November 2021
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Centre County Sports Hall of Fame Honors New Class
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A new class was inducted into the Centre County Chapter of Pennsylvania Sports Hall Fame on Nov. 7. The inductees included PIAA champions, NCAA wrestling runners-up, a national champion, an All-American football player and a pitcher who threw a no-hitter in the Major Leagues. The inductees were honored at a banquet held at the Penn…
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No. 2 Penn State Wrestling Rolls Past Army West Point in Home Opener
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No. 2 Penn State wrestling (3-0) dominated Army West Point (0-1) 32-7 on Thursday night at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions posted two major decisions and three technical falls en route to their third win of the young season. Cael Sanderson’s group dropped just two bouts, while Roman Bravo-Young, Beau Bartlett, Carter Starocci and Aaron…
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State College Lights Up Downtown to Ring in the Holiday Season
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State College was aglow with the holiday spirit as community members came together for festivities to Light Up Downtown on Thursday night. The second annual event, organized by the Downtown State College Improvement District, featured the kick off of a seasonal timed light show in the Martin Luther King Plaza on South Fraser Street and…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Sessoms Shines in 74-59 Victory
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Schematically, it is not terribly difficult to know what to do in a basketball game. The challenge is actually doing it and doing it over and over again. But on Thursday night Penn State managed to do what it wanted to do, and do it with regularity en route to a 74-59 victory over Saint…
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9 Things That Explain Penn State Football in 2021, Including the Decline in the Running Game
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Penn State has played 600 minutes of football so far in 2021. That’s enough time to get a sense of who the Nittany Lions are and what they are all about. It has been an up and down season — on and off the field — and their 6-4 record is testament to that. Some…
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New Business at Nittany Mall Offers Products for All Types of Hair
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Nu Beauty, a new kiosk at the Nittany Mall, recently opened to provide the State College area with top-quality hair products, cosmetics, extensions, wigs, braiding hair and other accessories. Cosmetologist Callie Turner moved to State College when she was in second grade. She eventually acquired her cosmetology license and attended a business school for a…
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Centre County Commissioners Support Second Tourism Grant Funded by American Rescue Plan
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Boosted by federal and county support, tourism is back on the rise in Centre County after the detrimental impacts of the pandemic. In July, the Centre County Board of Commissioners provided a $250,000 grant from American Rescue Plan funds to The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau that helped to boost visitation and hotel occupancy in Centre…
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Centre County Adds 2 COVID-19 Deaths, 54 Cases
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Updated at 2:55 p.m. on Nov. 18 with Mount Nittany Medical Center hospitalization data and prison vaccination numbers. Centre County registered two new COVID-19 deaths and 54 more cases of the virus on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county has had 253 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the…
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Food Bank Partners with SCASD to Provide Holiday Meals to Those in Need
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Once again, State College Food Bank is working toward the goal that no one in Centre County goes without a Thanksgiving dinner. On Tuesday evening, a little more than week away from the holiday, cars lined the State College Area School District Delta Program parking lot as food bank staff and volunteers loaded up turkeys…
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Make the Most of Your 14-Day Rifle Deer Season
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The long-awaited firearms deer season begins in just over a week. This season has the highest hunter participation of any Pennsylvania hunting season. However, increased archery deer harvests in recent years and fewer hunters overall have made that participation much lower than it was 40 years ago. That could change somewhat this year. This fall,…