radioNovo News for Johnstown: June 9, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 06/09/26          THE UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES HAS ANNOUNCED MORE THAN 822-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.          THE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT 24 PARTNER AGENCIES ACROSS CAMBRIA, SOMERSET, AND BLAIR COUNTIES.          ORGANIZERS SAY DESPITE A CHALLENGING FISCAL CYCLE, THE GRANTS WILL FULLY MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR VITAL REGIONAL SERVICES, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.          THE FUNDS WERE RAISED THROUGH THE UNITED WAY’S ANNUAL CAMPAIGN AND WERE AWARDED THROUGH A VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN REVIEW OF AGENCIES THAT APPLIED FOR GRANTS.                AN ALLEGHENY COUNTY MAN FACES AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND D-U-I CHARGES AFTER A CHAOTIC HOUSE PARTY AT INDIAN LAKE. STATE POLICE SAY TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TANNER CANNON ALLEGEDLY SHOVED A WOMAN, STRUCK ANOTHER PERSON WITH HIS CAR, AND WAS FOUND WITH SUSPECTED COCAINE.          RENOWNED BEDFORD-AREA OUTDOORS WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER TIM FLANIGAN HAS DIED AT AGE 81.  THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, AUTHOR, AND FORMER PENNSYLVANIA GAME WARDEN PASSED AWAY SATURDAY FROM COMPLICATIONS OF HEART SURGERY.  OVER A THREE-DECADE CAREER, FLANIGAN’S WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AND BOOKS WERE CELEBRATED NATIONWIDE.