Wink 106 | radioNOVO News PA News for May 1, 2026

THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A MEASURE THAT COULD CHANGE HOW SCHOOL ATHLETIC TEAMS COMPETE FOR STATE TITLES.           RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES HAS MORE, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO:______________________HOUSE BILL 41 WAS PASSED BY A VOTE OF 178-TO-23 THIS WEEK. THE MEASURE WOULD ALLOW THEPENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO DECIDE WHETHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATESCHOOLS SHOULD BE SEPARATED FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION. SUPPORTERS SAY THE MEASURELEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHO ARE FORCED TO PLAY PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT CANRECRUIT ATHLETES FROM A WIDER AREA. THE PIAA CLAIMED IT REQUIRED A CHANGE IN STATE LAW FOR SUCHPOWER. THE SENATE IS CONSIDERING ITS VERSION OF THE PROPOSAL. I’M TG, RADIONOVO NEWS. A Snyder County woman who authorities say took over her boyfriend's drug trafficking ring after he went to jail will spend over a decade in federal prison.  Forty-year-old Valerie Tallent was recently sentenced to 14 years behind bars following her conviction for possession with the intent to distribute.  Prosecutors said officers made controlled narcotics purchases from Tallent in 2023.  She reportedly told investigators she had taken over her incarcerated boyfriend's drug trafficking business. A Louisville couple is accused of traveling to the Pittsburgh area to make money off prostitution during the NFL Draft.  Court documents show 22-year-old Barry Brumley and 31-year-old Hillary Sanders, of Louisville, were arrested at a hotel in Cranberry Township last Thursday.  Undercover police allegedly contacted the couple through a website known for advertising sex work and arranged for a meeting with Sanders to exchange 300 dollars for sex.  Sanders took the money from a detective at the hotel before she was arrested in the room and Brumley was apprehended in the parking lot, according to investigators.  Both are charged with promoting prostitution and other counts.  The number of first time filings for unemployment are decreasing across Pennsylvania.  That's according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says there were just over 79-hundred first time filings in the state last week, which is hundreds less than the week before.  Nationally, the number of initial filings decreased compared to the week prior.