October 2022
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Trial Begins for Man Charged in 2016 Death of Jean Tuggy
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Nearly seven years after Jean Tuggy was shot dead inside her Pine Grove Mills home, the trial of the man charged in her killing got underway on Monday at the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte. Christopher Kowalski, 35, admitted in a 2021 interview with investigators that he fatally shot the 60-year-old school bus driver…
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Missing Traffic Stop Data from Pa. State Police Undercut 2021 Analysis for Racial Disparities
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Researchers said the incomplete data were due to confusion over traffic stops that resulted in only a verbal warning, and that troopers have received updated instructions.
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Penn State Football Bowl Projections Following a Loss to Ohio State
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Penn State is 6-2, and despite of what you may have heard, will continue to play meaningful games this season. For the most part Penn State is still slotted into the same bowl locations that it has been much of the year and the opponents are changing more than anything else. In any case here…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey: Nittany Lions Now 8-0 Following Sweep of Wisconsin
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Penn State men’s hockey is 8-0 on the year following a road sweep of Wisconsin this past weekend to the tune of 2-1 and 4-0 victories over the Badgers. While Wisconsin has stumbled out of the gates this season with just two victories through eight games, Penn State’s sweep was still just the Nittany Lions…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Dread Healthy, Happy and Ready to Attack One Final Season
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Penn State senior guard Myles Dread has seen it all. Game winners hit, game winners clang, transfers, coaching changes, big wins and heartbreaking losses. He has felt just about every emotion that you can feel on a basketball court and then some. So of course, with four years already under his belt, Dread is about…
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Why Are Undated Mail Ballots Such a Big Deal in Pennsylvania?
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has been asked to determine whether mail ballots that a voter failed to date should be thrown out or counted on Nov. 8.
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State College Hosts Annual Halloween Parade
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Happy Halloween! Local residents lined up Sunday night on Fraser Street in State College for Centre Region Parks and Recreation’s annual Halloween parade . The State College Area High School marching band, cheerleaders and families dressed up in impressive costumes. Little ones dressed as cute animals and bikers, while older kids were characters from films…
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Garden Stand Spreads ‘Joy and Peace and Happiness’
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ZION — On a rainy Thursday afternoon in mid-October, two small patio tables sit at the edge of the driveway in front of a modest ranch home on Forest Avenue in Zion, displaying three colorful bouquets of zinnias, chrysanthemums and marigolds in Mason jars; acorn and butternut squash; and a box of cherry tomatoes. In…
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Traffic Issues Persist After Chick-fil-A Reopening
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Centre County’s only Chick-fil-A has a new look drive-through and the same old traffic problems. The restaurant at 1938 N. Atherton St. in Patton Township reopened on Oct. 20 after a four-month closure for renovations that added a second drive-through lane, a canopy for employees to take orders on iPads during high-volume times, an expanded…
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Deed Transfers
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The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County Recorder of Deeds Joseph Davidson. The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information. RECORDED OCT. 3-7, 2022 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH Samantha…