radioNOVO News for NWPA 06-18-26

Good morning.The National Weather Service confirms that two separate tornadoes touched down in Crawford County during recent severe storms. Officials say both twisters struck Woodcock Township just a minute apart, packing winds up to ninety-three miles per hour. The E-F-One tornadoes uprooted large trees, snapped power poles, and heavily damaged multiple detached garages along Dibble Hill and Leimbach roads.In local education news, Crawford Central property owners are facing their largest tax spike in over twenty years. School board members unanimously voiced support for a six-point-three-one percent property tax increase to fund a seventy-one-million-dollar budget. A final vote is set for this Monday.And the skies over Meadville will fill with color starting tonight for the thirty-sixth annual Thurston Classic. The hot air balloon festival officially kicks off at nine o'clock tonight with the Joyce Stevens Memorial Night Glow, featuring a rocket-shaped display balloon wrapped in a giant American flag.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.