Twin Tiers Magic | radioNovo News for State College: April 20, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 04/20/26          A COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AFTER A MOTHER AND HER SIX CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY.  THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED ON LONG RUN ROAD IN LAMAR, A TOWN IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR THE CENTRE COUNTY BORDER. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT 8:30AM SUNDAY TO FIND THE HOME FULLY ENGULFED FOLLOWING A REPORTED EXPLOSION. STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS AS 34-YEAR-OLD SARAH STOLZFUS AND HER FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS........... AGES THREE TO ELEVEN. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE A PROPANE LEAK INSIDE THE HOME MAY BE TO BLAME.          A LUZERNE COUNTY MAN IS JAILED ON MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES AFTER STATE COLLEGE POLICE SAY HE TRADED DRUGS TO A MOTHER IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX WITH HER UNDERAGE DAUGHTER.          34-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL GNUDI WAS ARRAIGNED FRIDAY NIGHT AND IS BEING HELD ON 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TEENAGE RUNAWAY WAS FOUND THIS MONTH HIDDEN UNDER BLANKETS INSIDE A BOALSBURG HOME.          POLICE ALLEGE GNUDI PROVIDED THE GIRL WITH DRUGS, KEPT EXPLICIT IMAGES, AND ADMITTED TO SEXUAL CONTACT. THE TEEN HAS SINCE BEEN RETURNED TO HER FATHER. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY.