radioNovo News for Johnstown: May 19, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/19/26          POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7AM UNTIL 8 P.M. ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA FOR TODAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION, WITH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT VOTERS ALLOWED TO CAST BALLOTS, BUT NOT INDEPENDENTS.  WHILE THE GUBERNATORIAL RACES ARE UNCONTESTED AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, REPUBLICAN VOTERS WILL DECIDE A COMPETITIVE PRIMARY FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BETWEEN JASON RICHEY AND JOHN VENTRE.          A 27-YEAR-OLD NANTY GLO MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A SINGLE-VEHICLE MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN MUNSTER TOWNSHIP EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY CALVIN ATES LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE ON A SHARP CURVE NEAR COONEY ROAD AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.          A 38-YEAR-OLD SOMERSET COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL FOLLOWING A STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR. AUTHORITIES SAY ANDREW LARRY MILLER WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN INCIDENT AT HIS RESIDENCE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.            IN ADDITION TO FELONY SEXUAL ASSAULT, MILLER FACES CHARGES OF INCEST, CORRUPTION OF MINORS, AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. POLICE ALLEGE HE ALSO INSTALLED HIDDEN CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOME. MILLER IS CURRENTLY CONFINED AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY PRISON.