Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Monday, July 18

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news — locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Monday’s offering:

News

• Festival Police Activity Called ‘Pretty Similar to Past Years’ (StateCollege.com)

• Banners Reported Stolen from Penn State Natatorium; Public’s Help Sought (StateCollege.com)

• Alessandrine Resigns Leadership Role in Downtown State College (StateCollege.com)

• Prospector’s, State College BBQ Eatery, Closes (StateCollege.com)

• ‘The Last Mountain’ Makes Local Debut; Continues through Thursday (StateCollege.com)

• Festival Brings Exposure to Local Businesses (Daily Collegian)

• 18 Years of Route 22 Construction Coming to an End (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

• New Penn State Program Prepares Adults for Transition to College (Penn State Live)

• Alumni Association Tops 165,000 Members Overall (Penn State Live)

Columns/Opinion

• Adam Smeltz: Penn State Facility Plan Panned in Ferguson Township (StateCollege.com)

• Dan Nestlerode: What’s the Next Chapter in the Economic Saga? (StateCollege.com)

• Doris S. Myers: The Importance of Savoring Each Moment (StateCollege.com)

• Rich Kerstetter: A Genealogical Inquiry into Human Misery (StateCollege.com)

Video

• People’s Choice Festival Wraps Up (WJAC TV)

Audio

• Sounds of the Arts Festival (WPSU)

Sports

• Arts Fest 10K and 5K: Olympic Trials Qualifier Paces Field (Centre Daily Times)

• Spikes Score with Legs, but Fall to ‘Cutters (State College Spikes)

• Women’s Soccer: Krieger, U.S. Fall Just Short of FIFA World Cup Title (GoPSUsports)

• Q&A with Joe Paterno: Penn State Coach Discusses his Improved Health, Big Ten Expansion and More (Reading Eagle)

• Mauti Named to Butkus Award Watch List (GoPSUsports)

• Linebacker Pollock Looking for Spot on the Field (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader)

• Another 2012 Recruit Decommits from Penn State (Philly.com)

• College Hockey: Reshuffling Blurs Picture, Jeopardizing Conferences (New York Times)