Wilbur Radio | radioNovo News for Johnstown: May 8, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/08/26          HEADS UP IF YOUR COMMUTE TAKES YOU THROUGH GEISTOWN OR RICHLAND TOWNSHIP............. MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ON ROUTE 756 IS SET TO TRIGGER SIGNIFICANT DELAYS STARTING MONDAY.          PENNDOT WARNS DRIVERS TO EXPECT FIFTEEN-MINUTE HOLD-UPS THROUGH LATE MAY FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS, BRIDGE LIGHTING, AND RESURFACING WORK. THESE SEPARATE PROJECTS........... TOTALING NEARLY ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS........... INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM BIKE-SAFE GRATES TO NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WORK IS WEATHER-DEPENDENT, SO STAY ALERT FOR FLAGGERS AND SHIFTING LANE CLOSURES BETWEEN BEDFORD STREET AND CENTRAL AVENUE.          A FORMER SOMERSET COUNTY 911 COORDINATOR WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND THE BARS OF A STATE PRISON.            YESTERDAY, 32-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY LAVAN WAS SENTENCED TO 60 TO 120 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF FIVE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF THREE AND SIX.           LAST DECEMBER, FOLLOWING THE FIRST WEEK OF HIS TRIAL.............. LAVAN PLED GUILTY TO 39 CHARGES—INCLUDING CHILD SEX ABUSE AND GROOMING.          DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOM LEIDEN CALLED LAVAN A "SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR" AND PRAISED THE COURAGE OF THE YOUNG VICTIMS, STATING THE HEAVY SENTENCE ENSURES LAVAN WILL NEVER PREY ON CHILDREN AGAIN.