radioNovo News for State College: June 8, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 06/08/26                      THE CENTRE COUNTY LEGAL COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF LONG-TIME DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND PRESIDENT JUDGE CHARLES C. BROWN JUNIOR, WHO DIED WEDNESDAY AT EIGHTY-EIGHT. KNOWN FOR HIS FAIRNESS AND BRILLIANT LEGAL MIND, BROWN’S SERVICE SPANNED MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY, INCLUDING TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS ON THE BENCH. HE IS THE SECOND RETIRED CENTRE COUNTY PRESIDENT JUDGE TO PASS AWAY IN RECENT WEEKS, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF DAVID E. GRINE IN LATE MAY.          A RETIRED CATA TRANSIT BUS IS HITTING THE ROAD FOR A NEW MISSION—HELPING TRAIN CENTRE COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS. THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE, WHICH LOGGED OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES, WAS DONATED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER. FIREFIGHTERS AND HAZMAT TEAMS WILL USE THE DECOMMISSIONED BUS AS A HANDS-ON PROP TO PRACTICE VEHICLE RESCUES AND MASTER SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS LIKE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.