radioNOVO News for Lewistown: July 21, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 07/22/26                    A JUNIATA COUNTY MAN IS JAILED WITHOUT BAIL AFTER POLICE SAY HE FATALLY STABBED HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST FRIDAY MORNING WHILE AN INFANT WAS IN THEIR BED.           MULTIPLE FRANTIC 911 CALLS........ INCLUDING ONE FROM THE VICTIM'S TEEN DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER FROM 29-YEAR-OLD LUIS MIQUEL LOPEZ.......... LED STATE TROOPERS TO THE MIFFLIN BOROUGH HOME. LOPEZ ADMITTED TO STABBING CINDY SIENNICK-VALENCIA OVER TEN TIMES, TELLING DISPATCHERS HE WAS HALLUCINATING AFTER USING COCAINE.  TROOPERS ALSO REPORTED FINDING SUSPECTED MARIJUANA AND MULTIPLE SMOKING DEVICES INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.           A LEWISTOWN MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND HIM RIDING A BICYCLE COMPLETELY NAKED ON JULY 9TH. OFFICERS SAY 37-YEAR-OLD CHARLES COOKSEY JR. RODE RIGHT UP TO THEM ON WEST THIRD STREET BEFORE BEING ARRESTED. COOKSEY, WHO CLAIMED AN OFFICER GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO RIDE UNCLOTHED, WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.          FORBES IS RELEASING ITS INAUGURAL LIST OF THE BEST HOSPITALS IN EACH STATE......... AND SEVERAL MIDSTATE MEDICAL FACILITIES MADE THE CUT FOR THE 36 BEST HOSPITALS IN PENNSYLVANIA.  AMONG THE 17 FACILITIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITH FIVE-STAR RATINGS WAS GEISINGER LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL.