radioNovo News for Johnstown: June 4, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/04/26          A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JOHNSTOWN TEENAGER IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND, CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN THE MAY 14TH KILLING OF A LOCAL MAN. AN ARREST AFFIDAVIT REVEALS ANDRE BLACKWELL-SIMMS ALLEGEDLY SHOT 38-YEAR-OLD FREDRICK MYERS IN THE CHEST OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STOLEN DRUGS. POLICE SAY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, A SHELL CASING FOUND IN THE TEEN'S HOME, AND STATE LAB RESULTS CONFIRMING GUN RESIDUE ON HIS HANDS AND CLOTHING DIRECTLY TIE HIM TO THE FATAL SHOOTING.          HOOVERSVILLE, IN SOMERSET COUNTY, HAS SECURED OVER 22-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN  STATE FUNDS TO CLEAN UP ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ON LAND SLATED FOR A NEW POLICE STATION AND MUNICIPAL OFFICE. THE INVESTMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL FUND THE EXCAVATION AND REMOVAL OF FOUR ABANDONED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND REMEDIATE CONTAMINATED SOIL AT THE FORMER GAS STATION SITE ON BARN STREET,