radioNovo News for Johnstown: June 16, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/16/26          A SOMERSET COUNTY JURY HAS BEGUN HEARING TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF SHERIFF DUSTIN WEIR. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE WEIR MADE INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL COMMENTS TO A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL DURING A DECEMBER 2024 “SHOP WITH A COP” EVENT AT WALMART, INCLUDING QUESTIONS ABOUT HER SEX LIFE WHILE IN THE STORE’S CONDOM AISLE. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS DENY THE CLAIMS, ARGUING THE ACCUSATIONS ARE INCONSISTENT AND TIED TO A DISPUTE INVOLVING THE GIRL’S MOTHER, A FORMER SHERIFF’S OFFICE EMPLOYEE. THE TRIAL RESUMES TODAY, WITH THE TEEN EXPECTED TO TESTIFY.          FORMER CAMBRIA COUNTY PROBATION CHIEF TONI WHITE WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION ON MONDAY FOR STEALING MORE THAN 43-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM TWO LOCAL SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUBS. WHITE PLED NO CONTEST TO FELONY THEFT AFTER INTERMINGLING HER PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT WITH FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL BOOSTER FUNDS. THE JUDGE CUT HER A BREAK TO AVOID JAIL TIME BECAUSE SHE PAID 25-THOUSAND IN RESTITUTION UPFRONT.               THE OLDEST MALE AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN THE U.S. CELEBRATED HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY THIS WEEKEND. THE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CENTER IN SOMERSET COUNTY HOSTED A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION FOR JACKSON.  WITH FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, AFRICAN ELEPHANTS CAN LIVE UPWARDS OF 70 YEARS.