radioNovo News for State College: August 12, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 08/12/26          DRIVERS IN DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS TODAY. PENNDOT IS CLOSING THE RIGHT LANE OF COLLEGE AVENUE BETWEEN MCALLISTER STREET AND THE MID-BLOCK NEAR ALLEN STREET TO REPAIR A SMALL SINKHOLE NEAR PUGH STREET. LOCAL CREWS DISCOVERED THE BASEBALL-SIZED SINKHOLE TUESDAY MORNING. PENNDOT SAYS NEARBY BUS STOPS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED DURING THE REPAIR.          TWO CENTRE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RECEIVED TOP HONORS TUESDAY DURING A SPECIAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY. STATE TROOPER JONATHON HODGES OF THE ROCKVIEW BARRACKS AND BELLEFONTE POLICE DETECTIVE LISA LARKIN WERE NAMED THE 2025 CENTRE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE YEAR BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.           HODGES WAS RECOGNIZED FOR LEADING A HIGH-PROFILE INVESTIGATION INTO A HISTORIC CHILD ABUSE RING, WHILE LARKIN WAS HONORED FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE.          PENN STATE WILL HIT A HISTORIC MILESTONE THIS WEEKEND, AWARDING ITS ONE MILLIONTH DEGREE DURING SUMMER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES ON SATURDAY. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY OVER 2,700 DEGREES WILL BE CONFERRED THIS WEEKEND, AND ONE OF THEM WILL BE THE ONE-MILLIONTH, ALTHOUGH WHICH STUDENT RECEIVES IT IS UNKNOWN.  CENTRE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MARKED THE OCCASION YESTERDAY BY ISSUING A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION.