radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: August 17, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/17/26          GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER IN DANVILLE IS WARNING THE PUBLIC OF A POTENTIAL MEASLES EXPOSURE ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS.          HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY AN INDIVIDUAL SUSPECTED OF HAVING MEASLES WAS IN SEVERAL AREAS—INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL—BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.          GEISINGER IS ASKING ANYONE WHO VISITED DURING THOSE TIMES TO MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS AND CONTACT THEIR DOCTOR WITH CONCERNS.          TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AFTER A FIRE HEAVILY DAMAGED A DUPLEX IN BERWICK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.          EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO IRON STREET AROUND 1:30 A.M. AFTER OFFICERS EVACUATED THREE ADULTS AND SEVEN CHILDREN FROM THE HOME. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, BUT FIREFIGHTERS CONTAINED IT BEFORE IT COULD SPREAD TO NEIGHBORING HOUSES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND THE STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.          BILL PERKINS IS THE NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR THE SHIKELLAMY SCHOOL DISTRICT.          THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THURSDAY TO HIRE THE LONGTIME FORMER BLOOMSBURG ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO FILL THE VACANT ROLE. PERKINS, WHO BRINGS NEARLY TWO DECADES OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE, WILL EARN A PRORATED PART-TIME SALARY OF $42,000.