radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: June 30, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 06/30/26          THE REGION REMAINS UNDER AN EXTREME HEAT WARNING AS TEMPERATURES SOAR PAST 100 DEGREES AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.                    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS TOXIC HUMIDITY WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 DEGREES FROM NOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH 8 PM FRIDAY, SO PLEASE REMAIN WELL-HYDRATED, ESPECIALLY  IF YOU'RE HEADED OUTDOORS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.             STATE POLICE SAY IT WAS A SNYDER COUNTY MAN WHO DIED IN A VEHICLE FIRE SUNDAY MORNING AFTER CRASHING INTO A PARKED 18-WHEELER.           INVESTIGATORS SAY THE HIGH-SPEED CRASH OCCURRED WHILE 51-YEAR-OLD JASON HEIMBACH WAS FLEEING FROM HIS MCCLURE HOME, WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS 37-YEAR-OLD WIFE, AMANDA HEIMBACH A FEW HOURS EARLIER, THEN CALLED 911 TO REPORT HER DEATH AND SAY HE PLANNED TO KILL HIMSELF.          INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.            THE DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER HAS DECLINED A $42,500 LOAN FROM MAHONING TOWNSHIP, CHOOSING INSTEAD TO SEEK PRIVATE DONORS TO FIX ITS CLOSED PLAYGROUND.          THE PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE MAY 2024, AND OFFICIALS WARN IT MUST REOPEN BEFORE FALL TO PRESERVE THE CENTER'S ACCREDITATION.          THE DCDC ALREADY HAS A 125-THOUSAND DOLLAR STATE GRANT, BUT RENOVATION BIDS CAME IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.