radioNovo News for Johnstown: May 13, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/13/26          CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF A FATAL PROPERTY DISPUTE TOOK CENTER STAGE TUESDAY AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY COURTHOUSE. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE SIXTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD GREGORY MOSTOLLER GUNNED DOWN CLIFTON JOHNSON IN A FIT OF ANGER OVER A CONTESTED LAND SALE, NOTING JOHNSON WAS STRUCK EIGHT TIMES—MOSTLY IN THE BACK. HOWEVER, MOSTOLLER’S DEFENSE TEAM ARGUES THE SHOOTING WAS AN ACT OF SELF-DEFENSE, CLAIMING JOHNSON LUNGED AT HIM WITH A DEADLY WRENCH. MOSTOLLER IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE LATER THIS WEEK AS THE TRIAL CONTINUES BEFORE PRESIDENT JUDGE SCOTT BITTNER.           WESTMONT BOROUGH COUNCIL IS RECONSIDERING A PLAN TO SLASH FUNDING FOR CAMTRAN, FOLLOWING WARNINGS THAT THE MOVE COULD PERMANENTLY CRIPPLE LOCAL BUS SERVICE. COUNCIL ORIGINALLY VOTED TO CUT ITS LOCAL SHARE FROM 13-THOUSAND TO JUST FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH OFFICIALS SAY WOULD TRIGGER A LOSS OF NEARLY SEVENTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STATE MATCHING FUNDS. RESIDENTS URGED THE BOARD TUESDAY TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT BEFORE THE JUNE DEADLINE TO PROTECT THOSE WHO RELY ON BUSES FOR WORK AND MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. A FINAL VOTE IS EXPECTED NEXT MONTH AS A NEW STUDY BEGINS TO REVIEW THE FAIRNESS OF THE COUNTY'S DECADES-OLD FUNDING FORMULA