radioNOVO News for Lewistown: May 29, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/29/26          A PACKED CROWD FILLED A MIFFLIN COUNTY PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY TO VOICE HEAVY OPPOSITION OVER A RUMORED DATA CENTER IN GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP. DESPITE THE BACKLASH, COUNTY OFFICIALS EMPHASIZED THAT NO FORMAL PROPOSAL HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. PLANNING DIRECTOR JAMES LETTIERE EXPLAINED THAT A NEWLY DRAFTED GUIDANCE DOCUMENT WAS CREATED PROACTIVELY...... TO HELP LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES UNDERSTAND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS LIKE HIGH WATER AND ELECTRICITY DEMANDS.  HE ALSO URGED THE CROWD TO TAKE UP THEIR CONCERNS WITH LOCAL TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS, WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE FINAL SAY.            THE PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR 20-YEAR-OLD JORDYN LYNN KAUFFMAN OF MCVEYTOWN........... CHARGED WITH LEAVING HER NEWBORN DAUGHTER IN A FIELD TO DIE........... HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 19TH.  SHE REMAINS HELD WITHOUT BAIL IN THE MIFFLIN COUNTY PRISON ON CHARGES INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.           MEANWHILE, THE MIFFLIN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR THE INFANT'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER, OFFERING FREE, VOLUNTARY D-N-A TESTING TO ANY MALE WHO HAD SEXUAL CONTACT WITH KAUFFMAN BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.