Big Oly Radio | radioNOVO News for Lebanon: April 30, 2026

RNN LEBANON 04/30/26          REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE 48TH DISTRICT STATE SENATE PRIMARY BROUGHT OUT A GOOD-SIZED CROWD TO LEBANON CITY HALL TUESDAY NIGHT.  INCUMBANT SENATOR CHRIS GEBHARD, CHALLENGER CLOVIS CRANE, WHO ARE ON THE BALLOT............ AND WRITE-IN CANDIDATE WILLIAM CARROLL ANSWERED QUESTIONS POSED BY MYSELF AND JAMES MENTZER OF LEBTOWN.            AMONG THE ISSUES DISCUSSED WAS THE HOT TOPIC OF LEBANON COUNTY CURRENTLY.............. THE DATA CENTER PROPOSED FOR SOUTH ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP.            ASKED FOR THEIR THOUGHTS ON DATA CENTERS GENERALLY......... ALL THREE MEN SAID THEY RECOGNIZE THEY NEED TO EXIST, BUT SHOULD NOT BE BUILT ON PRIME LAND.  WILLIAM CARROLL SAID THEY SHOULD BE PLACED ON CONTAMINATED LANDS, LIKE BROWNFIELDS IN THE STATE.  CLOVIS CRANE SAID DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TAX BREAKS BY THE STATE AND HE STRONGLY OPPOSES THE SOUTH ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP PROJECT.            SENATOR CHRIS GEBHARD SAID WHERE TO BUILD DATA CENTERS IS A COMPLICATED DEVELOPMENT ISSUE........... BUT ULTIMATELY, THE ONLY DECISION MAKERS WILL BE THE LOCAL ELECTED TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS, NOT STATE SENATORS.               A STUDENT-LED PROPOSAL HAS LED TO THE RESTORATION OF SPORTS PROGRAMS AT HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.           RADIO NOVO'S TORY GATES HAS MORE, FROM OUR HARRISBURG STUDIO:          ___________________________LAST WEEK, HACC OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE DISCONTINUATION OF SEVERAL TEAMS. THIS INCLUDED THEHAWKS’ MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, SOCCER AND CROSS-COUNTRY PROGRAMS, PLUS WOMEN’SVOLLEYBALL. A STUDENT PROPOSAL WAS OFFERED, AND ON WEDNESDAY, THE COLLEGE ANNOUNCED THETEAMS WOULD REMAIN ACTIVE, THROUGH AT LEAST JUNE 30 TH OF NEXT YEAR. THIS ALLOWS HACC TIME TOIDENTIFY SUSTAINABLE FUNDING; THE SCHOOL IS ALSO LAUNCHING A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORTTHE CLUBS WITH EXPENSES. I’M TG, RADIONOVO NEWS.