radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: June 17, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/17/26          TWO LEWISBURG RESIDENTS ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A THREE-VEHICLE CRASH IN MONTOUR COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE SAY 75-YEAR OLD THOMAS BERKHEIMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS IN A NO-PASSING ZONE ON ROUTE 45 WHEN HE HIT AN ONCOMING VEHICLE HEAD-ON. HE AND HIS PASSENGER, 74-YEAR-OLD JOYCE BERKHEIMER, BOTH DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES.  THE MONTOUR COUNTY CORONER SAY NEITHER OF THE BERKHEIMERS WAS BUCKLED UP AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.            A MODIFIED PLAN TO CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH WITH RAINBOW CROSSWALKS IS MOVING FORWARD IN LEWISBURG. BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TUESDAY TO PAINT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT NUMBER 1 WITH THE LGBTQ PRIDE FLAG COLORS........... AFTER PENNDOT WARNED THAT PAINTING CROSSWALKS ON A MAIN STREET WOULD VIOLATE TRAFFIC SAFETY CODES.           THE DAVID STROUP FOUNTAIN IN BLOOMSBURG WILL SHINE IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE THIS FOURTH OF JULY THANKS TO COMMUNITY EFFORTS.            AFTER THE TOWN COUNCIL REJECTED A HEFTY REPAIR BILL, LOCALS........ LED BY DOWNTOWN BLOOMSBURG INC. AND COVERED BRIDGES REALTY............. ORGANIZED A LOCAL FUNDRAISER AND RAISED MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A LIGHTING UPGRADE FOR THE FOUNTAIN.  REPAIRS WILL BE MADE BY THE END OF THE MONTH, JUST IN TIME FOR THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES.