radioNovo News for State College: September 11, 2026

MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER AND THE UNION REPRESENTING ABOUT 950 OF ITS WORKERS REACHED A TENTATIVE NEW CONTRACT AGREEMENT THURSDAY NIGHT.           RADIO NOVO'S CHRIS FORSHEY HAS MORE:         {FORSHEY0911-A}------- :20 SEC.............STANDARD_______________________________________         Terms of the proposed agreement have not been released, but the fullunion is expected to vote on Monday. SEIU had been pushing for wage increasesthat kept up with inflation and safety improvements at the facility. If ratified, thedeal would put an end to more than four months of negotiations that promptedthe first strike in 22 years.TAG:  MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER IS THE SECOND-LARGEST EMPLOYER IN CENTRE COUNTY, BEHIND PENN STATE.                A PENN TOWNSHIP MAN IS IN THE CENTRE COUNTY PRISON, FACING FELONY CHARGES FOLLOWING AN ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CENTRE COUNTY LAST YEAR.  STATE POLICE AT ROCKVIEW CHARGED 23-YEAR-OLD PARKER SNIDER WITH AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT AND SIMPLE ASSAULT AFTER A WOMAN REPORTED HE FORCEFULLY TRIED TO REMOVE HER INTERNAL BIRTH CONTROL DEVICE WITHOUT HER CONSENT. THE VICTIM SAID SNIDER WAS PURPOSELY TRYING TO IMPREGNATE HER.  SNIDER IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING SEPTEMBER 23RD.