radioNOVO News for Lewistown: July 6, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 07/06/26          TRAGEDY IN PERRY COUNTY, WHERE AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE HAS CLAIMED FOUR LIVES.          FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE RAGING INFERNO ON NORTH FRONT STREET IN NEWPORT. THE PERRY COUNTY CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS AS 38-YEAR-OLD DAVID CARR... 16-YEAR-OLDS HANNAH AND MCKENZIE CARR... AND SIX-YEAR-OLD PAIGE CARR.          THE STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL UNIT IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE, AND AUTOPSIES ARE SCHEDULED THIS WEEK.            A NEW NON-PROFIT IS TAKING SHAPE IN THE JUNIATA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR LONG-TERM SCHOOL FUNDRAISING.          THE PROPOSED SCHOOL DISTRICT ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION WILL ALLOW ALUMNI AND BUSINESSES TO DIRECTLY FUND MAJOR PROJECTS AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL BUDGET. ORGANIZERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO SECURE ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.             JUNIATA COUNTY CAME TOGETHER IN BLUE ON FRIDAY TO WELCOME HOME ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD BRODIE DITURI, WHO RECENTLY LOST HIS ARM IN AN ALLIGATOR ATTACK IN FLORIDA.          RESIDENTS DECORATED THE FAMILY'S YARD WITH BLUE RIBBONS AND PARTICIPATED IN A COUNTYWIDE "BLUE FOR BRODIE" DAY. A GO-FUND-ME PAGE HAS ALREADY RAISED MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP BRODIE WITH HIS RECOVERY.