Goat Rock Radio - WQRS | radioNOVO News for Altoona: April 21, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 04/21/26          A JURY HAS BEEN SEATED IN BLAIR COUNTY TO HEAR THE CASE AGAINST AN ALTOONA MAN WITH A LENGTHY CRIMINAL PAST......... ACCUSED OF STABBING TWO FELLOW INMATES. 54-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND THOMAS OECHSLE JR. FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FOLLOWING AN OCTOBER 2023 ATTACK AT THE COUNTY PRISON. HE WAS NOT IN COURT YESTERDAY FOR JURY SELECTION.  THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MAY 6TH.  OECHSLE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING A SEPARATE TRIAL FOR A 2023 MURDER........ AND PEVIOUSLY SERVED 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR A SIMILAR INMATE ASSAULT.          A NEW MILITARY MUSEUM IS COMING TO ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP TO HONOR LOCAL VETERANS AND EDUCATE FUTURE LEADERS. VETERAN DAVE SCOTT IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO TRANSFORM A FORMER VISION CENTER ON SIXTH AVENUE INTO THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM. THE FACILITY WILL FEATURE EXHIBITS RANGING FROM WORLD WAR 2 TO THE GULF WAR. PROJECT LEADERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO RAISE A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR RENOVATIONS, WITH A GOAL OF OPENING THE DOORS BY VETERANS DAY OF THIS YEAR.