ICE arrest in State College, heat wave on the way and more top stories
An ICE arrest in State College, a record-threatening heat wave and a high-profile court appeal led local news Monday. Here’s a quick look at the top Centre County stories to start the week.
Here are key takeaways:
- State College borough said its police department was not involved in a Saturday ICE operation near Allen Street and Easterly Parkway that resulted in one arrest, though agents stopped in the Municipal Building parking lot afterward. Borough Council is set to take up an ICE ordinance at its July 6 meeting, with advocacy groups planning a protest to push for protections against local collaboration with federal immigration agents.
- Forecasters expect State College to hit 96 degrees Wednesday and near triple digits through Friday, with heat index values between 105 and 110 degrees. Thursday’s projected high of 97 degrees would tie a 1931 record for July 2, with relief arriving Sunday and Monday as highs drop to the mid-80s.
- Centre County prosecutors asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review a Superior Court ruling that ordered a new trial for Randall D. Brooks, convicted in a 2009 drive-by shooting. The 2-1 Superior Court decision found that private text messages between former Judge Bradley Lunsford and District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller during Brooks’ trial amounted to a structural constitutional violation.
- The Roland Curtin Foundation took ownership of Eagle Iron Works at Curtin Village in December after the commonwealth conveyed the historic property for $1, with a celebration held Sunday to mark the transfer.
- Mount Nittany Medical Center earned Level IV trauma center accreditation in early January, handling several hundred trauma patients per month — far more than typical Level IV centers, which see a few hundred a year.
- The Center for Alternatives in Community Justice will close at the end of the year after losing court funding, with Centre County Courts taking over the Pretrial Supervision Program it has run for nearly 40 years.
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