radioNOVO News for Lewistown: May 22, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/22/26                              A 20-YEAR-OLD MIFFLIN COUNTY WOMAN IS BEING HELD IN THE MIFFLIN COUNTY PRISON, WITHOUT BAIL............ FACING A FIRST-DEGREE HOMICIDE CHARGE AFTER STATE POLICE ALLEGE SHE ABANDONED HER NEWBORN BABY IN A FIELD OUTSIDE HER MCVEYTOWN HOME.                    STATE POLICE ARRESTED JORDYN LYNN KAUFFMAN FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN LAST FRIDAY, AFTER GEISINGER-LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL STAFF ALERTED THEM ABOUT A DISTRESSED MATERNAL PATIENT.           INVESTIGATORS SAY KAUFFMAN ADMITTED TO HIDING HER PREGNANCY OUT OF FEAR, GAVE BIRTH AT HOME, AND LEFT THE NEWBORN........... WHO SHE ADMITTED WAS ALIVE............ OUTSIDE IN A GARBAGE BAG BEFORE HEADING TO WORK AT THE LOCAL DOLLAR GENERAL.  A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR 9 A.M. MAY 27TH.           A BELOVED LOCAL SNACK MAKER IS CHANGING HANDS AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY..... BUT WILL STILL BE AROUND UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP.            HARTLEY'S POTATO CHIP COMPANY, A STAPLE OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY SINCE 1935, HAS BEEN SOLD TO SNYDER COUNTY BUSINESSMAN BILL FRENCH. LOYAL CUSTOMERS WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A CHANGE IN FLAVOR............... THE NEW OWNER PROMISES TO STRICTLY PRESERVE THE CLASSIC, SMALL-BATCH RECIPE THAT GAVE HARTLEY'S ITS LOYAL FOLLOWING.  THE ORIGINAL FAMILY OWNERS WILL ALSO REMAIN ON THE JOB TO ENSURE THE ICONIC PENNSYLVANIA POTATO CHIP MAINTAINS ITS SIGNATURE TASTE.