radioNOVO News for Williamsport: July 16, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 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 MONTGOMERY BOROUGH MAN FACES 65 FELONY COUNTS FOLLOWING HIS ARREST BY LYCOMING COUNTY DETECTIVES. 28-YEAR-OLD LEVI JARRETT SCAMPONE WAS CHARGED AFTER A SEARCH OF HIS BROAD STREET HOME UNCOVERED DOZENS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE FILES ON HIS CELLPHONE. SCAMPONE ADMITTED BEING SEXUALLY GRATIFIED VIEWING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.            LYCOMING COUNTY’S STATE LAWMAKERS ARE SPLIT ON THE 50.8-BILLION-DOLLAR STATE BUDGET SIGNED BY GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO. REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JAMIE FLICK VOTED "YES," PRAISING NEGOTIATIONS THAT SCALED BACK SPENDING, WHILE FELLOW GOP REPRESENTATIVE JOE HAMM VOTED "NO," CALLING THE PLAN FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE DUE TO MASSIVE DEFERRED PAYMENTS TO MEDICAID OF OVER 1.3-BILLION DOLLARS.