October 2025
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Election 2025: State College Borough Council and Mayor
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StateCollege.com editor Geoff Rushton conducted interviews for C-NET with candidates for boards of supervisors and councils in the Centre Region for the Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election. Today we’re featuring the elections for State College Borough Council and mayor. THE ELECTION State College Borough Council Three Democratic incumbents are running unchallenged on the ballot for…
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Starseed Festival Returns to Boalsburg
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The Starseed Festival will bring together mental and physical health practitioners, artists and crafters, and a little mystical fun on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25 at Boal Hall in Boalsburg
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How Attractive Is the Penn State Head Coaching Job?
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A heartbreaking double-overtime loss to Oregon in the White Out game, followed by inexplicable defeats to a winless UCLA squad and a Northwestern team that hadn’t sniffed relevance in years, plunged Penn State into chaos. On Oct. 12, athletic director Pat Kraft pulled the trigger, firing head coach James Franklin after 11-plus seasons that delivered…
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Centre Markets Moving to New Location in Pine Grove Mills
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Centre Markets is ready to make a long-planned move to Pine Grove Mills. The local food hub’s last day inside the Nittany Mall will be 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, owner Sabine Carey wrote in a message to customers this week. Carey and her team will then move equipment and inventory to…
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An Important Voice of the Past Rises to Guide Us Once More
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Eighty years ago this week (Oct. 25, 1945) Angelo Paterno rose to speak to an audience in New York City. World War II had concluded just weeks earlier. The awful scope of some of man’s greatest atrocities was still not fully understood. A mighty struggle against overt fascism and authoritarianism abroad had set the world…
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Shaver’s Creek to Be Temporarily Closed to Visitors
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Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center will be temporarily closed to the public for several weeks while work takes place to expand visitor parking and improve stormwater management. The Penn State-owned nature center in Petersburg will close starting Monday, Oct. 27 and will be intermittently closed to visitors throughout the fall and winter, according to a university…
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As Vaccine Policies Shift Under Trump Admin, Pa. Pediatricians Focus on Keeping Patients Informed
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Pediatricians are speaking often and openly with parents who are anxious about the safety of vaccines amid changing federal policies. “We feel like the government is in our exam room,” one said.
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Centre LGBT+ Joining With Organizations Statewide for March, Rally at Pa. Capitol
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Centre LGBT+ is working with groups from around the commonwealth for a demonstration on Sunday in Harrisburg that organizers say is the first of its kind in more than a decade. The 1 p.m. march around the state Capitol Complex and rally on the main Capitol steps will call on state, federal and local lawmakers…
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Centre County United Nations Association Commemorates U.N.’s 80th Anniversary
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The United Nations Association of Central Pennsylvania will join similar organizations around the world in celebrating the U.N.’s 80th anniversary this weekend. In recognition of U.N. Day, held annually on Oct. 24, the local organization is hosting a sold-out dinner on Sunday, Oct. 26, in State College to celebrate and support the U.N.’s mission to…
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Man Charged With Theft of Two Vehicles in State College
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State College police on Tuesday night arrested a man accused of stealing a car and a pickup truck, along with items from other vehicles in the borough. Travis B. Armstrong, 41, of Cumberland County also fled from officers when he was spotted driving one of the stolen vehicles, according to an affidavit of probable cause.…