radioNOVO News for Lewistown: June 30, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 06/30/26          STATE POLICE SAY A SNYDER COUNTY MAN DIED IN A VEHICLE FIRE SUNDAY MORNING AFTER CRASHING INTO A PARKED 18-WHEELER.           INVESTIGATORS SAY THE HIGH-SPEED CRASH OCCURRED WHILE 51-YEAR-OLD JASON HEIMBACH WAS FLEEING FROM HIS MCCLURE HOME, WHERE HEGEDLY KILLED HIS 37-YEAR-OLD WIFE, AMANDA HEIMBACH.          THE JUNIATA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS GIVING STUDENTS A HISTORIC SEAT AT THE TABLE.          STARTING IN FALL, TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WILL JOIN THE BOARD AS NON-VOTING MEMBERS TO VOICE THE PERSPECTIVES OF ROUGHLY 23-HUNDRED PEERS.  THE NEW SEATS WILL BE FILLED BY 1 STUDENT FROM JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL AND 1 FROM EAST JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL.          DISTRICT LEADERS SAY THE GOAL IS TO HELP SHAPE FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS.        A 23-YEAR-OLD LEWISTOWN WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR SIMPLE ASSAULT FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE JUNE 19TH.           POLICE SAY ALEXZANDERA STEIN WAS ARRESTED ON SHAW AVENUE AFTER AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED SHE CAUSED FACIAL AND SHOULDER INJURIES TO MEMBER OF HER HOUSEHOLD.