Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Thursday, Sept. 29

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news all over cyberspace. We post links to the most noteworthy local stories every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Thursday’s offering:

News

• Spokesman: Escaped Rockview Inmate Taken into Custody near Easton (StateCollege.com)

• Police: Inmate Called Wife 12 Times the Day He Escaped (Centre Daily Times)

• Alton Brown at Penn State: ‘All I Really Wanted Was to Get to Third’ (StateCollege.com)

• State College Gets Grant to Help Combat Domestic Violence (Centre Daily Times)

• Arianna Huffington, Robert Ballard among Those Expected for PSU Speaker Series (Daily Collegian)

• Truckers Hurt in College Township Crash; Rig Carried Cheese Puffs, Snack Mix (StateCollege.com)

• Knowledge Commons on Track to Open in January (Onward State)

• Eco-Action Planks for Awareness (Daily Collegian)

• Mount Nittany Conservancy Holds Second Benefit (Onward State)

• Innoblue Garage: Open for (Startup) Business (Onward State)

• Gretchen Parlato to Grace the Schwab Auditorium Stage (Daily Collegian)

Videos

• VIDEO: South Atherton St. Sheetz to Open in December (StateCollege.com)

• VIDEO: P.J. Crowley Shares His Foreign Policy Expertise With Students (Penn State Live)

Columns/Opinion

• Patty Kleban: The State College Carpool Taxation Theory (StateCollege.com)

• Mike Poorman: Penn State Football: For Joe Paterno, Indiana Must Kick off a 4-1 October (StateCollege.com)

• Leo Dillinger: Zombies Take over State Theatre (Onward State)

Sports

• Women’s Tennis  Player Petra Januskova Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week (GoPSUsports.com)

• Field Hockey: Lions’ Defense Fuels Penn State Winning Streak (Daily Collegian)

• Penn State’s Rob Bolden Believes He’s the Top Dog in the Nittany Lions’ Quarterback Battle (PennLive.com)

• No. 24 Lions’ Host Ohio State in Titanic Thursday Tilt, Travel to Minnesota on Sunday (GoPSUsports.com)

• Nittany Lions’ Back in Action at Adidas Notre Dame Invitational (GoPSUsports.com)

Yesterday’s Headlines

• Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Wednesday, Sept. 28 (StateCollege.com)