radioNOVO News for Lewistown: September 11, 2026

            MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER AND THE UNION REPRESENTING ABOUT 950 OF ITS WORKERS REACHED A TENTATIVE NEW CONTRACT AGREEMENT THURSDAY NIGHT.           RADIO NOVO'S CHRIS FORSHEY HAS MORE:         {FORSHEY0911-A}------- :20 SEC.............STANDARD_______________________________________         Terms of the proposed agreement have not been released, but the fullunion is expected to vote on Monday. SEIU had been pushing for wage increasesthat kept up with inflation and safety improvements at the facility. If ratified, thedeal would put an end to more than four months of negotiations that promptedthe first strike in 22 years.TAG:  MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER IS THE SECOND-LARGEST EMPLOYER IN CENTRE COUNTY, BEHIND PENN STATE.               LEWISTOWN POLICE AND THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE ARE SEARCHING FOR 42-YEAR-OLD KIO MANUEL DEJESUS-PENA, WHO'S ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE ON AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE LAST WEEKEND. POLICE ALLEGE HE FIRED 21 SHOTS AT FIVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE A BAR ON LOGAN STREET, WOUNDING ONE PERSON. DEJESUS-PENA FACES FIVE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS SHOULD CONTACT LEWISTOWN POLICE.