radioNovo News for State College: June 26, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 06/26/26          A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED 65-YEAR-OLD MORRIS REESE ON A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO PRODUCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE BLAIR COUNTY MAN IS ONE OF FOUR SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF OPERATING A LONG-RUNNING, RECORDED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE RING OUT OF A CENTRE COUNTY BASEMENT. LOCAL PROSECUTORS SAY STATE CHARGES WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD AGAINST REESE AHEAD OF HIS INITIAL FEDERAL COURT APPEARANCE THIS MONDAY.          THE MOUNTAIN TOP AREA POOL ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING AN EXPANSION AFTER RECEIVING A 30-THOUSAND-DOLLAR TOURISM GRANT. PRESIDENT JENNIFER NASTASE PLANS TO USE THE FUNDS TO BUILD NEW PAVILIONS, BOOST CONCESSIONS, AND INSTALL A DEDICATED WELL TO PREVENT FUTURE WATER DELAYS AT THE OLYMPIC SIZED COMMUNITY POOL, BUILT IN 1969.  NASTASE CAN'T PREDICT WHEN THE UPGRADES WILL BEGIN......... SAYING IT WILL DEPEND UPON WHEN THE GRANT MONEY IS RECEIVED.            MEANTIME, THE NITTANY VALLEY JOINT RECREATION AUTHORITY WAS AWARDED 25-GRAND TO MAKE BATHHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS AT BELLEFONTE’S KEPLER POOL, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 2020 DUE TO MECHANICAL ISSUES.