radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: August 6, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 08/06/26          FIRE CREWS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE BUSY LAST NIGHT, DEALING WITH A COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL AT 416 WEST MARKET STREET IN BEAVERTOWN.  CALLS CAME IN TO SNYDER COUNTY 911 AROUND 8:30PM.           INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND FLAMES SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF.  NO WORD YET ON INJURIES OR THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE.            A FORMER POLICE CHIEF LIVING IN DANVILLE IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND. 50-YEAR-OLD JEREMY PAUL TALANCA WAS JAILED BY MAHONING TOWNSHIP POLICE ON SIMPLE ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT CHARGES FOLLOWING A JUNE 28TH DOMESTIC INCIDENT.            POLICE SAY TALANCA ACCUSED HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND OF CHEATING BEFORE PUNCHING HER IN THE EYE. THE FORMER SUGAR NOTCH AND GIRARDVILLE POLICE OFFICER—WHO ALSO FACES SEPARATE OPEN CASES FOR FRAUD AND STALKING—IS BEING HELD ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL AHEAD OF AN AUGUST 11TH PRELIMINARY HEARING.