December 2021
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Centre County Adds 2 COVID-19 Deaths, 115 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 8,873 New Positives
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Centre County registered two new COVID-19 deaths and 115 more cases of the virus on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county now has a total of 275 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, including 17 reported this month. Saturday marked the fifth consecutive day with at least…
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Penn State Football: Brandon Smith Declares for NFL Draft, Will Skip Outback Bowl
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Penn State linebacker Brandon Smith will not participate in the Outback Bowl and will enter the upcoming NFL Draft he announced on Friday afternoon. In turn the junior will forgo his senior season at Penn State. “I [would like] to thank all the coaches across the country who believed in me and gave me multiple…
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Lady Lions Game Canceled Amid Towson COVID-19 Positives
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Penn State women’s basketball’s upcoming home game against Towson scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests within Towson’s program, the team announced Friday afternoon. “The health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, staff and the broader community are of the utmost importance,” a Penn State Athletics release said. Currently, the program is searching…
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Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 88 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 8,918 New Positives
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Centre County registered a new COVID-19 death for the fourth consecutive day and reported 88 more cases of the virus on Friday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The death is the county’s 273rd attributed to the virus since the start of the pandemic and 15th reported this month. With the new positives, the…
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Penn State Football: Lambert-Smith Looking to Build Off Timely Catches
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KeAndre Lambert-Smith might not be Jahan Dotson, and maybe he isn’t Parker Washington, but he quietly had a big impact on Penn State’s 2021 season. All told, Lambert-Smith had a modest 31 receptions, but he got a lot of value out those catches. During Penn State’s 2021 season Lambert-Smith had a reception result in a…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Game Against Quinnipiac Canceled Due to COVID-19 Positives
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A second consecutive Penn State men’s basketball game has been canceled because of positive COVID-19 test results within the Nittany Lion program. Penn State’s Dec. 22 home game against Quinnipiac is scrapped and will not be rescheduled, the team announced on Friday. The program previously announced on Thursday that Saturday’s road matchup at VCU is…
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CATA Service Reductions to Remain in Place in January; Ride-Share Reimbursements Offered During Holidays
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Centre Area Transportation Authority service reductions implemented throughout the fall will remain in place in January and “for the foreseeable future” as the mass transit agency continues to deal with staffing shortages. The decision comes “despite months of recruitment efforts and recent public input meetings,” CATA officials said on Friday. CATA will operate on its…
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Penn State Football Signed Manny Diaz in Under a Week, Good News for the Program’s Ambitions
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As Penn State coach James Franklin negotiated a new 10-year contract this season, there were plenty of things that likely didn’t make the press release or the publicly available terms. For example, for as long as Franklin has been at Penn State he has pushed for change both in terms of the physical infrastructure and…
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Penn State Intends to Start Spring Semester in Person, but Cautions University Park Community to ‘Be Prepared to Alter Plans’ if Necessary
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Penn State intends to start the spring semester in person as planned, but with increasing local hospitalizations remaining high and uncertainty created by the omicron variant of COVID-19, university officials said on Friday that University Park community members should “be prepared to alter plans” if it becomes necessary to start classes remotely. “Our overriding concern…
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University Park Airport to Receive $1.9 Million in Federal Infrastructure Funding
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University Park Airport will receive $1.9 million in federal Airport Infrastructure Grant funding, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced on Thursday. The funds are part of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden last month. The State College-area airport is one of 62 Pennsylvania airports receiving more than…