radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 07-14-26

Good morning.Three individuals are facing criminal prosecution in Lawrence County following an undercover state police raid on an illegal, unlicensed bar operating downtown. Authorities have issued formal court summonses following a multi-week vice sting operation at the Lounge Seven-Twenty-Four Bar and Grill on East Washington Street that netted dozens of gallons of bootleg alcohol.Meanwhile, a Butler County woman remains behind bars after launching a violent physical assault against local law enforcement officers inside the Adams Township Municipal Building. Police say forty-nine-year-old Jennifer Lower of Mars was acting erratically in the public lobby when she kicked an officer and shattered a department-issued Taser.And local traffic investigators are analyzing the cause of a violent three-vehicle collision that disrupted traffic yesterday near Boardman. Emergency responders say two cars and a truck slammed into each other near the intersection of U-S Route Two-Twenty-Four and Bridgewood Drive, completely halting westbound traffic and sending multiple passengers to the hospital with injuries.  For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.