May 2015
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Penn State Football: Caravan Comes To A Close, And Probably Just In Time
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If James Franklin, a man who thrives in front of the camera, is happy to shorten the tour before it ever starts, then that’s a sign it has lasted just long enough.
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Centre County Right to Know Dispute Continues to Grow
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Now Crowley is appealing that denial to the Office of Open Records, arguing that Huntingdon County Senior Judge Stewart Kurtz was wrong to keep the county from releasing the phone records. In his appeal, Crowley attacks the reasoning behind Judge Kurtz’s decision.
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Children and Youth Services Opposes Subpoena in Sandusky Victim Lawsuit
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Johnson says CYS was not given “reasonable time to comply,” and that the subpoena “requires disclosure of privileged and protected matter.” He argues that turning those documents over would Pennsylvania’s various child protection laws.
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Blast of Cold on the Way but Weekend Warm Up Expected for Memorial Day Celebration
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The weather can make or break the Boalsburg Fire Company’s Memorial Day carnival. In years with clear skies, the carnival has raised as much as $16,000 for the company, fire chief Van Winter says. But in years plagued by rain, that number can sink as low as only $6,000.
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Judge Shoots Down Curley & Schultz Requests in McQueary Lawsuit
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Schultz and Curley wanted to keep McQueary’s legal team from seeing certain documents, including communication between Penn State’s former general counsel, Cynthia Baldwin, and the lawyers who now represent the former administrators.
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Weekend Getaway: Lancaster County
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Looking for a weekend away with your family? Why not take a trip into Lancaster where you are bound to find something fun for the whole family. Located in South Central Pennsylvania, the city of Lancaster is a two and a half hour drive from State College. This town is full of scenery, history,…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Sees Graduate Transfer Rule As Challenge, Barbour Critical Of Its Application
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“We graduate so many players in three and a half years, that if they redshirt they’ve got another year left. So that’s kind of one of the decisions we make, where is he going to be the most useful to us, as a fifth year redshirt senior or as a true freshman now.”
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Boalsburg Cemetery Still Recovering from Gravestone Vandalism, Repair Work Continues
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A year after the Boalsburg Cemetery was devastated by a heartless vandalism spree, repairs and a criminal investigation are still underway. Over 50 beautiful gravestones – some dating as far back as the 1800s – were toppled, cracked and broken just before Memorial Day 2014. Estimates of the damage topped $100,000. Although investigators…
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Housing Development Protestors Confront Water Authority
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Thursday’s board meeting of the State College Borough Water Authority may have been its loudest ever. Area residents turned out in force to protest a proposed housing development they fear will contaminate two wells that supply much of the area’s drinking water. Though the board and the public clearly respected each other, there was…
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Students Go Purple To Fight Epilepsy
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“It was very successful,” student leader Ben Wheeler says. “Everyone wore purple and we sold a lot of purple shirts, sold a lot of purple Gatorade. The school looked like a giant festival of Barney. It was ridiculous.”