radioNovo News for State College: July 20, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 07/20/26           TUITION IS ABUT TO GO UP AGAIN AT PENN STATE.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS APPROVED A TWO-POINT-FIVE-PERCENT TUITION HIKE FOR IN-STATE UNDERGRAD STUDENTS THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.  OFFICIALS SAY THE TUITION INCREASE IS ONLY FOR STUDENTS AT PENN STATE'S FLAGSHIP CAMPUS IN UNIVERSITY PARK.  TUITION RATES WILL REMAIN THE SAME AT PSU'S COMMONWEALTH CAMPUSES FOR A FIFTH-STRAIGHT YEAR.          A 24-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA MAN IS JAILED WITHOUT BAIL AFTER ALLEGEDLY ACTING AS A COURIER IN A SOPHISTICATED 265-THOUSAND DOLLAR SCAM TARGETING A STATE COLLEGE COUPLE. STATE COLLEGE POLICE ARRESTED KEVIN GAN ON THURSDAY DURING AN UNDERCOVER STING AFTER THE VICTIMS REALIZED THEY WERE BEING SCAMMED.  AUTHORITIES REMIND RESIDENTS THAT LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WILL NEVER DEMAND CASH OR GOLD OVER THE PHONE.          THE HAPPY VALLEY ADVENTURE BUREAU HAS MUCH TO BE HAPPY ABOUT, THESE DAYS.  A BUSY WEEK OF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVALS DELIVERED MASSIVE TOURISM NUMBERS FOR CENTRE COUNTY, ANCHORED BY THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, WHICH DREW OVER 163,000 VISITS TO STATE COLLEGE. MEANWHILE, THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE FESTIVAL SAW AN EXTRAORDINARY 760 PERCENT ATTENDANCE SPIKE FOLLOWING ITS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE MILITARY MUSEUM GROUNDS IN BOALSBURG.