December 2021
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Curtis Jacobs to Play Key Role Against Arkansas as Linebacker Positions Shift
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TAMPA, Fla. — Linebackers Ellis Brooks and Brandon Smith led Penn State football in tackles this year, but neither will play in the Outback Bowl on Saturday. The pair announced earlier this month that they would both skip post-season play as they prepare for the NFL Draft. With those two stalwarts gone, plenty is left…
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Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 284 Cases; Pennsylvania Sets New Case Record for Third Straight Day
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Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 284 more cases of the virus on Friday, while Pennsylvania set a single-day record for new infections for the third consecutive day. The death is Centre County’s 289th attributed to COVID-19 and 31st reported this month. The county’s new cases — the second highest single-day increase of…
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Koch Funeral Home Creates Luminaria Memorial Display
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Koch Funeral Home staff will honor the more than 300 individuals they served in 2021 with a luminaria display on Friday night and Saturday morning. To remember and memorialize the deceased, on Friday afternoon staff members will place candlelit bags around funeral home’s lawn at 2401 S. Atherton St. Each bag will signify one person…
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Penn State Football: Five Things to Watch as the Nittany Lions Face Arkansas
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Take out Jahan Dotson, take out five Penn State defensive starters, subtract a few injured players here or there. What you’re left with is the team Penn State will take the field with against Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in the Outback Bowl. A win would push the Nittany Lions to 8-5 on the year, a…
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Parker Washington and Penn State’s Wideouts Primed to Lead, Push Through Adversity
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TAMPA, Fla. — When talking to the media Thursday morning, Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich said that adversity is an opportunity. With several players opting out of the Nittany Lions’ Outback Bowl matchup against Arkansas, Penn State is expected to face quite a bit of adversity as younger players embark on filling the roles…
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Conklin: Fair Lines for Pennsylvania House Districts
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Every 10 years Pennsylvania undergoes the redistricting process, during which legislative boundaries are redrawn to reflect our state’s ever-changing population. While this is supposed to be an apolitical process, in the past politicians have used their party’s political power to choose who they represent, rather than having the people choose who represent them. The current…
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Penn State to Start Spring Semester In-Person
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Penn State will start the spring 2022 semester as planned on Jan. 10 with in-person classes and activities, the university announced on Thursday. University officials had cautioned two weeks ago that it could become necessary for the University Park campus to start the semester remotely, citing increasing COVID-19 transmission and local hospitalizations remaining high, along…
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Centre County Recreation Projects Receive More Than $950,000 in State Grants
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Six recreation projects in Centre County will receive a combined $953,400 in funding as part of state grant allocations announced on Thursday by Gov. Tom Wolf’s office. The grants are among $70 million awarded to 317 projects statewide from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program. Funding comes from…
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‘He’s Our Guy:’ Sandy Barbour Backs Lengthy Commitment to James Franklin
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TAMPA, Fla. — Penn State’s Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour met with the media Thursday morning just days prior to the Nittany Lions’ meeting with Arkansas in the Outback Bowl. While she covered a handful of topics, the majority of Barbour’s comments centered on head coach James Franklin and his contract extension worth…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Look to Set Program Tone Heading into Big Ten Play
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Every team in America has goals. Win a national title, make the postseason, improve on the year prior. The list goes on and on, but every team has something they’re gunning for. There’s a pragmatism to this of course, everyone wants to win a national title, but only a few teams can reasonably do it…