Centre County Gazette
The Centre County Gazette is Centre County’s only weekly, independent newspaper covering the news, sports, entertainment and events throughout the area.
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Police Blotter
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STATE POLICE AT ROCKVIEW Police are investigating a theft of lost/mislaid property that occurred on July 18 at approximately 1 a.m. at 604 N. Front Street in Rush Township. According to police, a 26-year-old Philipsburg male accidently left a $50 lottery voucher in a machine at Snappy’s convenience store and upon returning, the voucher was…
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Death Notices
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BARBARA DAUGHENBAUGH Arrangements were under the direction of Barbara Daughenbaugh Funeral Home Inc., Centre Hall. daughenbaughs.com DAUGHENBAUGH Arrangements were under the direction of Daughenbaugh Funeral Home Inc., Snow Shoe. daughenbaughfuneralhome.com HAKY/GEORGIANA Arrangements were under the direction of Haky/Georgiana Centre County Funeral Home, State College. hakygeorgianafh.com KOCH kochfuneralhome.com STATE COLLEGE — Carol V. Jeffries died Aug.…
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Letter to the editor: Statement on the Clairton Coke Works Explosion and the need to end RCOs
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Dear editor, The devastating explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works — which claimed lives, left others missing, and injured dozens — is a sobering reminder that tragedy can strike in any workplace, regardless of whether it is unionized or non-unionized. Clairton Coke Works is a fully unionized facility, covered by one of the strongest…
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Wetzler Funeral Service expands legacy to Howard
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HOWARD — For more than a century, the Wetzler family has been a steady presence in Centre County, guiding families through life’s most difficult moments. Now, that legacy of care is expanding from Bellefonte into Howard, where Wetzler Funeral Service Inc. & Victorian Crematory has officially opened a branch at the former Kader-Neff Funeral Home.…
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High school football preview: Week 1
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CENTRE COUNTY — All four of our local LHAC high school football teams will begin league play on Friday, August 22 while the State College Little Lions will begin their season on Friday with a non-league contest against Gateway High School. Here’s a closer look at the opening week of the 2025 high school football…
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Philipsburg-Osceola golfers shine
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The LHAC golf season has begun in earnest with two multi-team matches and two dual matches in the past week. Here’s a look at what is happening: Philipsburg-Osceola golf team went 6-0 in a seven-team LHAC match at Mountain View Country Club. The Philipsburg-Osceola golf team came in first place in a seven-team LHAC golf…
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Bellefonte track star Zane Hummel hopes to come all the way back
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BELLEFONTE — Fate can sometimes change a person’s life in an instant. Take the example of Bellefonte High School senior track and field star Zane Hummel. Hummel had just graduated from Bellefonte and was on his way to Penn State’s Smeal School of Business and the Nittany Lion track team when suddenly everything changed. On…
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Deed Transfers
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Recorded July 20-26, 2025 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH Gavin M. Sutton to Josh J. Barr and Simona Barr, 116 E. Logan St., $242,530. PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH Susanne C. Holdren and William B. Holdren to Eric M. Gaspich and Naia A. Palacios, 102 Windsor St., $350,000. Freedom Mortgage Corporation to Gertz Properties LLC, 538 N. Eleventh St., $61,500. BENNER…
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The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® initiative promotes up-to-date, research-based guidelines to ensure all patients have access to lifesaving care
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By ATHENA KLAPAK The American Heart Association CENTRE COUNTY — Ten Central Pennsylvania hospitals are among the 4,800 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® initiative to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke. Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of…
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When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Dreams and likely nightmares, are experienced universally across humans and animals, but neuroscientists still do not know why. Now, with a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State will study the underlying mechanisms of nightmares and their relationship with anxiety-related mental health disorders,…
