radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: May 19, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 05/19/26           POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7AM UNTIL 8 P.M. ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA FOR TODAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION, WITH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT VOTERS ALLOWED TO CAST BALLOTS, BUT NOT INDEPENDENTS.            WHILE THE GUBERNATORIAL RACES ARE UNCONTESTED AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, REPUBLICAN VOTERS WILL DECIDE A COMPETITIVE PRIMARY FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BETWEEN JASON RICHEY AND JOHN VENTRE.          A 29-YEAR-OLD SUNBURY MAN IS HELD ON $150,000 BAIL FOLLOWING A WEEKEND SHOOTING ON QUEEN STREET. POLICE ARRESTED PEDRO RAMIREZ AROUND 1:53 A.M. SUNDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED A GUN AT ANOTHER MAN DURING A PHYSICAL FIGHT. RAMIREZ TOLD OFFICERS HE SHOT INTO THE GROUND IN SELF-DEFENSE TO SCARE THE MAN AWAY, WHILE THE VICTIM CLAIMS RAMIREZ SHOT DIRECTLY AT HIM. RAMIREZ NOW FACES FELONY CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND CARRYING A FIREARM WITHOUT A LICENSE.           THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE CAUSE OF THAT SUNDAY NIGHT INFERNO IN BLOOMSBURG THAT LEFT OVER A DOZEN PEOPLE HOMELESS.  OFFICIALS SAID THE BLAZE STARTED IN A GARAGE ON WEST FIRST STREET SUNDAY NIGHT THEN SPREAD TO A APARTMENT BUILDING.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT 16 PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED.