Froggy Radio KY | radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 06-10-26

Good morning.A devastating house fire in Mercer County has claimed the lives of a mother and her two children. Authorities report thirty-eight-year-old Sarah Anne Jacobson, fourteen-year-old Kevin, and ten-year-old Izabella all succumbed to their injuries at Akron Children's Hospital following a heavy blaze on Sherman Avenue in Sharon. A fourth victim is stable as local police and federal investigators probe the cause.A stark new report reveals a critical failure in protecting Pennsylvania’s children, with roughly half of all childhood deaths statewide going completely unreviewed since twenty-twenty. Advocates call the mandatory county review panels an "unfunded mandate" that leaves rural areas stretched too thin to investigate preventable tragedies.And nine Lawrence County Career and Technical Center students are celebrating a national victory. The group traveled to Atlanta for the SkillsUSA National Conference, where three veterinary assistant students took home the national gold medal.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.