radioNovo News for Johnstown: July 7, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 07/07/26          THREE CAMBRIA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS BATTLED A HOUSE FIRE AT A MULTI-STORY HOME IN SOUTH FORK ON MONDAY NIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE 500 BLOCK OF LAKE STREET JUST AFTER 8:00 P.M., WITH EMERGENCY CREWS REMAINING ON THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO CONTROL THE FLAMES.          A CAMBRIA COUNTY WOMAN HAS DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A JUNE 25TH VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN INDIANA COUNTY.                    30-YEAR OLD SARAH ELLIS OF RICHLAND TOWNSHIP WAS RIDING WITHOUT A SEATBELT IN A CHEVROLET BLAZER THAT STRUCK A TREE.  SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE CORONER RULED HER DEATH ACCIDENTAL.          AN ARGUMENT OVER A CHILD'S BICYCLE OUTSIDE OAKHURST HOMES LATE SUNDAY LED TO A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A MAN IN HIS 50S WOUNDED. JOHNSTOWN POLICE SAY THE ARGUMENT TURNED PHYSICAL BEFORE A GUN WAS FIRED, STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE ARM. DETECTIVES HAVE IDENTIFIED A PERSON OF INTEREST, BUT NO CHARGES HAVE YET BEEN FILED.