radioNovo News for State College: August 5, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 08/05/26             PENN STATE WRESTLERS DROPPED OFF THEIR CALLING CARD AT A COUPLE OF HIGH PROFILE LOCATIONS IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL THIS WEEK, TO CELEBRATE THEIR 5TH NATIONAL TITLE.  YESTERDAY, IT WAS A STOP AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE HEAD COACH CAEL SANDERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE TEAM MET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.  MONDAY, THEY TOURED THE PENTAGON AND MET WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH.            A STATE COLLEGE MAN WAS KILLED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON I-99 IN ANTIS TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY.            STATE POLICE AND THE BLAIR COUNTY CORONER SAY 40-YEAR OLD JOSHUA RUSSELL BROWN WAS DRIVING HIS PICKUP TRUCK NORTH IN THE SOUTHBOUND, LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE AROUND 12:35AM, STRIKING AN 18-WHEELER HEAD-ON.            THE TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER TRIED TO SWERVE AND AVOID THE COLLISION, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.  BROWN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.            RESIDENTS AT ADDISON COURT IN DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE SAY THEY ARE HOPEFUL AFTER BOROUGH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED MONDAY THEY ARE NEAR AN AGREEMENT TO BUY THE BUILDING. BOROUGH COUNCIL IS STEPPING IN TO PRESERVE THE EAST BEAVER AVENUE PROPERTY AS LOW-INCOME SENIOR HOUSING.