radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 08-31-26

Good morning.A motorcyclist involved in an August nineteenth crash in Neshannock Township has died from his injuries. Lawrence County officials confirm James Barney Junior passed away Friday at Saint Elizabeth’s Youngstown Hospital. Authorities say Barney was riding on Mitchell Road when an S-U-V turned into his path, and the cause of death remains under investigation.In local development, the North Beaver Township Zoning Hearing Board will reconvene September tenth to vote on a contested appeal for a massive proposed data center. Maryland-based Stonebridge Associates is seeking approval for a sixteen-building, one-point-five-gigawatt facility spanning nearly five-hundred-seventy acres across North Beaver and Mahoning townships.And in Hermitage, non-profit clinic Tails of Hope is offering free pet rabies vaccinations every Tuesday throughout September for World Rabies Day. Appointments are required for the weekly clinics, which include a ten-dollar technician fee per animal to help protect local pets and families.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.