December 2020
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Several Centre County Restaurants Flout Governor’s Order, Continue Indoor Dining Service
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On Dec. 12, the day new statewide measures went into effect to curb the spread of coronavirus, the dining room at URBN Flavourhaus on East Bishop Street was packed fuller than it had been in the weeks prior.
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Penn State Football: 2021 Recruiting Class Superlatives
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Penn State football added 15 players to it future roster on Wednesday as part of National Signing Day for the 2021 class. The future Nittany Lions as a whole are rated the 21st best class in the nation and the fifth best in the Big Ten.
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Penn State Athletics: Department Reports Just One COVID Positive Following Latest Round of Testing
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Penn State Athletics reported just one COVID-19 positive result following the latest round of the testing, the department announced during its weekly update.
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Centre County Adds 105 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports More Than 10,000 New Positives
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Centre County reported 105 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 7,919, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania added 10,049 new positives, bringing the statewide total to 519,369.
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Receives Initial Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine for Health Care Workers
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The first COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Centre County, with Mount Nittany Health receiving an initial shipment on Wednesday morning to be distributed to health care workers.
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Penn State Football: Toney Leads Nittany Lions on All-Big Ten Defensive Teams
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Senior defensive end Shaka Toney has been named a consensus first-team All-Big Ten honoree, headlining a group of Nittany Lions selected for postseason defensive honors.
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Neighbor to Neighbor: Feeding Bodies and Souls
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In an extraordinarily difficult year, we found kindness in every corner in Centre County. Town&Gown’s ‘Neighbor to Neighbor’ series explores some of those stories. Even in “normal” times, most Americans, including Centre Countians, would likely be shocked to know just how many of their neighbors are struggling with the invisible issue of food insecurity.…
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Letter: It’s Past Time to Acknowledge Biden’s Victory
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Now that it is blatantly obvious that President Trump lost, why do Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff and Rep. Rich Irvin continue to call into question the legitimacy of this election?
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State College Borough Leaders Support Mitigation Measures, Stress Need to Support Local Businesses
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On Thursday, December 10, 2020, Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced additional protective and mitigation efforts to assist in slowing the spread of COVID-19 throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We would like to commend their efforts to take the necessary steps t
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Centre County Coroner’s Office Reports 18 New COVID-19 Deaths
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Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers reported on Tuesday night 18 more COVID-19-related deaths that occurred between Nov. 26 and Monday.