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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Emotional support pickles bring big smiles to Arts Fest
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STATE COLLEGE — At Kids’ Day on Wednesday, July 9, during the 2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the air buzzed with laughter, sidewalk chalk swirls and the kind of unfiltered creativity only kids can bring. But tucked among the tie-dye booths and paint-splattered easels was a truly unexpected star: the emotional support pickle.…
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Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Eight Penn State graduate students received U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2025-26 academic year. These students join the 56 prior recipients continuing in the University’s graduate degree programs across seven academic colleges. The NSF program, coordinated at Penn State by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox…
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Police Blotter
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Police responded to a single-unit crash that occurred on July 7 at approximately 8:30 a.m. on I-80 East at mile marker 159.6 in Spring Township. According to police, a 38-year-old Ridgewood, New Jersey female was driving a 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage when the vehicle abruptly turned from the roadway into the construction zone emergency pull-off. Police…
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Emily Whitehead Foundation hosts annual Tee Off For T-Cells Golf Tournament
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PHILIPSBURG — In May of 2010, five-year-old Emily Whitehead, daughter of Tom and Kari Whitehead from Philipsburg, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It was said that this type of leukemia would typically be cured at the time, but with Emily that did not happen. She relapsed twice, became resistant to the treatments and her…
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Baseball ties program record with five selections in 2025 MLB draft
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UNIVERSITY PARK — A program-record-tying five Penn State baseball players were selected on Day Two of the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday, July 14. Junior outfielder Paxton Kling was taken by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round, 205th overall. Junior shortstop Ryan Weingartner was picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round, 240th overall. Junior pitcher Ryan DeSanto was selected…
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Spike Island and Blanchard sweep First Round CCBL Playoff Series.
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CENTRE COUNTY — The Spike Island Pirates and the Blanchard Bees both took their First Round Centre County Baseball League Series in two-game sweeps, while the Lewistown FoxPro and the Spring Mills Braves are tied 1-1. With No. 1 seed Howard waiting in the wings, the league will begin the Semifinals on Thursday, July 17,…
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Centre County Sports Hall of Fame holds annual golf outing
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STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Sports Hall of Fame recently held its annual golf outing, The Blue by You, on Monday, June 30, at the Penn State Blue Golf Course. A first time for the annual golf tournament, two Ladies Professional Golf Association golfers, Sophia Schubert and Jackie Gallagher-Smith, joined the 25 groups of…
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Forged in discipline: Local students earn Tang Soo Do black belts
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PHILIPSBURG — Becoming a black belt isn’t just about learning how to throw a punch or block a kick. It’s about years of discipline, growth and pushing yourself far beyond your physical and mental comfort zones. And for three dedicated martial artists from Josefik’s Korean Tang Soo Do, their moment of triumph has arrived. Under…
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Former Nittany Lions set for NBA Summer League
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LAS VEGAS — Four former Nittany Lions will represent Penn State on NBA Summer League rosters as Summer League action begins this week. Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Los Angeles Clippers), Ace Baldwin Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies), Zach Hicks (Boston Celtics) and Andrew Funk (Philadelphia 76ers) will all suit up from July 10-20 in Las Vegas. Baldwin Jr.’s…
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Hollidaysburg sweeps State College to take the LL Section 4 Championship; Bellefonte 10Us heading to States
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CENTRE COUNTY — The State College 12U Little League team entered the Finals in the Section 4 Championships on Tuesday, July 15, needing one win over Hollidaysburg to take home the title. After SC won the first meeting with Hollidaysburg, 4-1, on Sunday, July 13, the 12Us went into the Final without a loss. Hollidaysburg…
