radioNovo News for State College: June 30, 2026

RNN  STATE COLLEGE 06/30/26          AN EXTREME HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRE COUNTY AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH RECORD HIGHS AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.          STATE COLLEGE WILL HIT 96 WEDNESDAY AND 97 THURSDAY, TYING A 1931 RECORD.          THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS OPRESSIVE HUMIDITY WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES THROUGH FRIDAY.          STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH POLICE ARE DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT IN A WEEKEND I-C-E OPERATION THAT LEFT ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY.          LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS CLAIMED POLICE COLLABORATED WITH FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER VIDEO SHOWED I-C-E VEHICLES REGROUPING IN THE MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT. THE BOROUGH CLARIFIED THAT AGENTS STOPPED THERE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT LOCAL ASSISTANCE.                    CENTRE COUNTY PROSECUTORS WANT THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN A RULING THAT GRANTED A NEW TRIAL FOR A MAN CONVICTED IN A 2009 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.          LAST MONTH, A LOWER COURT OVERTURNED THE ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE CONVICTION OF 53-YEAR-OLD RANDALL BROOKS, CITING SECRET, IMPROPER TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TRIAL JUDGE AND THE CENTRE COUNTY D.A. AT THE TIME.            PROSECUTORS ARGUE THE RULING WAS JUDICIAL OVERREACH.  MEANWHILE, IT'S A LONG SHOT WHETHER THE HIGH COURT WILL HEAR THE APPEAL, GIVEN IT ACCEPTS ONLY ABOUT A TENTH OF THE PETITIONS FOR REVIEW  IT RECEIVES.