radioNOVO News for Lewistown: August 14, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 08/14/26          KISH PARK’S HISTORIC MINI GOLF COURSE IS SHOWING OFF A BRAND-NEW LOOK FOLLOWING A MAJOR COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION.          LOCAL LEADERS AND SPONSORS GATHERED THURSDAY TO CELEBRATE THE NEWLY RENOVATED EIGHTEEN-HOLE COURSE, WHICH FEATURES A NOSTALGIC AMUSEMENT-PARK THEME WITH CUSTOM LOCAL TOUCHES LIKE REPLICA FIRE TRUCKS AND A LIGHTED FERRIS WHEEL.          TOWNSHIP MANAGER KELLY SHUTES SAYS THE PARK IS ALSO FINALIZING DESIGNS FOR A NEW MILLION-DOLLAR SPLASH PAD SET TO BREAK GROUND NEXT YEAR.          FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS MIFFLIN COUNTY BATTLED A MASSIVE LATE-NIGHT BLAZE THAT DESTROYED TWO POULTRY BARNS IN DERRY TOWNSHIP.          CREWS FROM YEAGERTOWN, GRANVILLE, AND REEDSVILLE WERE AMONG THE MANY THAT RESPONDED TO WINDING LANE JUST AFTER ELEVEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO FIND BOTH STRUCTURES ENGULFED IN FLAMES. BECAUSE FIRE HYDRANTS WERE UNAVAILABLE, TANKERS SHUTTLED WATER TO THE RURAL SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO CONTROL THE FIRE.          AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, A DAMAGE ESTIMATE, OR WORD ON ANY LOST LIVESTOCK.          A MILROY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING HIS WIFE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING.          STATE POLICE SAY THE 28-YEAR-OLD ASSAULTED THE VICTIM ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET IN ARMAGH TOWNSHIP LAST WEEK. THE 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES TO HER EYE AND FACE, AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE BRUISING.          THE SUSPECT WAS ARRAIGNED AND IS CURRENTLY HELD IN THE MIFFLIN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.