radioNovo News for State College: August 3, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 08/03/26          A 34-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING CRASH IN STATE COLLEGE. POLICE SAY THE VEHICLE STRUCK A TRAFFIC POLE AND A BUILDING ALONG THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH ATHERTON STREET AROUND 3AM. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT STATE COLLEGE POLICE.          STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH IS ADVANCING A MAJOR REWRITE OF ITS ZONING ORDINANCE, REPLACING RULES IN PLACE SINCE 1959. THE PROPOSAL CONSOLIDATES ZONING DISTRICTS FROM TWENTY TO SIXTEEN, OPENS THE DOOR FOR TRIPLEXES AND BACKYARD DWELLING UNITS, AND RAISES HOME OCCUPANCY LIMITS FROM THREE TO FOUR UNRELATED RESIDENTS. BOROUGH COUNCIL WILL REVIEW PUBLIC FEEDBACK AUGUST 17TH.          CENTRE COUNTY CHEESEMAKER GOOT ESSA IS CELEBRATING NATIONAL RECOGNITION. THE AMISH FARMSTEAD OPERATION IN HOWARD EARNED THIRD PLACE AT THE AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY COMPETITION FOR ITS AGED SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, FELSA YEHR. THE AWARD CAPS A STANDOUT YEAR FOR FOUNDER JOHN ESH, WHO WAS ALSO NAMED WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S RURAL SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR.