My Radio Jamz | radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: May 19, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/19/26          NEWLY RELEASED U.S. CENSUS BUREAU DATA REVEALS A SHIFT IN WHERE MONROE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE CHOOSING TO LIVE. OVERALL, THE COUNTY'S ESTIMATED POPULATION DIPPED BY JUST UNDER ONE PERCENT OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, SHEDDING MORE THAN ELEVEN HUNDRED RESIDENTS. WHILE SIXTEEN MUNICIPALITIES SAW DECLINES—LED BY POPULATION DROPS IN EAST STROUDSBURG AND STROUD TOWNSHIP—FIVE LOCAL AREAS MANAGED TO GROW. PRICE AND TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIPS SAW THE LARGEST GAINS, REFLECTING A BROADER INTERNAL MIGRATION ACROSS THE POCONOS.          A COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP WOMAN PLED GUILTY LAST WEEK TO ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE FOLLOWING A VIOLENT ROAD RAGE SHOOTING ON INTERSTATE 380.           39-YEAR-OLD TATIANA PETERSON OPENED FIRE ON ANOTHER DRIVER LAST JUNE AFTER AGGRESSIVELY TAILGATING AND PASSING HIS TRUCK NEAR EXIT 8. SHE ENTERED HER PLEA FRIDAY IN MONROE COUNTY COURT, AVOIDING A TRIAL ON SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. PETERSON WILL BE SENTENCED ON JULY 16TH.