radioNOVO News for Altoona: May 22, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 05/22/26          A TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 5 TO 10 YEARS IN STATE PRISON WEDNESDAY FOR HER ROLE IN A 2023 FATAL OVERDOSE. TYLO BREON SCHILLING PLEADED GUILTY TO FELONY DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THIRTY-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY ZEMBOWER. IN AN EMOTIONAL HEARING, THE VICTIM'S MOTHER HUGGED SCHILLING'S PARENTS AND OFFERED FORGIVENESS. PRESIDENT JUDGE WADE KAGARISE ALSO SENTENCED SCHILLING TO 10 YEARS OF PROBATION AND APPROVED HER ENTRY INTO A STATE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM.          LOCAL POLICE AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES BRAVED THE RAIN THURSDAY FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN THROUGH ALTOONA. THE LOCAL LEG WAS ANCHORED BY ALTOONA POLICE SERGEANT MATTHEW PLUMMER, WHO RAN 150 MILES FROM PITTSBURGH TO STATE COLLEGE TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER GAMES AT PENN STATE, JUNE 4TH THROUGH THE 6TH.             ALTOONA IS CALLING ON LOCAL ARTISTS TO TURN 20 BOARDED-UP WINDOWS ON THE HISTORIC GABLE’S BUILDING INTO VIBRANT MURALS. ORGANIZERS ARE OFFERING A $150 STIPEND AND UP TO $1,000 IN PRIZES TO BEAUTIFY THE DORMANT DOWNTOWN ANCHOR BEFORE 10,000 VISITORS ARRIVE IN JULY TO SEE THE HISTORIC, UNION PACIFIC "BIG BOY," TRAIN.