radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: August 20, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/20/26          RESCUERS IN DANVILLE SUCCESSFULLY PULLED A MISSING NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH AUTISM FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FOLLOWING A 45-MINUTE SEARCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.          AUTHORITIES SAY THE NON-VERBAL BOY WANDERED FROM HIS HOME BAREFOOT AND WAS LOCATED NEARLY A MILE AWAY PLAYING IN KNEE-DEEP WATER. FIREFIGHTERS WADED IN TO CARRY HIM SAFELY TO SHORE, WHERE HE WAS EVALUATED BY EMS AND REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY UNHARMED.          ONE PERSON SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES FOLLOWING A THREE-VEHICLE CRASH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT ROUTE 45 AND FAIRFIELD ROAD IN EAST BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.          POLICE SAY A VEHICLE ATTEMPTING TO TURN WAS REAR-ENDED, SPINNING IT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND CAUSING A THIRD VEHICLE TO FLIP. RESCUERS FREED THE DRIVER OF THE OVERTURNED VEHICLE, WHO WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES, WHILE ROUTE 45 WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DURING THE RESPONSE.          MEASLES CASES CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, WITH SNYDER COUNTY CASES DOUBLING SINCE MONDAY AND UNION COUNTY REPORTING ITS FIRST CONFIRMED CASE.          STATE HEALTH DATA SHOWS 340 TOTAL CASES STATEWIDE, ADDING 37 NEW CASES ACROSS 27 COUNTIES IN JUST TWO DAYS. HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND ADVISE ANYONE EXPERIENCING A FEVER OR RASH TO CALL THEIR DOCTOR BEFORE VISITING A CLINIC.