radioNOVO News for Altoona: July 22, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 07/22/26          BLAIR COUNTY PRESIDENT JUDGE WADE KAGARISE IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SEPARATE THE TRIAL OF AN ALTOONA MAN CHARGED IN A 2025 CITY HALL COMMONS SHOOTING. ATTORNEYS FOR 41-YEAR-OLD JAICE VERNON LINDSEY ARGUE HIS CASE SHOULD BE TRIED APART FROM CO-DEFENDANT GARRETT MILES, WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED THE SHOT. AMONG LINDSEY'S CHARGES ARE FELONY COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE.  HE'S BEING HELD AT THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON ON A MILLION DOLLARS BAIL.PROSECUTORS OPPOSE THE REQUEST, AND THE JUDGE SAYS HE'LL ISSUE A RULING AT A LATER DATE.          ANOTHER BREAKDOWN IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER AND SEIU HEALTHCARE PENNSYLVANIA LAST NIGHT............. SO AS A RESULT, A PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FIVE-DAY STRIKE WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY.  UNION REPRESENTATIVES CALLED THE FAILED NEGOTIATIONS.......... DISAPPOINTING.          THE MED CENTER'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND DOCTOR'S OFFICES WILL OPERATE AS NORMAL, AND PATIENTS SHOULD KEEP THEIR SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS, UNLESS CONTACTED DIRECTLY BY MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH.