October 2025
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Penn State Hockey’s Special Teams Success Fuels Win Over Ohio State
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — As a preview to Saturday’s football game, Penn State men’s hockey concluded its two-game stint at Ohio State on Friday night. The Nittany Lions triumphed 4-3 after a back-and-forth affair at the Schottenenstein Center. How it happened The first power play of the game was awarded to Penn State, leading to good…
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Lawsuit Alleges Penn State Violated Free Speech Rights in Handling of Conservative Speaker Events
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A conservative student organization filed a lawsuit against Penn State this week claiming that the university violated the group’s constitutional rights through “systematic suppression of protected speech.” Uncensored America and its president and owner, Sean Semanko, alleged two events the group sponsored at Penn State were examples of how the university’s “unwritten and ad hoc…
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Judges Order Trump Administration to Fund SNAP Payments During Shutdown
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BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gave the administration leeway on whether to fund the program partially or in full…
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All the Major Players in Pa.’s Budget Impasse Met in Person This Week. Will a Deal Follow?
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The talks are occurring as Pennsylvania’s budget approaches four months late, and counties and nonprofits increasingly sound the alarm about the impasse.
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Penn State Reports Record-High Undergraduate Enrollment at University Park, Continued Decline at Commonwealth Campuses
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Penn State enrolled a record number of undergraduates — including its third-largest freshman class — at the University Park campus this fall, while enrollment at the Commonwealth Campuses continued to fall amid planned closures of several locations, according to data released by the university this week. University-wide, Penn State has 86,557 students enrolled at all…
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Here’s What Happens to Your Body When Clocks ‘Fall Back’ an Hour
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Plan on a glorious extra hour of sleep as most of America “falls back” into standard time. But make sure to get outside for some morning sun, too — it’ll help your body clock reset faster. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an…
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Pennsylvania Criminal Case Highlights Problems With Third-Party Voter Registration Drives
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Election officials say third-party voter registration drives can result in canvassers submitting incomplete or invalid registrations.
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Penn State WRs Koby Howard, Tyseer Denmark Poised for Larger Roles in Offense
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Holding a narrow 7-3 lead over Iowa in the second quarter, Penn State freshman wide receiver Koby Howard lined up to the right of the formation. Ethan Grunkemeyer took the snap, surveyed the field and fired to Howard on a dig route for a 14-yard gain, the longest play of the game for either team…
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Ferguson Township Commission Reviews Land Development Plan for North Atherton Street Wawa
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Traffic and site access issues remained at the forefront of discussions as Ferguson Township’s Planning Commission reviewed the preliminary land development plan for a Wawa store along the North Atherton Street corridor. The southeastern Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain plans to build one of its first Centre County locations at 169 W. Aaron Dr. on the…
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Court Grants Emergency Stay of Deportation After Subu Vedam’s Transfer to Unknown Location
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A federal court on Thursday granted an order that at least temporarily prohibits the U.S. government from deporting a State College man who was detained by immigration authorities just as he was released from prison after his 42-year-old murder conviction was overturned. The stay of deportation came after Immigration and Customs Enforcement transported Subramanyam “Subu”…