State College News
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Apple Fest Tradition Continues at Eagle Iron Works & Curtin Village
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Eagle Iron Works & Curtin Village, located at 251 Curtin Road, Howard, will continue its Apple Fest tradition — a family-friendly fundraiser — on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Orpheus Singers to Perform ‘A Thousand Beautiful Things’
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Choral ensemble The Orpheus Singers will present “A Thousand Beautiful Things,” a concert at Trinity Lutheran Church in State College at 7 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 17. “The concert includes texts from the medieval era to the present day, and is inspired by everything and everyone we consider beautiful: family, friends, love, faith, humor, nature,…
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Penn State’s Road Ahead: From Michigan to a Brutal Home Schedule in 2028
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Penn State football will get better. Nittany Lion head coach Matt Campbell said so on Saturday night, after he lost his third Big Ten game in 15 days as Penn State fans witnessed their fifth conference loss in Penn State’s last six games in Beaver Stadium. “We can’t give them the result that they deserve,”…
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New Cultural Nonprofit in State College Launches With Performance by 14-Piece Puerto Rican Ensemble
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Satellite House, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting culturally significant music and arts programming in State College, will officially launch with a performance by Puerto Rico’s El Laberinto del Coco on Monday, Oct. 12, at Manny’s Live Performance Space . Founded to build community support for international, underrepresented and experimental arts programming, Satellite House…
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Rocco Becht Calls Out Penn State’s Lack of Toughness in White Out Loss to USC
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The numbers in the box score reflected a strong performance from Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht, but inside the locker room, the only statistic that mattered to him was the final score. Following the Nittany Lions’ 31-23 loss to USC in front of a record-setting White Out crowd at Beaver Stadium on Saturday night, the…
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Broadcast Network Announced for Penn State at Michigan
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Penn State will be making its first appearance on CBS this season. The Nittany Lions’ game against Michigan on Saturday will be broadcast during the network’s 3:30 p.m. slot as the “B1G Time” game of the week, with Brad Nessler and Charles Davis in the booth and Jenny Dell as the sideline reporter. It’ll mark…
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Penn State Football’s Identity? Déjà Poo All Over Again
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Penn State football’s identity? We found it on Saturday, though it never went away: It’s an incredible fan base that turned out. Once again. After being punched in the stomach. Again and again. Only to be punched again. Amazing fans, mid program…in disarray. The Nittany Lions are now 10-10 in their last 20 games, beginning…
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Column: It’s a Long Way Down for Penn State Football
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Have you ever been scammed before? Merriam-Webster defines a scam as a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation. Joel Haas defines it as Penn State football in the first half of 2026. We were promised one thing, but we’ve gotten a second, much less enjoyable thing instead. I like to think I’m good at avoiding…
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Bellefonte Educators Union, School District Reach Tentative Contract Agreement to Avert Strike
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Bellefonte Area School District and the union representing 230 of its teachers and staff reached a tentative contract agreement on Saturday, narrowly averting a labor strike that was scheduled to begin on Monday. Details of the four-year contract were not immediately disclosed, but the Bellefonte Area Education Association and school district said the union had…
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Penn State Drops Third Straight With 31-23 White Out Loss to USC
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Penn State (3-3, 0-3) remained winless in Big Ten play and dropped its third consecutive game with a 31-23 defeat at the hands of No. 19 USC (6-1, 3-1) in the White Out game on Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions tied the game 17-17 at the end of the first half and…