October 2021
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Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 44 Cases
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Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 44 more cases of the virus on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The death is the county’s 242nd attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and seventh reported this month. The new cases bring Centre County’s total to 20,291 (18,357 confirmed and…
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Penn State Football: As Allar’s Stock Rises, Franklin Talks About Finding Diamond in Rough
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Back when Penn State extended quarterback Drew Allar a scholarship offer, he was rated somewhere between the 447th and 257th best prospect in the nation according to the 247 Network. Fast forward nearly a year and Allar sits at No. 12 in the 247 Network’s Top 100 prospects list and is rated the top quarterback…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Coaching Position Receives Endowment Funding Following Donation
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Penn State men’s basketball is the beneficiary of at least part of a $26 million dollar donation by Peter and Ann Tombros the university announced on Thursday morning. According to a press release a portion of that $26 million dollar gift will endow the men’s basketball coach position, establishing a fund that will allow the…
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Penn State Football: Clifford Practicing, but Status Still Uncertain for Saturday
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Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford’s status is “fluid” ahead of the Nittany Lions’ meeting with Illinois this upcoming weekend, according to head coach James Franklin. Clifford was seen participating during the open media portion of practice on Wednesday – a period that lasts roughy 15 minutes. The three-year starter appeared to have no particular issue…
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Halloween-Themed Penn State Horticulture Show Set for This Weekend
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The Penn State Horticulture Club will host its annual show on Saturday and Sunday at Snider Agricultural Arena on Park Avenue. The Halloween-themed display, presented in partnership with the College of Agricultural Sciences, will include a corn maze, spiderwebs, tombstones and fog. Visitors will be able to interact with different features and purchase local cider,…
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Jazz Pianist Christian Sands Brings ‘Intimate’ Performance to Eisenhower Auditorium
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Jazz pianist Christian Sands returns to the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, this time in person following a virtual performance in February. The Oct. 27 performance at Eisenhower Auditorium is his second following the release of his third album, 2020’s “Be Water.” However, the Grammy Award-nominated artist is no stranger to the…
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Woman Charged with Third-Degree Murder for April Stabbing in Haines Township
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Police on Wednesday charged a woman with third-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of a man in April in Penns Valley. Brittany Guisewhite, 28, is accused of killing 26-year-old Robert Farwell, of Spring Mills, in the early morning hours of April 8 following an argument inside her Haines Township home. Pennsylvania State Police wrote in…
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Penn State Football: 247 Sports Rates Allar Nation’s Top Quarterback in 2022 Class
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Penn State verbal commit Drew Allar is now rated the nation’s No. 1 quarterback prospect for the 2022 class per the 247 Network which updated its rankings on Wednesday. In terms of overall rating the Ohio native would come to Happy Valley as the program’s third-highest ranked high school signal caller ever behind Anthony Morelli…
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Penn State Extends Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Six More Campuses
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Faculty and staff at seven Penn State campuses are now required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the university. Penn State originally announced a vaccine mandate for University Park employees only last week. Now, faculty and staff at Penn State’s Altoona, Behrend, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, and Harrisburg campuses are required to follow the order, too. The…
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Centre County Adds 25 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 3,584 New Positives
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Centre County reported 25 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 20,247, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 18,320 are confirmed and 1,927 are probable. Pennsylvania added 3,584 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,520,815. The county also had 59 new negative test results for a total of…