WUZZ Radio | radioNOVO News for Altoona: June 30, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 06/30/26          ALTOONA EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE WARNING SPECTATORS TO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AHEAD OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE UNION PACIFIC BIG BOY 4014 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NEXT WEEK.          WITH MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE EXPECTED BETWEEN JULY 8TH  AND THE 11TH, AUTHORITIES CITED VIDEOS OF DANGEROUSLY CROWDED TRACKS IN NEW YORK STATE .          OFFICIALS ARE REITERATING UNION PACIFIC'S MESSAGE THAT THE PUBLIC MUST STAY AT LEAST 25 FEET BACK FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE TO AVOID STEAM AND HOT WATER BLASTS.          A 51-YEAR-OLD FORMER ALTOONA MAN SERVING TIME FOR A 1998 D-U-I CRASH THAT KILLED 3 PEOPLE IS CHALLENGING HIS MAXIMUM PRISON SENTENCE.          JAMES WOLFE FILED A FEDERAL PETITION LAST WEEK QUESTIONING WHY HIS MAXIMUM TERM EXTENDED TO MORE THAN 45 YEARS, PUSHING HIS RELEASE DATE TO 2046.          COURT RECORDS SHOW PAROLE HAS BEEN DENIED MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO PRISON MISCONDUCT AND A LACK OF REMORSE.         THE FEDERAL TRIAL FOR LUIGI MANGIONE......... THE MAN ARRESTED AT THE PLANK ROAD MCDONALDS IN DECEMBER OF 2024 AFTER ALLEGEDLY GUNNING DOWN UNITED-HEALTHCARE C-E-O BRIAN THOMPSON, HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL JANUARY.          A MANHATTAN JUDGE POSTPONED THE FEDERAL CASE MONDAY TO ALLOW THE DEFENSE TO FOCUS ON MANGIONE'S STATE MURDER TRIAL, WHICH BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8TH.