radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: June 16, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/16/26          ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED A DEP HEARING IN DANVILLE MONDAY NIGHT ON A PROPOSED WASTE TRANSFER STATION IN COOPER TOWNSHIP. MORE THAN 30 RESIDENTS SPOKE, VOICING BOTH SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT. CRITICS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WATER QUALITY, TRAFFIC, NOISE AND IMPACTS ON NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, WHILE SUPPORTERS SAID THE FACILITY WOULD PROVIDE A NEEDED, WELL-MANAGED LOCATION FOR WASTE AND RECYCLING. DEP IS REVIEWING THE PERMIT APPLICATION AND WILL RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE MAKING A DECISION.          AN 18-YEAR-OLD DANVILLE MAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE CHARGES AFTER A WEEKEND SHOOTING IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY RYAN COSTA SHOT A 45-YEAR-OLD MAN IN THE ABDOMEN WITH A SHOTGUN FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT AT A SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP HOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INVESTIGATORS SAY COSTA TOLD TROOPERS HE CONFRONTED THE VICTIM OVER ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING HIS SISTER BEFORE FIRING THE WEAPON. THE VICTIM WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND COSTA IS BEING HELD ON ONE MILLION DOLLARS CASH BAIL.