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From Loss to Legacy: A Penn State Grad Student’s 3,500-Mile Tribute
Happy Valley Casino Opens
Centre Helps Offers a 24-Hour Hotline for Centre County
Penns Valley Students Bring ‘Hooves’ to the Harwood
Centre Hall Library Is Making Way for Major Change
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Penn State Lands 2027 CB Commit Dhillon McGee
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Penn State football beat out multiple local schools for a commitment from The Lone Star State on Wednesday night. The Nittany Lions added a pledge from three-star cornerback Dhillon McGee, beating out regional finalists Texas and SMU. He announced the decision while live on Instagram, including a fakeout with a Longhorns hat. McGee ranks as…
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Centre County Tourism Grant Program Awards Record $1.15M
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Another strong year for tourism in Centre County meant another record total for the grant program supporting nonprofit events and initiatives that help drive visitations to the local community. The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau and Centre County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday announced 91 marketing and tourism enhancement projects will receive $1,150,250 from the Tourism…
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Shapiro and Garrity Both Say They’re Willing to Debate in This Year’s Pa. Gov Race
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Experts say political debates are getting rarer, but this year both of Pennsylvania’s candidates for governor say they’re open to it.
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Sips & Sounds Returns to State College With Local Food, Beverages and Music
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An outdoor festival featuring local food, craft beverages and music is returning for its fourth year in downtown State College. The Downtown State College Improvement District will host Sips & Sounds from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 26, in Sidney Friedman Park. “Sips & Sounds Downtown brings together some of the best parts…
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Requiem for an Oak Tree
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Let’s see: 10 times a week multiplied by 40 weeks multiplied by a dozen years. I’d say I walked past the big white oak on Allen Road by the Chambers Building roughly 5,000 times since I moved to East College Heights. On the 5001st pass last week, I stopped in my tracks. The mighty oak…
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Gavin McKenna’s Journey Takes Him From the Yukon to Penn State to Potential No. 1 NHL Draft Pick
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — For all the offense, leadership and star-power Gavin McKenna brought to Penn State hockey this season, coach Guy Gadowsky discovered yet another attribute in the celebrated forward’s talented arsenal. And it involved ping-pong, of all things. Having dominated most of his players in table tennis over the years, Gadowsky is still stung after…
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How to Attend Penn State Football’s Annual Lift for Life Event
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Penn State football’s annual Lift for Life event is returning, the team announced on Tuesday afternoon. The event will be held at 9 a.m. on July 1 on the practice field outside the Lasch Building. It will be open to the public, with a suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for kids upon…
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NCAA Panel Approves New Eligibility Rules Giving Division I Athletes 5 Years to Play 5 Seasons
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Eager to lessen the chaos of the transfer portal era, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes on Tuesday that will allow five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. The Division I Cabinet approved the…
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Borough Historian’s New Book Chronicles More Than 25 Years of State College Government
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A new book chronicles more than a quarter-century of State College municipal history through the insight and perspective of a longtime Borough Council member. Tom Daubert, who has been borough historian since 2018, will hold a book signing event for “Reflections of 25 Years of the Borough of State College Government: 1996-2023” from 3 to…
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Penn State 2026 Defensive Line Preview
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Penn State’s defensive line room lost nearly all of its production from a season ago — 2,693 out of 3,358 snaps (80%) have departed this offseason, to be exact.
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Hampton Inn & Suites at Williamsburg Square
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