radioNovo News for Johnstown: August 12, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 08/12/26          A 60-YEAR-OLD SOMERSET MAN FACES NEW CHARGES AFTER A FORENSIC SEARCH REVEALED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL FILES ON HIS PHONE. THEODORE POPERNACK IS CHARGED WITH 28 FELONY COUNTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL AFTER INVESTIGATORS UNCOVERED MORE THAN 30-THOUSAND IMAGES AND 55-THOUSAND WEB PAGES. POPERNACK IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY PRISON ON 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.          LOCAL MANUFACTURER GAPVAX IS GROWING ITS FOOTPRINT IN JOHNSTOWN, EXPANDING ONTO 35 ACRES AND 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE AT A FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE IN MOXHAM. COMPANY LEADERS CELEBRATED THE HISTORIC EXPANSION MONDAY WITH A FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY AT THE CENTRAL AVENUE PROPERTY. OFFICIALS SAY THE GROWTH WILL ALLOW GAPVAX TO GRADUALLY ADD NEW LOCAL JOBS TO ITS 180-MEMBER WORKFORCE OVER TIME.