April 2021
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Resumes Work to Expand Women and Children’s Unit
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Work on a major expansion of Mount Nittany Medical Center’s women and children’s services unit has resumed after being put on pause last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
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Penn State Athletics Earns Big Ten’s Third-Best LGBTQ+ Inclusion Score
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Penn State Athletics received a score of 80 out of a possible 100 in the 2021 Athlete Equality Index, which was released in early April. The ongoing index provides the “most […]
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Penn State Hockey: Gadowsky Hoping to Use Lessons of 2020 to Answer Questions of 2021
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In the grand scheme of Penn State hockey’s history, a 10-12 season that included an uncertain 0-5 start, an unscheduled COVID-19 break in the middle and a brief but entertaining […]
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Centre County Adds 115 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 4,192
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Centre County reported 115 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday to bring its total to 15,959, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania added 4,192 positives for a statewide total […]
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Annual Report Documents Use of Force by State College Police
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State College police made 1,075 arrests in 2020 and threatened the use of deadly force against five people but did not fire their guns in any of the incidents, according […]
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Penn State Basketball: Brockington Reenters Transfer Portal Per Report
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According to a report by 247Sports Thursday morning, Penn State men’s basketball star Izaiah Brockington has reentered the portal. The junior guard previously announced in March that he’d return to Happy Valley […]
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StateCollege.com Columnist Russell Frank Wins Best in Journalism Award
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The Society of Professional Journalists Keystone Pro Chapter recently honored columnist Russell Frank for his work published in 2020 on StateCollege.com. Frank won first place for the column writing — […]
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Letter: What ‘Defund the Police’ Really Means
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Everybody wants to feel safe and has the right to feel safe. Many of us associate safety with the police, but some do not. This creates a tension as those […]
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New Restorative Justice Program Names First Facilitator Coordinator
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Centre County Community Conferencing, a restorative justice program being launched by Center for Alternatives in Community Justice and CentrePeace this spring, has appointed Elizabeth Siegelman as its facilitator coordinator. Siegelman […]
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Next Phase of Atherton Street Project Expected to Begin in 2022
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Motorists will have another year before they encounter substantial planned road work along Atherton Street in State College. PennDOT representatives told the borough’s Transportation Commission last week that the next […]