radioNOVO News for Lewistown: May 21, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/21/26          THE MIFFLIN COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 529 EMERGENCY CALLS DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. NEWLY RELEASED DEPARTMENT STATISTICS SHOW OFFICERS INVESTIGATED 12 BURGLARIES OR THEFTS, SIX ASSAULTS, AND 17 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ACROSS BURNHAM BOROUGH, ALONGSIDE BROWN, DERRY, AND UNION TOWNSHIPS. THE MONTH'S ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ALSO YIELDED NINE D-U-I ARRESTS AND OVER 140 CITATIONS.          NEARLY 82 YEARS AFTER MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR TWO, AN AIRBORNE RADIO SPECIALIST HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY HONORED IN HIS PENNSYLVANIA HOMETOWN. YESTERDAY, WORKERS ETCHED THE NAME OF TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE JACK STANTON BLESSING ONTO THE JUNIATA TERRACE MONUMENT. BLESSING WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1944 AND POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE SILVER STAR. HE NOW STANDS AS THE 12TH HERO MEMORIALIZED ON THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORIC STONE ROLL OF HONOR.