radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 07-08-26

Good morning.UPMC Jameson in New Castle is expanding advanced medical care close to home following a major health technology unveiling. Hospital administrators are now preparing to utilize their brand-new advanced cardiac C-T imaging and expanded M-R-I wing. Healthcare officials state the specialized facility upgrade drastically increases critical diagnostic access for regional breast, prostate, and advanced heart screenings.Meanwhile, cleanup efforts continue today after the National Weather Service officially confirmed that an E-F-one tornado touched down in neighboring Mahoning County. Meteorologists determined the tornado packed ninety-five-mile-per-hour winds near Austintown, while a wider, ten-mile straight-line macroburst packing ninety-mile-per-hour winds caused the vast majority of downing tree and utility line devastation through Boardman and Poland. The Southern Park Mall remains closed until further notice.And an off-duty Hermitage police officer remains on administrative leave this morning after being accused of intentionally ramming a vehicle filled with teenagers. State police arrested thirty-eight-year-old patrolman Derek Jeziorkowski following a high-speed pursuit in West Salem Township. He faces multiple felony counts of aggravated assault.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.