radioNOVO News for Lewistown: September 8, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 09/08/26          MIFFLIN COUNTY’S CONFIRMED MEASLES COUNT HAS REACHED 57, MAKING IT THE SECOND-HIGHEST COUNTY TOTAL IN PENNSYLVANIA......... AS THE STATEWIDE OUTBREAK EXPANDS TO 577 CONFIRMED CASES.  THE MIFFLIN COUNTY CASES HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE AUGUST 25TH, WHEN THERE WERE JUST 29 REPORTED CASES.            MIFFLIN COUNTY OUTPACED CHESTER COUNTY'S 56 CASES, FOR THE SECOND-HIGHEST COUNTY TOTAL IN THE COMMONWEALTH.            REGIONALLY, SNYDER COUNTY HAS 24 REPORTED CASES OF MEASLES, CENTRE COUNTY HAS 17, PERRY COUNTY HAS FOUR, AND HUNTINGDON COUNTY HAS ONE CASE.  JUNIATA COUNTY STILL HAS NO REPORTED CASES OF MEASLES.           THE MIFFLIN COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW TOP COP.            CHIEF ADAM SHOPE WAS SWORN IN AUGUST 26TH........... TAKING OVER FROM LONGTIME POLICE CHIEF JOHN CHESTER, WHO RIDES OFF INTO THE RETIREMENT SUNSET THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH.            POLICE OFFICIALS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO WELCOME CHIEF SHOPE TO THE FORCE, AND TO CONGRATULATE CHIEF CHESTER ON........... QUOTE.......... A STELLAR CAREER.