Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Monday, June 20

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

• Downtown Street Trees Mistakenly Removed, State College Borough Confirms (StateCollege.com)

• Setting the Stage: Volunteers Help Prepare Annual 4th Fest Fireworks (Centre Daily Times)

• Work Continues on New State College Sheetz Site (StateCollege.com)

• Fresh Palate to Aid Pa. Wineries (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Columns/Opinion

• Adam Smeltz – Spikes, in Sixth Season, Stoking Community Unity across Generations (StateCollege.com)

• Loren Crispell – A Son Celebrates His Dad and the Game That Forged Their Special Bond (StateCollege.com)

Photos/Video

• Ferguson Township Neighborhood Evacuated Due to Gas Leak (WJAC-TV)

• 2011 Bellefonte Cruise Draws a Crowd (StateCollege.com)

Sports

• Mike Poorman – Penn State Football: Beyond Paterno, Expect A New Penn State By Pitt Game (StateCollege.com)

• Season Football Tickets On Sale This Week for Penn State Students (Onward State)

• DT Mikal Myers Commits; Chooses UConn Over Penn State (Hartford Courant)

• Penn State’s Greatest Games Of The Big Ten Era – 1994 Michigan (Black Shoe Diaries)

• Record Crowd Sees Spikes’ Home Opener (State College Spikes)

• Talor Battle Awaiting Future (Daily Collegian)