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Penn State Interim Head Coach Terry Smith Discusses New Role, Program’s Future
Penn State AD Pat Kraft Talks James Franklin Firing, What’s Next
PA Budget Stalemate Creates Statewide Uncertainty
Questions Remain for Rockview Prison Closure
A Warm, Dry Autumn’s Impact on Local Farms
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Willie Morse: Hall of Fame Comes Calling for State High Legend
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All sorts of commendations and congratulations will go to each person inducted into the Centre Country Sports Hall of Fame this Sunday. And that is altogether appropriate for these remarkable […]
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Penn State: What Have We Become and What Will We Be?
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“I don’t want Penn State to become the kind of a place where an 8-2 season is a tragedy. You can’t tell kids that a football loss is a tragedy. […]
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Arboretum’s Pumpkin Fest Brings Community Together to Celebrate Fall
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One weekend every fall, the Arboretum at Penn State glows orange with creatively carved jack-o’-lanterns as the community comes together to celebrate the season during Pumpkin Fest. Featuring food vendors, live […]
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Interim Coach Terry Smith Discusses Emotional Toll of James Franklin’s Firing and More
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For the first time in over a decade, it wasn’t James Franklin who met with the media after practice on Wednesday. Interim head coach Terry Smith took on that responsibility […]
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Mike Rhoades Previews Penn State Men’s Basketball’s 2025-26 Season
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Deep inside the Bryce Jordan Center in a revamped media room, head coach Mike Rhoades met with reporters on Wednesday to preview the 2025-26 men’s basketball season. With just weeks […]
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Phoenix Academy of Performing Arts to Offer Intensive 2-Day Circus Aerial Silks Workshop
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In its ongoing efforts to bring a performance arts presence to State College area, the Phoenix Academy of Performing Arts of Pennsylvania will present a two-day Circus Intensive Silks Workshop from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and Friday, Nov. […]
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Centre County Jail Inmate Tried to Hire 2nd Hitman to Kill Informant, Police Say
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An inmate at the Centre County Correctional Facility was charged on Tuesday with attempting to hire a hitman to kill a police informant in a drug case against him for […]
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Financial Pain for Many Pa. Service Providers Will Continue After Budget Impasse Ends
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Pennsylvania has made $40 million on frozen cash during the budget impasse. But it won’t pass on interest to service providers once that funding is released.
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PennDOT Completes Road Diet Study for Next Phase of Atherton Street Work. Here’s What It Recommends
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PennDOT is considering reducing the number of travel lanes as a safety and traffic calming measure on one section of South Atherton Street as it plans for the next phase […]
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A Black Panther, a Softball Injury, Artificial Intelligence and Me
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Was it only last year that we profs were policing artificial intelligence as a newfangled form of plagiarism and buying blue books like it was 1975? Now we’re Tokyo train […]
