radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: August 11, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/11/26          A SUNBURY WOMAN IS SEEKING TO WITHDRAW HER GUILTY PLEA IN A CHILD FATALITY CASE, CLAIMING HER FORMER ATTORNEY WAS DRUNK DURING COURT PROCEEDINGS. 43-YEAR-OLD AMANDA WALTON PLEADED GUILTY TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN 2025 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD. WALTON'S FORMER DEFENSE COUNSEL DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS DURING A COURT HEARING. A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON THIS ISSUE IN THE COMING DAYS.          A 185-ACRE PROPERTY IN SALEM TOWNSHIP IS THE LATEST SITE TARGETED FOR POTENTIAL DATA CENTER EXPANSION. KNOWN AS "PROJECT NORTH BRANCH," THE APPLICATION SEEKS TO ADD THE MOORES HILL ROAD PARCEL TO SURROUNDING TARGETED LAND. THE PROPOSAL MARKS THE LAST REQUEST THE TOWNSHIP WILL ACCEPT FOR SIX MONTHS AS SUPERVISORS PAUSE APPLICATIONS TO REWRITE LOCAL DATA CENTER ZONING RULES.        A SUNBURY MAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE OPENED FIRE DURING AN ARGUMENT OUTSIDE A LOCAL STORE. TYQUAN MCFADDEN WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR PENN JERSEY ON FOURTH STREET. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE MCFADDEN DREW A GUN DURING A CONFRONTATION, SHOT AT A MAN, AND STRUCK A NEARBY OCCUPIED HOME. MCFADDEN LATER TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE, CLAIMING SELF-DEFENSE.