radioNovo News for State College: August 21, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 08/21/26          UNIONIZED HEALTHCARE WORKERS RALLIED IN DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE EARLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON........... TO GARNER SUPPORT FROM RETURNING PENN STATE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.............. AS THEIR ONGOING CONTRACT DISPUTE WITH MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH DRAGS ON.            WORKERS REPRESENTED BY S-E-I-U HEALTHCARE PENNSYLVANIA GATHERED AT THE ALLEN STREET GATES FROM 11:30AM TO 2PM TO PETITION FOR HIGHER WAGES. THE UNION PLANS TO RALLY AGAIN TODAY.            THE DEMONSTRATION COMES AFTER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES LOWERED THEIR PAY RAISE OFFER TO TWO PERCENT ANNUALLY FOLLOWING A FIVE-DAY STRIKE LAST MONTH.            A CENTRE COUNTY MAN WILL SPEND AT LEAST TEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD HUNTER HENNEY OF WALKER TOWNSHIP WAS SENTENCED THURSDAY TO TEN TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON, PLUS TEN YEARS OF PROBATION. HENNEY PLEADED GUILTY IN MAY AFTER STATE POLICE TRACED EXPLICIT IMAGES SHARED ON INSTAGRAM AND SNAPCHAT BACK TO HIM.