radioNOVO News PA News Roundup for August 5, 2026

           OFFICIALS IN LANCASTER COUNTY HAVE IDENTIFIED SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND FIVE YEARS AGO, PUTTING THE WRAPS ON A MISSING PERSON COLD CASE.            RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES REPORTS, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO:          _________________________          THE CORONER’S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, NORTH OF ELY ISLAND IN 2021, AFTER A DUCK HUNTER’S DISCOVERY. THE REMAINS INCLUDED TWO LEG BONES, CLOTHING, PLUS A LIGHTER AND APOCKETKNIFE. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, A ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND LAB COMPLETED DNA SEQUENCING TO ESTABLISH A GENETIC PROFILE. THE INVESTIGATION TURNED TO A MAN, 31-YEAR-OLD SHANE WORKMAN,WHO WAS LAST SEEN NEAR HIS HOME IN LEWISTOWN IN APRIL OF 2017. DNA PROVIDED BY WORKMAN’S MOTHER CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY. THE CAUSE OF WORKMAN’S DEATH IS NOT KNOWN. I’M TG, RADIONOVO NEWS.           An elderly man is in the hospital after he was hit by a vehicle in Allentown.  Police say the man was struck at 22nd and Hamilton streets near Cedar Beach Park Tuesday evening.  He reportedly suffered serious injuries.  Authorities are investigating.           Two cases of measles are being reported in the Lehigh Valley.  The Allentown Health Bureau says two children in Lehigh County recently tested positive for the highly contagious disease.  The bureau noted both children were unvaccinated.  More than 170 measles cases have been reported in Pennsylvania as part of a nationwide outbreak.             An 18-wheeler driver is receiving a citation for a crash in Union County that left five people injured.  State Police say a tractor-trailer driven by 51-year-old Jose Jimenez hit several parked vehicles in a construction zone on I-80 last week.  Troopers said Jimenez was "traveling too fast for conditions" and failed to notice the vehicles were stopped.  He was cited for speeding.              State Police are filing prostitution charges against almost a dozen men in Lycoming County.  Troopers say 11 men are being charged in connection to a multi-month investigation into the Green Spa and Massage in Loyalsock Township.  Authorities said the men patronized "victims of sexual servitude."  Two women were arrested in June for allegedly "supervising" the brothel and prostituting themselves.