August 2020
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Patton Township Supervisors Approve Ordinance to Enforce Masking, Limits on Gatherings
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Patton Township on Wednesday became the third Centre Region municipality to adopt a temporary ordinance for local enforcement of COVID-19 mitigation measures.
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Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Expands on League Decision to Postpone Fall Season
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Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren released a letter on Wednesday night to offer further insight into the conference’s decision to cancel the upcoming fall sports season.
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Bellefonte Man Faces Rape Charge
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A Bellefonte man was charged on Wednesday for allegedly raping a co-worker in December at her State College apartment.
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Penn State Athletics Reports 1 New Positive Following Latest Round of COVID-19 Testing
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Penn State Athletics reported one positive COVID-19 test following 230 administered tests from the period of August 10-14 according to a department release on Wednesday.
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Penn State Athletics Planning for Furloughs
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Penn State Athletics is preparing for furloughs across the department, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour told department employees during a Zoom call on Wednesday afternoon.
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Community Spotlight: Virtual Events Honor Constitution
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Constitution Day Centre Celebration will host virtual events from late August through October that will honor the 233rd birthday of the world’s oldest active constitution, signed in 1787 and enacted in 1789.
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Penn State Football: Franklin Understands Decision, but Frustration Remains with Process
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Speaking for the first time publicly since the Big Ten’s decision last week to cancel the fall sports calendar, Penn State coach James Franklin expressed frustration with the decision making process and the lack of clarity coming from the conference.
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Centre County Adds 7 New COVID-19 Cases
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Centre County added seven new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 406 since the first was reported on March 20.
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Are You Ready for Grand Experiment 2?
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Nothing came of it, but during a kaffeeklatsch I attended in Holmes-Foster Park last week (don’t worry, each of us had his own picnic table), somebody proposed a betting pool: How long until Penn State tells its students to “pack up?” I use quotation marks because the sloganeers in Old Main hope slapping “Mask…
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Centre County Municipalities Look to Adopt Masking Ordinances
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Ferguson Township on Monday night became the first local municipality to follow State College’s footsteps and adopt its own local ordinance for enforcement of COVID-19 mitigation measures. It likely won’t be the last.