radioNovo News for Johnstown: July 2, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/02/26        A SOMERSET MAN WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR A FATAL 2023 SHOOTING. 69-YEAR-OLD GREGORY MOSTOLLER WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF CLIFTON JOHNSON.  IN JUNE, A JURY REJECTED SELF-DEFENSE CLAIMS, FINDING MOSTOLLER HAD INTENTIONALLY KILLED JOHNSON FOLLOWING A DISPUTE OVER A FAILED FARM SALE. SOMERSET COUNTY D.A. TIM LEIDEN SAID MOSTOLLER RECEIVED THE SENTENCE HE DESERVED.            AS PENNSYLVANIA ENTERS A NEW FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT AN APPROVED STATE BUDGET, CAMBRIA COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE FRANK BURNS ANNOUNCED HE WILL VOLUNTARILY REFUSE HIS PAYCHECK. BURNS SAYS LEGISLATORS SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE WHEN WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH RISING PRICES, NOTING HE WILL NOT ACCEPT STATE PAY UNTIL A BUDGET AGREEMENT IS FINALLY PASSED.                      STATE FLAGS WILL FLY AT HALF STAFF THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO HONOR TROOPER MIKE PAHIRA, WHO WAS STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING ALONG I-81 SOUTH IN CASS TOWNSHIP, SCUYLKILL COUNTY.