radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 05-21-26

Good morning,New Castle City Administrator Chris Frye is shutting down local rumors regarding the future of the former Shenango China property. Frye firmly denied reports that a data center is being proposed for the vacant site. Instead, Frye clarified that the city's focus is securing a four-million-dollar federal grant to demolish the Glass Street factory building and rehabilitate the full thirty-four-acre property for industrial use.Meanwhile, November’s congressional matchup is set for Pennsylvania’s sixteenth district following the primary election. Eight-term incumbent Republican Mike Kelly will square off against Democratic challenger and U.S. Army veteran Justin Wagner, after both ran unopposed. Kelly enters the race with an endorsement from President Donald Trump, while Wagner says he is running to tackle government corruption.And the Mercer County Food Bank is expanding its reach. Officials held ribbon-cutting ceremonies to open new school pantries within both the Mercer and Wilmington Area school districts. The program expansion transitions the food bank to a permanent, five-day-a-week pantry system, significantly increasing daily access to healthy food for low-income students.More news on our radioNOVO app -- Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.