radioNOVO News for Selinsgrove: September 2, 2026

RNN SELINSGROVE 09/02/26          A THREE-TRUCK CRASH SHUT DOWN WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR MIFFLINVILLE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY AN OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER BLOCKED BOTH LANES AT 4:15 AM, CAUSING TWO OTHER RIGS TO COLLIDE WITH IT. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT THE CLEANUP CAUSED MASSIVE TRAFFIC BACKUPS ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND SURROUNDING DETOUR ROUTES.          OVER $18,500 IN STATE SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION GRANT FUNDING IS COMING TO UNION COUNTY FOLLOWING APPROVAL FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY. THE FUNDS WILL DIRECTLY COVER SECURITY UPGRADES AT THE RESOURCE CENTER, COUNTY WELLNESS INITIATIVES, NEW EQUIPMENT FOR A SHERIFF’S OFFICE K-9 UNIT, AND AN UPGRADED PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO.          A PIECE OF COLUMBIA COUNTY HISTORY IS ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR — BUT NOT BEFORE LEAVING BEHIND A REMARKABLE REPLICA. A BARN BUILT AROUND 1803 IN BRIAR CREEK IS BEING DISMANTLED THIS WEEK AFTER MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OF WEATHER AND WEAR. THE BARN, BUILT BY THE TEENAGE SONS OF AREA FOUNDER THOMAS BOWMAN..........  HAS BEEN RECREATED IN METICULOUS DETAIL AND IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT PENN STATE’S PASTO AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM.