radioNovo News for Johnstown: July 27, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/27/26          A 51-YEAR-OLD SALISBURY MAN HAS DIED FOLLOWING AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE CRASH SATURDAY IN SOMERSET COUNTY. OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS WALTER KENNETH BITTINGER, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE NEAR PINEY RUN ROAD IN ELK LICK TOWNSHIP. THE CORONER RULED THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA, AND STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH.          AN INMATE AT S-C-I SOMERSET NOW FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY INJURING 2 CORRECTIONS OFFICERS DURING AN INCIDENT JULY 8TH.  STATE POLICE SAY 34-YEAR-OLD STEVEN WALLACE FRACTURED AN OFFICER'S SHOULDER, SPIT ON GUARDS, AND PHYSICALLY RESISTED ARREST. WALLACE HAS BEEN SERVING A SENTENCE FOR A SERIES OF 2011 ROBBERIES IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY.          THE JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN-CAMBRIA COUNTY AIRPORT IS BRINGING ON RETIRED LATROBE AIRPORT EXECUTIVE GABE MONZO TO HELP LAUNCH A 2027 AIR SHOW. MONZO WILL SERVE AS A CONSULTANT TO GUIDE EVENT PLANNING. MEANWHILE, AIRPORT OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT A SEPARATE PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE A SOLAR FARM AT THE FACILITY HAS BEEN SHELVED FOR THE TIME BEING.