radioNOVO News for Dubois/Clarion/Brookville 07-13-26

Good morning.The State Police Fire Marshal is continuing a detailed forensic investigation into a catastrophic house explosion that occurred Friday morning in Clearfield County. Multiple regional emergency departments rushed to the three hundred block of Pentz Lane in Ferguson Township after a massive blast completely leveled a residential home. Rescue crews worked rapidly to pull a man trapped beneath the burning rubble, while a second occupant managed to escape with moderate injuries. Both victims are recovering at area hospitals, while utilities like National Fuel help look into what triggered the blast near several large fuel storage tanks.Meanwhile, a courageous sixteen-year-old cancer patient from Philipsburg has successfully launched a local nonprofit called Uplifting Outdoors to fund life-changing hunting and fishing trips for disabled veterans and sick children.And the DuBois Area School Board has finalized a major new twenty-year lease agreement with the city, securing priority usage of Showers Field for the high school baseball program through twenty-forty-six.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.