radioNovo News for Johnstown: June 12, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/12/26          THE CAMBRIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE NAMED 26-YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN JEFF VIVIAN AS THE COUNTY'S NEW CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER. VIVIAN TAKES OVER ON MONDAY FOLLOWING A SERIES OF DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS. HE SUCCEEDS FORMER CHIEF TONI WHITE, WHO RESIGNED IN APRIL AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH FELONY COUNTS OF THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING, FOR EMBEZZLING FUNDS FROM THE GREATER JOHNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT BOOSTER CLUB.            A PHILADELPHIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ADAMS TOWNSHIP RESIDENT IS CHALLENGING EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM IN CAMBRIA COUNTY COURT. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS FOR DASHANE WHITE-FERGUSON ARGUE POLICE LACKED PROBABLE CAUSE FOR WARRANTS TIED TO A TURNPIKE TRAFFIC STOP WHERE HE WAS ALLEGEDLY FOUND DRIVING THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE. PROSECUTORS DISAGREE, SAYING THE WARRANTS WERE VALID. A JUDGE HAS NOT YET RULED.          A $200,000 STATE GRANT SECURED BY SENATOR WAYNE LANGERHOLC IS HELPING THE EBENSBURG AREA AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION PURCHASE A NEW AMBULANCE. THE NEARLY $300,000 VEHICLE WILL BECOME THE FIFTH UNIT IN THE EMS FLEET.