radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: September 15, 2026

             COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MUST CUT 17-MILLION DOLLARS TO BALANCE ITS BUDGET, WITH A PLAN TO ELIMINATE 175 JOBS BY NEXT JUNE 30TH.  PRESIDENT JEFFREY OSGOOD ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT 75 FACULTY POSITIONS AND 100 STAFF JOBS WILL BE CUT UNDER MANDATES FROM THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION. OSGOOD URGED ELIGIBLE SENIOR PROFESSORS TO RETIRE TO REDUCE LAYOFFS, NOTING JOB EVALUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, WITH FINAL NOTICES SET FOR MID-JANUARY.          THE SELINSGROVE AREA SCHOOL BOARD VOTED MONDAY TO INVESTIGATE WHY STUDENTS ARE LEAVING FOR CYBER SCHOOLS, A TREND COSTING THE DISTRICT ABOUT $2 MILLION ANNUALLY. THE DECISION FOLLOWED A HEATED EXCHANGE BETWEEN BOARD MEMBER KENNETH TEATS AND BOARD PRESIDENT DAVE HESS OVER HOW THE BOARD'S AUGUST MEETING WAS ADJOURNED DURING A DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS WILL NOW LEAD THE INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES BEHIND THE STUDENT DEPARTURES.          MAHONING TOWNSHIP POLICE CHIEF FRED DYROFF SAID 10 ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE ARRESTED, FOLLOWING A SEPTEMBER 2ND I-C-E RAID AT THE GEISINGER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT........... NOT 40, AS HAD BEEN RUMORED.  HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THEIR GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKER ELIGIBILITY, NOT THEM.   OVER 35 RESIDENTS CAME TO LAST NIGHT'S SUPERVISORS MEETING TO QUESTION THE POLICE CHIEF.