radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: August 5, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/05/26          A JUDGE HAS ACQUITTED A BERWICK MAN OF ALL DUI CHARGES STEMMING FROM A 2023 COLLISION. 24-YEAR-OLD BLANE CLEAVER WAS CLEARED AFTER THE COURT RULED POLICE LACKED PROBABLE CAUSE TO FORCE A BLOOD TEST FOLLOWING THE CRASH, SINCE HE PASSED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL ONE-ONE HUNDREDTH OF A PERCENTAGE POINT ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT. THE VICTIM, 54-YEAR-OLD MOTORCYCLIST GARY FISHER, SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES THAT LED TO AN EYE INJURY AND A LEG AMPUTATION.          FLUORIDE WILL NO LONGER BE ADDED TO SELINSGROVE'S PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS RECENTLY APPROVED THE MOVE FOLLOWING VOTES BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY. BOROUGH OFFICIALS CITED THE HIGH COST OF EQUIPMENT AND STATE-REQUIRED MONITORING AS THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE DECISION.          DISTRACTED DRIVING LED TO A TWO-CAR CRASH OUTSIDE CATAWISSA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY A WILKES-BARRE DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO USE GPS DIRECTIONS TO KNOEBELS PULLED INTO THE PATH OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THE THREE POINTS INTERSECTION. BOTH CARS WERE TOWED FROM THE SCENE, BUT MIRACULOUSLY, NEITHER DRIVER REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION DESPITE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.