March 2021
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Penn State Basketball: Fisher Hired as Associate Head Coach
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Penn State men’s basketball has hired Adam Fisher as associate head coach, the program announced on Monday. Fisher is the first announced staff hire under new head coach Micah Shrewsberry. Fisher previously joined Penn State’s staff in 2011 under then new head coach Pat Chambers as video coordinator and was promoted to director of player…
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Mandatory 10-Digit Dialing Begins April 3 for 814 Region in Preparation for New Overlay Area Code
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Beginning on April 3, all phone calls placed in the 814 area code will require 10-digit dialing, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission reminded residents on Monday. The 814 area code is the largest in the state and the only one that currently allows for seven-digit calling without first dialing the area code. The reason for…
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Penn State Football: Jahan Dotson Chasing His Dream, Mindful of the Journey and Sacrifices That Led to This Moment
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Jahan Waltè Dotson was born on March 22, 2000 in a Newark, New Jersey hospital so overcrowded that his mother Robin had to give birth to him in an examining room. There isn’t much about the blur of that day Robin really remembers. Although she remembers the pain — that’s hard to forget. But everything…
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Penn State Basketball: Trio of High Profile Prospects Makes for Interesting Summer on Recruiting Trail for Shrewsberry
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The Micah Shrewsberry era at Penn State has a chance to start off on an interesting note following the news on Sunday that now former Purdue commit and four-star Philadelphia area guard Jameel Brown will reopen his recruitment. Brown, rated Pennsylvania’s third-best prospect in the 2022 class and the 134th best player in the nation…
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Centre County Adds 75 COVID-19 Cases Over 2 Days; Pennsylvania Reports 3,920
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Centre County reported 75 new COVID-19 cases over the past two days — 61 on Sunday and 14 on Monday — to bring its total to 13,909, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania added 3,920 positives — 2,342 on Sunday and 1,578 on Monday — for a statewide total of 988,435. The county…
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1 Person Taken by Helicopter, 3 Others Injured After Multi-Vehicle Crash in Ferguson Township
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A Pennsylvania Furnace man was flown to the hospital by helicopter and three other people were injured after a multi-vehicle crash Monday morning in Ferguson Township. At about 10:30 a.m., an SUV traveling westbound on West College Avenue struck another SUV that was stopped at a red traffic light at the Science Park Road intersection,…
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Reeling in a New Generation: Mentored Youth Trout Day Lets Kids Experience the Joys of Fishing, Away from the Crowds
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Opening day of trout fishing season in Pennsylvania is April 3, except for kids. Children under the age of 16 will have an opportunity to try reeling in these fish a week earlier, on Saturday, March 27, Mentored Youth Trout Day. Each year parents are allowed to take their kids fishing on this special day,…
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Cael Sanderson, Penn State Wrestling ‘Excited About the Future’ After Dominant Showing in NCAA Finals
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Penn State wrestling couldn’t pull out its ninth team national championship of the Cael Sanderson era Saturday night, but they certainly did impress on a big stage. With a second-place finish, the Nittany Lions crowned all four of their finalists as NCAA champs and had seventh-place spots from two freshman All-Americans. Junior Roman Bravo-Young got…
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Four Penn State Wrestlers Crowned National Champions
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Penn State wrestling capped off the NCAA Championships with a bang on Saturday night in St. Louis. The Nittany Lions finished 6-0 on the day and crowned four national champions. Roman Bravo-Young, Nick Lee, and Carter Starocci all picked up upset victories in overtime while Aaron Brooks won in regulation to keep Penn State perfect…
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Commissioners Proud of How County Responded to Pandemic
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For Centre County Commissioner Mark Higgins, it was about a year ago during a conference call with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey that he realized the coronavirus was going to have a long and lasting impact on the lives of Centre County residents. At the time, reports were coming out that the virus was already in…