radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: July 16, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/16/26             THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS DECLARING A STATEWIDE CODE RED AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE.  DEP WARNS FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR TODAY COULD REACH A LEVEL THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE.  RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.            A STROUDSBURG WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS OF PROBATION FOR STABBING HER BOYFRIEND DURING AN ARGUMENT LAST NOVEMBER. 29-YEAR-OLD AJEE PATTEN-HOWARD APPEARED IN MONROE COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY, AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN MAY TO TERRORISTIC THREATS, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. AUTHORITIES SAY PATTEN-HOWARD ADMITTED TO STABBING THE VICTIM IN THE SHOULDER WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.