radioNOVO News for Altoona: September 9, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 09/09/26 AN APPEAL IN THE JERRY SANDUSKY CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED:           {GATES0909-A}-------- :30 SEC............STANDARD----------------------------SANDUSKY’S LEGAL TEAM, AND APPROVEDTHEIR MOTION TO WITHDRAW. THE MOVE IS THE LATEST IN AN EFFORT TO OVERTURN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSECONVICTIONS AGAINST THE FORMER PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH, BY SHIFTING THE CASE TO FEDERAL COURT.IN APRIL, SANDUSKY WON AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING, SURROUNDING A SINGLE ACCUSER’S AGREEMENT TORECANT TESTIMONY. NOW 82, SANDUSKY IS SERVING A 30-TO-60-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE; HE WASCONVICTED OF 45 COUNTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN 2012. I’M TG, RADIONOVO NEWS.          GAMESTOP HAS OFFICIALLY EXITED THE STATE COLLEGE MARKET. THE NATIONAL RETAILER PERMANENTLY CLOSED ITS LAST REMAINING CENTRE COUNTY LOCATION ON NORTH ATHERTON STREET IN MID-AUGUST. THE DEPARTURE FOLLOWS A BROADER CORPORATE DOWNSIZING THAT SAW GAMESTOP SHUTTER NEARLY SIX HUNDRED U.S. STORES LAST YEAR. LOCAL GAMERS MUST NOW RELY ON BIG-BOX RETAILERS, INDEPENDENT HOBBY SHOPS, OR TRAVEL TO ALTOONA.