radioNOVO News for Lewistown: June 26, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 06/26/26          MOTHER NATURE AND THE FORECASTED RAIN IN THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT HAS POSTPONED THE JUNIATA RIVER VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.  HOWEVER, THE FUN-FILLED CELEBRATION WILL STILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND, JUST ON SUNDAY NIGHT INSTEAD.            FESTIVITIES WILL KICK OFF SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE LEWISTOWN COMMUNITY BAND'S "LET FREEDOM RING" CONCERT, BEGINNING AT 6:30PM IN FRONT OF THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE ON MONUMENT SQUARE.  AFTER THAT, THE FIREWORKS SHOW WILL BE LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY BEGINNING AT 9:30PM SUNDAY.             AN ELDERLY MIFFLINTOWN MAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN S-U-V WEDNESDAY IN WALKER TOWNSHIP.           STATE POLICE SAY 74-YEAR OLD JOSEPH BARRICK WAS CROSSING THE ROAD NEAR THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES OUTSIDE HIS HOME ON WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY WHEN A VEHICLE CRESTED A HILL. THE 19-YEAR-OLD DRIVER SWERVED BUT COULD NOT AVOID THE CRASH AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO FACE CHARGES.