radioNovo News for State College: June 9, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 06/09/26          MORE TROUBLE COMING FOR THE FAMILY OF THE LATE JOE PATERNO.............. HIS SON-IN-LAW IS FACING NEW CHARGES AFTER A HIGH-SPEED MOTORCYCLE CRASH LAST MONTH.          FERGUSON TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY 58-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER HORT HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL TWO-AND-A-HALF TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS 2002 KAWASAKI AROUND 9:25 P.M. MAY 7TH,  ON THE 2000 BLOCK OF CIRCLEVILLE ROAD.            THIS LATEST CRASH OCCURRED ABOUT SIX YEARS AFTER HORT SERVED JAIL TIME FOR A FATAL 2020 HIT-AND-RUN THAT KILLED AN AMISH SCOOTER RIDER.            IN ADDITION TO HIS TIES TO THE PATERNO FAMILY, HORT IS A FACILITIES REPRESENTATIVE AT PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, WHERE HE'S WORKED SINCE BEFORE THE 2020 FATAL CRASH.            THE FORMER SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF A RURAL CENTRE COUNTY TOWNSHIP FACES FELONY CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING PUBLIC FUNDS.          STATE POLICE SAY 58-YEAR-OLD JENNETTE SANKEY ADMITTED TO STEALING MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM RUSH TOWNSHIP BEFORE QUITTING LAST YEAR.            ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, SANKEY FORGED AN OFFICIAL'S SIGNATURE ON A MUNICIPAL CHECK AND LATER THREATENED LOCAL LEADERS TO TRY TO STOP THE INVESTIGATION.