radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: June 25, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/25/26          A POWER OUTAGE YESTERDAY MORNING FORCED THE CLOSURE OF THE COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND SEVERAL DOWNTOWN BLOOMSBURG BUSINESSES. MORE THAN 600 CUSTOMERS WERE LEFT IN THE DARK AFTER A TRANSFORMER MALFUNCTIONED. FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AFTER DRIVERS IGNORED TEMPORARY STOP SIGNS. POWER WAS RESTORED BY 11 AM.  PPL IS INVESTIGATING.            AN 83-YEAR-OLD COLUMBIA COUNTY MAN HAS DIED AFTER A GOLF CART ACCIDENT ON HIS PROPERTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.           THE CORONER'S OFFICE SAYS KENNETH FRIES WAS DRIVING A THREE-WHEELED GOLF CART ON HIS BLACK RUN ROAD PROPERTY WHEN IT ROLLED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH AND CAUSING A FATAL CRUSH-INJURY.  NO AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED, BUT THE ACCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP POLICE.          A UNION COUNTY JURY HAS CONVICTED A MIFFLINBURG MAN OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A TEENAGE GIRL AT A LEWISBURG HOTEL BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023. FOLLOWING A 3-DAY TRIAL, 45-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY ALAN DOWHOWER WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 24 COUNTS. DOWHOWER WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND FACES UP TO 106 YEARS IN PRISON.