WALY Radio | radioNovo News for State College: April 24, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 04/24/26          IT'S BEEN A WEEK OF UNFATHOMABLE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES COMING TO LIGHT IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.  THE LATEST............. A SPRING TOWNSHIP WOMAN WHO'S FACING NEARLY 50 COUNTS OF ANIMAL NEGLECT AFTER DOZENS OF DOGS WERE RESCUED FROM A HOME DESCRIBED AS "DEPLORABLE."           56-YEAR-OLD DENISE KRAPE SURRENDERED TEN DOGS IN FEBRUARY, BUT A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF HER HOME REVEALED 32 MORE INFESTED WITH FLEAS AND LIVING IN FILTH.  CENTRE COUNTY PAWS IS LEADING THE MASSIVE EFFORT TO TREAT AND FOSTER ALL 42 CANINES AND KEEP THEM FROM AN "UNSEEMLY DEMISE." KRAPE IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON JUNE 10TH.          TWO STATE COLLEGE PARENTS FACE FELONY CHARGES AFTER THEIR FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON FELL 20 FEET FROM A SKI LIFT AT BLUE KNOB RESORT. AUTHORITIES SAY MICAH AND MAYA PORTER WERE CHARGED THIS WEEK WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD FOLLOWING THE MARCH INCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS CLAIM THE BOY WAS ALLOWED TO RIDE THE LIFT ALONE AND THAT IT TOOK STAFF FIFTEEN MINUTES TO LOCATE HIS PARENTS AFTER THE FALL. WHILE THE CHILD WAS UNINJURED, TROOPERS NOTED THE LACK OF SUPERVISION LED TO THE DANGEROUS PLUNGE. THE PORTERS ARE FREE ON UNSECURED BAIL AS THEIR CASES PLAY OUT IN COURT.