radioNOVO News for NWPA for 07-27-26

Good morning.In court news, a pretrial conference is set for Wednesday morning for thirty-year-old Dashawn Watkins, the Sharon man accused of the graphic twenty-twenty-four rape, homicide, and dismemberment of fourteen-year-old Pauly Likens. The high-profile trial in Mercer County has faced multiple delays, but jury selection and opening statements are currently scheduled to begin on Monday, September fourteenth.In Conneaut Lake, borough leaders have officially authorized a two-hundred-thousand-dollar loan to fund critical upgrades downtown. The money will pay for four new traffic signal poles along Water Street as part of a ongoing multimillion-dollar revitalization project.And after a month off-line, the Limber Road water tower in Meadville is officially back in service. Water Authority officials say the three-hundred-twenty-thousand-gallon tank underwent a full interior relining and exterior repaint job that should last another thirty years.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.