radioNovo News for Johnstown: September 14, 2026

             TWO EMERGENCY INCIDENTS HIT JOHNSTOWN’S HORNERSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE SAY A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER ANOTHER MAN ALLEGEDLY REMOVED A GUN FROM A SAFE AND FIRED, WITH A WITNESS TELLING HIM TO PUT IT BACK. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. POLICE SAY THERE WAS NO APPARENT ALTERCATION BEFOREHAND, AND THE VICTIM REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.          THEN, SUNDAY MORNING, A CONDEMNED, VACANT STRUCTURE CAUGHT FIRE ALONG THE 700-BLOCK OF HORNER STREET AND WAS INTENTIONALLY BROUGHT DOWN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  A STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHALL AND THE JOHNSTOWN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.            MOUNTAIN BIKERS HAVE A REASON TO CELEBRATE IN JOHNSTOWN. THE INCLINED PLANE IS OPEN AGAIN AFTER SIX YEARS OF REPAIRS, AND THE DOWNHILL TRAILS ALONG YODER HILL HAVE ALSO BEEN REDESIGNED, WITH NEW TRAILS ADDED. THE STEEPEST, WIDOW-MAKER, IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. A NEW CHANGING STATION FOR RIDERS IS ALSO AVAILABLE.