radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: June 15, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/15/26          STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A REPORTED SHOOTING IN SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP.           TROOPERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOME ON SHORT ROAD JUST BEFORE TWO P-M YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS ACTIVE AND ONGOING, AND NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.          BLOOMSBURG TOWN COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE TROUBLED STREATER FIELD PICKLEBALL COURTS, BUT THE COURTS' ULTIMATE FATE REMAIN UP IN THE AIR.           A RECENT GROUND SURVEY WARNS THE ASPHALT WILL FAIL DUE TO DEFECTS.           WHILE OFFICIALS HAVE CONSIDERED SCRAPPING THE COURTS FOR A PARKING LOT, LOCAL DONORS ARE URGING THE TOWN TO OPEN THE GATES AND LET THEM PLAY ANYWAY.  COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE ISSUE AGAIN AT THEIR JUNE 22ND MEETING.          LOW-INCOME SENIORS IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL SOON HAVE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS. A 250-THOUSAND-DOLLAR STATE GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO BUILD FIVE NEW ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENTS IN MILTON. STATE REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL STENDER SAYS THE HUD-ACCESSIBLE UNITS WILL PRIORITIZE LOCAL VETERANS AND THEIR WIDOWS.