December 2021
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Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 98 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 7,358 New Positives
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Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 98 more cases of the virus on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The death is the county’s 272nd attributed to the virus since the start of the pandemic and 14th reported this month. With the new positives, the county’s case total stands at 24,213…
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Penn State Football: 5 Potential Immediate Impact Members of the 2022 Recruiting Class
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Roster management is a challenge no matter who you are in college football and that’s no different for Penn State and James Franklin heading into the 2021-22 offseason. With the bowl game on the horizon and the transfer portal always open for business, Penn State will see plenty of incoming and outgoing changes to its…
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People’s Choice Festival Moving to New Location in 2022
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The People’s Choice Festival will return next summer, but at a new location for the first time in its 28-year history. Grange Park in Centre Hall will host the annual arts festival July 14-17, organizers wrote in a statement. People’s Choice had been held on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg since…
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State College Police Looking for Man Who Shot Into Drug Store, Stole Medication
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State College police are searching for a suspect who shot through the front door of a pharmacy and stole medication early Thursday morning. At about 2:20 a.m., the gunman (pictured) discharged a firearm at the front door to shatter the glass and gain entry to Rite Aid, 1927 S. Atherton St. He then took an…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Identifies Transfer Portal Needs Following Early Signing Period
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With the early signing period on the books Penn State football’s 2022 class might be effectively completed, but that doesn’t mean James Franklin and his staff won’t be on the lookout for any additions through either the transfer portal or the regular signing period slated for early February. The question of course is what Franklin…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: VCU Game Canceled Due to Positive COVID-19 Test
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Penn State men’s basketball’s road game at VCU scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled due to positive COVID-19 results within the Nittany Lion program, the athletic department announced on Thursday. The game will not be rescheduled and the status of any future games will determined at a later date. The Nittany Lions are next scheduled…
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Before the Bowls, What Have We Learned About College Football in 2021?
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In October 2018 one of history’s most bizarre college football tweets surfaced on the account of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad. Someone tweeted at him asking about the University of Michigan’s football team. In 2017, Michigan had finished 8-5, was in its 14th straight year without a Big Ten title and, despite being 6-1 at…
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Penn State Football’s 2022 Class Is Great, but Allar Might Very Well Be the Program’s Missing Link
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There’s a lot that could be said about Penn State’s 2022 recruiting class as it was signed, sealed and delivered on Wednesday to cap off one of the most important and pivotal recruiting cycles of the James Franklin era. The class is deep, it has quality players on both sides of the ball and talent…
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Bellefonte Distillery Planning to Expand to Pittsburgh
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Bellefonte’s Big Spring Spirits is looking to expand with another distillery on Pittsburgh’s South Shore, according to a post this week on the business’s Facebook page. The distillery has launched a crowdfunding investment campaign for the new location which “allows our customers and supporters to earn a return on the future of Big Spring Spirits,”…
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‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ Named 2022 Centre County Reads Selection
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Centre County Reads has chosen “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer as its 2022 community read. “Braiding Sweetgrass” highlights Kimmerer’s experiences as both a trained botanist and as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, embracing the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.…