Wilbur Radio | radioNOVO News for Lewistown: May 8, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 05/08/26          MORE DETAILS ARE COMING OUT REGARDING THE EARLY MORNING FIRE YESTERDAY ON BRATTON AVENUE IN LEWISTOWN.          LEWISTOWN POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED 40-YEAR OLD ROBERT SHANE ZIMMERMAN AS THE PRIMARY SUSPECT IN WHAT HAS BEEN RULED A DEADLY ARSON. WITNESSES SAY ZIMMERMAN SET THE HOME ON FIRE AFTER BEING REJECTED BY A WOMAN LIVING IN THE ATTIC. ONE 44-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED, WHILE TWO OTHERS WERE FLOWN TO TRAUMA CENTERS—INCLUDING A MAN WHO SUFFERED SEVERE, INTERNAL BURNS TO HIS THROAT.            ZIMMERMAN.......... WHO REPORTEDLY WATCHED THE HOUSE BURN FROM A NEARBY ALLEY......... WAS ARRESTED SMELLING OF SMOKE AND ASH. CHARGES OF ARSON AND HOMICIDE ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED LATER TODAY.          TWO JUNIATA COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES ARE SPLITTING $50,000 IN STATE GRANT MONEY TO TACKLE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.  THE MARCELLUS SHALE LEGACY FUND AWARDED $25,000 EACH TO THOMPSONTOWN BOROUGH AND MILFORD TOWNSHIP. THOMPSONTOWN OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL USE THE CASH FOR SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. MEANWHILE, MILFORD TOWNSHIP PLANS TO FIX A RECURRING FLOOD ZONE ON RIVER ROAD BY INSTALLING A LARGE CONCRETE PIPE AND HEADWALLS TO PREVENT THE ROAD FROM WASHING OUT DURING HEAVY RAINS.