radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 06-15-26

Good morning. Utility crews are working to restore power this morning after fierce storms knocked out electricity to over six-thousand valley customers yesterday. Lawrence County suffered over six-hundred outages, while a suspected tornado ripped through the Skyway Drive-In theater in Warren, forcing them to close for repairs.In Butler County, state police are investigating a fatal multi-vehicle crash on Route Thirty-Eight. Investigators say a northern-bound driver suddenly veered into oncoming traffic Friday evening, striking two vehicles. The initial driver was pronounced dead at the scene.And New Castle Police are seeking fresh leads on a decades-old cold case. Investigators are asking for tips regarding the 1973 murder of twenty-two-year-old Frank Iwanejko, who was killed during an attempted robbery near Covert’s Crossing.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.