radioNOVO News for Lebanon: July 16, 2026

RNN LEBANON 07/16/26                                    THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.                        A LEBANON WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND LAST YEAR.           RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES REPORTS, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO:          ON WEDNESDAY, KATLYNN KEARNEY WAS ORDERED TO SERVE NINE MONTHS ON CHARGES OF INVOLUNTARYMANSLAUGHTER, EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND CONSPIRACY. THE 33-YEAR-OLD KEARNEY WAS SENTENCEDFOLLOWING A REVIEW OF A PLEA AGREEMENT; KEARNEY WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE FOR THEOCTOBER 2025 DEATH OF DONTAY HUNTER. JUDGE JOHN TYLWALK NOTED AFTER A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE ITWAS LIKELY THAT KEARNEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUITTED OF THE MURDER COUNT. KEARNEY WASCREDITED WITH MORE THAN NINE MONTHS OF TIME SERVED, BUT SHE WAS NOT PAROLED. I’M TG,  RADIONOVO NEWS.