radioNovo News for Johnstown: July 22, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/22/26          IN THIS ERA OF THE DECLINE OF SHOPPING MALLS........... THE OWNER OF THE JOHNSTOWN GALLERIA IS PUSHING LOCAL OFFICIALS TO ENFORCE CODE VIOLATIONS AT ADJACENT VACANT ANCHOR STORES. LEO KARRULI SAYS STRUCTURAL DECAY, CRUMBLING ROOFS AND WATER LEAKS AT THE ATTACHED FORMER SEARS AND BON-TON PROPERTIES POSE A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD AND THREATEN TO DAMAGE HIS ACTIVE SHOPPING MALL—JUST AS INSIDE FOOT TRAFFIC PICKS UP, A PACKED FOOD COURT RETURNS, AND MALL OCCUPANCY HAS JUMPED FROM 35 TO 65 PERCENT.            THREE SOMERSET COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FACING ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES AFTER MORE THAN FIFTY ANIMALS WERE RESCUED FROM A HOME IN BLACK TOWNSHIP ON MAY 5TH.  STATE POLICE, MEMBERS OF THE SOMERSET COUNTY ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS FROM ABBY'S ANGELS FOUND 48 DOGS, A GOAT, A LIZARD, AND TWO BIRDS LIVING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS ON BANDO ROAD, SURROUNDED BY PILES OF TRASH AND FECES.