radioNOVO News for Williamsport: August 4, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 08/04/26          COULD DISC GOLF BE COMING TO WILLIAMSPORT'S BRANDON PARK?  LAST WEEK, LOCAL RESIDENT NICK SARAMANDICH PITCHED A PROPOSAL TO WILLIAMSPORT CITY COUNCIL TO BUILD A FREE PUBLIC COURSE IN THE 43-ACRE PARK. SARAMANDICH SAYS HIS DESIGN PRIORITIZES SAFETY BY KEEPING PLAY CLEAR OF WALKING PATHS. COUNCIL TOOK NO FORMAL ACTION, INSTEAD DIRECTING HIM TO PRESENT THE IDEA TO THE BRANDON PARK COMMISSION.          A WILLIAMSPORT MAN WITH MULTIPLE ACTIVE DRUG CASES IS BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY HE SOLD FENTANYL TO A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT. SIXTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KURTIS PITTINGER FACES NEW CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY ARRANGING A $40 DRUG DEAL ON EAST THIRD STREET ON JUNE 23. THIS IS PITTINGER'S FOURTH SET OF CHARGES THIS YEAR. HE IS CURRENTLY JAILED ON $100,000 BAIL AHEAD OF AN AUGUST 5 HEARING. [             A CONFIRMED MEASLES CASE IN SNYDER COUNTY MAY HAVE EXPOSED SHOPPERS AT THE LOWE’S IN SELINSGROVE ON JULY 14TH. MEASLES CAN TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO INCUBATE BEFORE AN UNVACCINATED PERSON KNOWS THEY'RE INFECTED.   IF YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS OF FEVER AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, FOLLOWED BY THE ICONIC RED RASH, SEEK MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY.