radioNovo News for State College: July 22, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 07/22/26          ANOTHER BREAKDOWN IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER AND SEIU HEALTHCARE PENNSYLVANIA LAST NIGHT............. SO AS A RESULT, A PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FIVE-DAY STRIKE WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY.  UNION REPRESENTATIVES CALLED THE FAILED NEGOTIATIONS.......... DISAPPOINTING.          THE MED CENTER'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND DOCTOR'S OFFICES WILL OPERATE AS NORMAL, AND PATIENTS SHOULD KEEP THEIR SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS, UNLESS CONTACTED DIRECTLY BY MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH.           TOXICOLOGY RESULTS CONFIRM A CLEARFIELD COUNTY WOMAN DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES IN THE PARKING LOT OF HAPPY VALLEY CASINO ON MAY 7TH.  CENTRE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT 78-YEAR-OLD CAROL MIHALKO DIED OF METASTATIC CANCER, WITH TESTS SHOWING NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IN HER SYSTEM. MIHALKO WAS A RETIRED U-S POSTAL SERVICE POSTMASTER MARRIED TO HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART FOR 57 YEARS.  SHE WAS AN AVID PENN STATE FAN, SURVIVED BY TWO CHILDREN, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER AND SISTER, AND MANY FRIENDS.