE FACE CHARGES FOLLOWING A DRUG BUST MONDAY IN SIMPSON COUNTY. THE SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY DRUG TASK FORCE SEIZED ROUGHLY 76 GRAMS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE DURING TARGETED TRAFFIC STOPS IN FRANKLIN. TWO RESIDENTS, 41-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN KINSER AND 37-YEAR-OLD TERESA KINLAW, WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE SIMPSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON DRUG TRAFFICKING AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING CHARG...

  Good morning. Here is your West Virginia State Roundup. The Mountain State is mourning the loss of legendary sports broadcaster Frank Giardina, who passed away Sunday at the age of seventy-two. A West Virginia native, Giardina served as the voice of Marshall University athletics starting in 1977 before spending decades as a college athletic administrator. A celebration of his life is planned for...