State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news all over cyberspace. We post links to the most noteworthy local stories every weekday in Noon News & Features.
Here is Thursday’s offering:
News
- Spokesman: Escaped Rockview Inmate Taken into Custody near Easton (StateCollege.com)
- Police: Inmate Called Wife 12 Times the Day He Escaped (Centre Daily Times)
- Alton Brown at Penn State: ‘All I Really Wanted Was to Get to Third’ (StateCollege.com)
- State College Gets Grant to Help Combat Domestic Violence (Centre Daily Times)
- Arianna Huffington, Robert Ballard among Those Expected for PSU Speaker Series (Daily Collegian)
- Truckers Hurt in College Township Crash; Rig Carried Cheese Puffs, Snack Mix (StateCollege.com)
- Knowledge Commons on Track to Open in January (Onward State)
- Eco-Action Planks for Awareness (Daily Collegian)
- Mount Nittany Conservancy Holds Second Benefit (Onward State)
- Innoblue Garage: Open for (Startup) Business (Onward State)
- Gretchen Parlato to Grace the Schwab Auditorium Stage (Daily Collegian)
Videos
- VIDEO: South Atherton St. Sheetz to Open in December (StateCollege.com)
- VIDEO: P.J. Crowley Shares His Foreign Policy Expertise With Students (Penn State Live)
Columns/Opinion
- Patty Kleban: The State College Carpool Taxation Theory (StateCollege.com)
- Mike Poorman: Penn State Football: For Joe Paterno, Indiana Must Kick off a 4-1 October (StateCollege.com)
- Leo Dillinger: Zombies Take over State Theatre (Onward State)
Sports
- Women’s Tennis Player Petra Januskova Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week (GoPSUsports.com)
- Field Hockey: Lions’ Defense Fuels Penn State Winning Streak (Daily Collegian)
- Penn State’s Rob Bolden Believes He’s the Top Dog in the Nittany Lions’ Quarterback Battle (PennLive.com)
- No. 24 Lions’ Host Ohio State in Titanic Thursday Tilt, Travel to Minnesota on Sunday (GoPSUsports.com)
- Nittany Lions’ Back in Action at Adidas Notre Dame Invitational (GoPSUsports.com)
Yesterday’s Headlines
- Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Wednesday, Sept. 28 (StateCollege.com)
