radioNOVO News for Altoona: May 26, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 05/26/26          THREE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BLAIR COUNTY PRISON FOLLOWING A BRUTAL DRUG-MONEY ASSAULT IN ALTOONA. POLICE SAY 30-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER SENSABAUGH WAS PAID A 300 DOLLAR BOUNTY BY 56-YEAR-OLD AMY BURKE AND 34-YEAR-OLD SHANNON BEARD TO AMBUSH A MAN OVER A MISSING SAFE CONTAINING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.  THE VICTIM WAS BEATEN WITH A METAL POLE AND REQUIRED 11 STITCHES AND 4 STAPLES. THE THREE SUSPECTS FACE FELONY CONSPIRACY, ROBBERY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES, WITH TOTAL BAIL FOR THE TRIO SET AT 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS.          CAMBRIA COUNTY IS GEARING UP FOR A TWO-DAY CELEBRATION OF AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY. COMMISSIONER KEITH RAGER SAYS FESTIVITIES BEGIN JULY 3 WITH FIREWORKS AFTER THE JOHNSTOWN MILL RATS GAME AND CONTINUE JULY 4 IN EBENSBURG WITH A PATRIOTIC PARADE, COURTHOUSE CEREMONY AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE JOHNSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. THE EVENT WILL ALSO SHOWCASE THE COUNTY’S COMMEMORATIVE LIBERTY BELL AND LIBERTY TORCH, WHILE STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS READ THEIR WORK HONORING THE NATION’S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL.