WUZZ Radio | radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: May 8, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/08/26          WAS IT A TRAGIC CASE OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME OR A VIOLENT CRIMINAL ACT? THAT'S THE QUESTION BEFORE A MONROE COUNTY JURY THIS WEEK, AS THE HOMICIDE TRIAL FOR 36-YEAR OLD MICHAEL YARD TAKES SHAPE.           PROSECUTORS ALLEGE YARD’S THREE-MONTH-OLD SON DIED FROM SEVERE BRAIN TRAUMA AND INTERNAL HEMORRHAGING IN 2021. HOWEVER, THE DEFENSE ARGUES THE PROSECUTION IS WRONGLY "TURNING A GRIEVING FATHER INTO A MURDERER," CLAIMING A MEDICAL EXPERT WILL PROVE THE INFANT DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. THE TRIAL CONTINUES THIS WEEK FOLLOWING EARLY DELAYS OVER RESTRICTED EVIDENCE.          A TRANSFORMATION IS UNDERWAY AT A FORMER MEDICAL OFFICE IN BARRETT TOWNSHIP.......... AND SOON IT WILL BECOME MONROE COUNTY'S NEWEST COFFEE SHOP AND COMMUNITY HUB.          HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM CHRISTOPHER BECKHORN AND RUTH KOCHERA ARE SET TO OPEN THE BISCUIT COFFEEHOUSE AROUND MEMORIAL DAY. THE SPACE WILL FEATURE HOMEMADE SOURDOUGH BAGELS, LOCAL COFFEE, AND LIVE MUSIC.          THE COUPLE SAYS THEY'RE CREATING A SPACE WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN GATHER FOR FRESH FOOD, LOCAL ART, AND EVENING CONCERTS.