September 2021
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College Township Council Approves Proposed Casino Development Plan
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College Township Council on Thursday unanimously approved a land development plan for a proposed casino in the former Macy’s property at the Nittany Mall. Named Nittany Casino in the plans, the facility is still awaiting licensing approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board before it can move forward. A public input meeting was held in…
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Penn State Basketball: Bellefonte Native Dereck Lively Commits To Duke
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The No. 2 overall prospect in the nation Dereck Lively verbally committed to Duke on Monday evening ending a unique chapter in Penn State men’s basketball history with the Nittany Lions in Lively’s Top 7 schools late into the process. The 7-foot-1 center and Bellefonte native plays basketball at the Westttown School outside of Philadelphia…
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PennDOT to Hold Public Meetings for State College Area Connector Project
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings this week to provide updates and receive feedback from the public about a study on improving the highway connection from Potters Mills Gap into the State College area. The public meeting/open house to review the State College Area Connector Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) Study…
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Penn State Football: Indiana Game Set for 7:30 Kick
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Because getting eight hours of sleep a night is simply a suggestion made by worried parents and not something backed by science, Penn State is set for another night showing on ABC when it will host Indiana at 7:30 p.m. on Oct 2. The game was among a handful of kickoff times announced by the…
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Centre County Adds 26 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,569 New Positives
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Centre County reported 26 new COVID-19 cases on Monday to bring its total to 18,791, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 17,028 are confirmed and 1,763 are probable. Pennsylvania added 2,569 new positives to increase the statewide total to 1,382,933. The county also had 41 new negative test results for a…
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What Does New Penn State OC Mike Yurcich Bring to the Table? Everyone’s ‘Eating’
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On Jan. 8, 2021, James Franklin announced that he was swapping his first-year offensive coordinator/quarterback Kirk Ciarrocca for Mike Yurcich. Ciarrocca was fired just 54 weeks and a 4-5 record into his job. Kardashian marriages have lasted longer. Now, three games into Yurcich’s tenure as Penn State’s fourth OC/QB coach in five seasons, the results…
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Centre County Adds 67 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 4,500 New Positives
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Centre County reported 67 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday to bring its total to 18,765, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 17,000 are confirmed and 1,765 are probable. Pennsylvania added 4,500 new positives to increase the statewide total to 1,380,364. The county also had 144 new negative test results for a…
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Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Up to No. 6 in Latest AP Poll
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Penn State moved up four spots to No. 6 in the latest AP Poll following a Saturday night victory over now No. 23 Auburn. It was Penn State’s second ranked win of the season after defeating Wisconsin in the season opener. The Nittany Lions are now the second-highest ranked Big Ten team just behind Iowa…
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Penn State Football: Handing Out the Grades Following the Nittany Lions’ 28-20 Win Over Auburn
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Penn State is 3-0 with two wins over Top 25 teams, striking a stark contrast to an 0-5 start in 2020 that nearly sent the program into a tailspin. Under more normal circumstances in 2021 the Nittany Lions look like their old selves and a White Out crowd on Saturday night did its part to…
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As Penn State Rolls Yet Again Under Franklin, What If Penn State Already Is His USC?
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James Franklin once told me he has never seen his paychecks. He, apparently, takes money out of the bank to use as petty cash and that marks more or less the extent of it. As a fellow member of the tribe of direct deposits, this might be the closest financial similarity we will ever share.…