Rocky 99 Johnstown | radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 07-06-26

Good morning.A Lawrence County personal care home administrator will serve one to three years in prison following a failure of duty that resulted in a patient's preventable death. A judge sentenced Kelly Gonzales of New Castle following her felony conviction for neglect of a care-dependent person. Evidence presented by the state attorney general's office proved that Gonzales failed to refill a resident's anti-seizure medication, causing the patient to suffer a fatal medical emergency after going without the prescription for more than ten days.Meanwhile, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a major weekend collision after an alleged drunk driver struck a law enforcement vehicle while traveling the wrong way on U.S. Route thirty. Dispatches reveal the wrong-way motorist collided directly with a patrol car in East Liverpool late Saturday night. The responding trooper sustained minor injuries, and the wrong-way driver remains hospitalized in stable condition.And utility crews have successfully restored power to thousands of residents across Lawrence and Mercer counties following a wave of severe weekend thunderstorms. Intense winds and localized rain knocked trees onto primary power lines, causing extensive power outages and leaving neighborhoods littered with storm debris.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.