The first of two meetings on the state college connector project was held Wednesday evening. Douglas Braff attended the meeting at Mount Nittany Middle School. Since its conception, the State College Connector Project has been a source of controversy. "Every…
The American Red Cross has been supporting the victims of Hurricane Ian since the category 4 storm made landfall, leaving destruction behind in Florida and surrounding states just a few weeks ago. A Blair county American Red Cross volunteer, Cathy…
The board of directors for The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a group consisting of a bipartisan group of both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature and other government and educational leaders, held a hearing Wednesday on youth mental health and Pennsylvania…
The deadly, police involved shooting of a State College man, more than 3 years ago continues to reverberate in that community. One of the initiatives that emerged provides residents with a new way to interact with the State College Police…
Support your local ambulance services. Nationwide, that plea is being heard more often with a critical shortage of emergency personnel and staffers for ambulance companies, and it comes as the calls for service in many areas are increasing. Post pandemic,…
The State College Area School District board of directors approved an agreement last night with Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania that will provide guaranteed admission for any State College Area High School graduate. Under the terms of the agreement, Commonwealth will…
State College Police and the Centre County coroner's office are investigating the death of a 21-year-old Penn State student over the weekend. Authorities say the student was found unresponsive early Sunday morning, by his roommate, following a night of "excessive…
Food insecurity is an alarming issue impacting many families all over the United States, including here in Cambria County. A few weeks ago, multiple organizations around Johnstown received grant funding from the American Rescue Plan Act where a total of…
The trial for three men charged in a 2017 double homicide began Monday in Somerset County, following a lengthy jury selection last week. In total, four men are charged in the deaths of Damian Staniszewski and James Smith, whose bodies…
Mental health issues dominate a growing number of factors in our workplaces and that includes the farming industry. However, a recent survey of farmers shows that mental health outreach programs, often times, are not the first option when asking for…