April 2022
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State College Area High School Ranked Among Top 50 in Pennsylvania by U.S. News & World Report
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State College Area High School is among the top 50 public high schools in Pennsylvania and in the top 8% in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s newly released Best High Schools rankings. State High led Centre County public schools in the rankings at No. 45 in the state and No. 1,285…
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Free COVID-19 Testing Site in Centre County Moving to New Location
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The free COVID-19 testing site in Centre County will continue to operate but will be moving to a new location at the end of the week. Starting Friday, the clinic will be located in the former Subway building at 219 S. Water St. in Bellefonte, Centre County Administrator Margaret Gray said at Tuesday’s Board of…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Talks Standout Players This Spring
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James Franklin traditionally hates this question, or the idea of it. So if you ever get the chance, don’t ask him who has stood out to him so far this season or this spring or this training camp. It’s not that Franklin doesn’t know, but for a coach managing an entire roster of players, it’s…
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Penn State Reportedly Targeting Boston College AD Patrick Kraft As Barbour Replacement
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Penn State is reportedly targeting Boston College’s Patrick Kraft as the university continues searching for its next athletic director, according to ESPN and The Athletic, among other outlets. Kraft, 44, has served as Boston College’s athletic director since 2020. If a deal is finalized, he’d come to Penn State and succeed Sandy Barbour, who’s poised to retire…
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Bill Oldsey Pushes for Continued Communication and Affordability Efforts in Trustee Campaign
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This is part of a series profiling the candidates for alumni election to Penn State’s Board of Trustees. Bill Oldsey first joined Penn State’s Board of Trustees in 2013 and has since secured re-election twice. Still, he remains passionate about improving the university in a number of ways. Oldsey, who graduated from Penn State in…
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Pa. Primary Election 2022: Watch Spotlight PA’s Republican U.S. Senate Debate Live
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Five candidates running in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate primary election for the Republican nomination will gather tonight at Dickinson College.
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Another Trip Down Memory Lane
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Ah, the memories. They’ve had a little more meaning for my wife and me lately. With each passing week the reality is setting in that in just a few months State College will no longer be our primary place of residency. We have called Happy Valley our home for the last 35 years and moving…
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State College Juneteenth Celebration Receives $15,000 State Grant
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State College is among seven areas in Pennsylvania to receive state grants for this year’s Juneteenth celebrations. Happy Valley Adventure Bureau (HVAB) will receive a $15,000 Journeying Toward Freedom grant through the Pennsylvania Tourism Office to support the celebration, the Department of Economic and Community Development announced on Monday. Juneteenth, which is observed annually on…
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Centre County Adds 7 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 1,072 New Positives
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Centre County recorded seven new COVID-19 cases on Monday, its fewest in a week, according to Pennsylvania Department of Health data. The new cases bring the county’s total to 35,503 (31,486 confirmed and 4,017 probable) since March 2020. Centre County’s rolling seven-day average for new cases is 20.4, up from 19.9 a week ago and…
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‘A Greater Penn State’ Fundraising Campaign Surpasses $2 Billion Goal
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Penn State’s current fundraising campaign has exceeded its $2 billion goal with two months still left to go. Top donors, university leaders, faculty and students gathered at a celebration on Friday night in the Bryce Jordan Center, where President Eric Barron revealed that $2,166,032,798 has been raised for the campaign, “A Greater Penn State for…