radioNOVO News for Lewistown: August 25, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 08/25/26           "OPERATION YELLOW JACKET" US BACK, AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING RECKLESSLY THROUGH A WORK ZONE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...... INCLUDING MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTIES........... STATE POLICE ARE GOING TO STING YOU.             TROOPERS IN SAFETY GEAR WILL SPOT UNSAFE DRIVERS, THEN RADIO AHEAD FOR OTHER TROOPERS TO PULL THEM OVER.  THEIR GOAL ISN'T WRITING TICKETS, BUT SAVING LIVES.            LAST YEAR, THERE WERE NEARLY 14-HUNDRED WORK ZONE CRASHES RESULTING IN 12 DEATHS, 11 OF WHOM WERE DRIVERS. TROOPERS SAY THE GOAL ISN'T WRITING TICKETS, BUT SAVING LIVES BY URGING EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN AND STAY ALERT.             THE LEWISTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED HIRING ROXANNA RUBLE AS A PART-TIME BOROUGH ADMINISTRATOR DURING A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY. RUBLE WILL EARN $18 AN HOUR FOR UP TO 30 HOURS A WEEK, PENDING A BACKGROUND CHECK.          LEWISTOWN HAS RECEIVED NEARLY TWO-AND-A-HALF TIMES ITS NORMAL AUGUST RAINFALL, WITH A PRELIMINARY TOTAL OF 8.93 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS REPEATED SLOW-MOVING FRONTS HAVE FUELED UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS POCKETS OF CENTRAL PA.......... LEAVING LEWISTOWN JUST THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH SHORT OF ITS AUGUST RECORD, SET IN 1955. ANOTHER SYSTEM THURSDAY COULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, WITH ISOLATED SPOTS POTENTIALLY SEEING AN INCH OR MORE.