State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news – locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace – over the weekend, too. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web on weekends in Noon News & Features.
Here is this weekend’s offering:
News
- Schlow Introduces Free MP3 Service, Summer Reading Programs (StateCollege.com)
- State College Weekend Plans: Friday, June 17, to Sunday, June 19 (StateCollege.com)
- Police: Man Appeared Intoxicated at Wal-Mart, Tried to Take Knives (StateCollege.com)
- More Firearms Signage Possible for Local Parks (Centre Daily Times)
- Charges Filed in Crack Cocaine Sales (Centre Daily Times)
- Penn State Berks’ New Top Cop is Old Campus Hand (Reading Eagle)
Columns/Opinion
- Rich Kerstetter: Would Journalism By Another Name Sound So Tweet? (StateCollege.com)
Sports
- Newcomers Shine, but Spikes Fall, 7-0 (State College Spikes)
- State College Spikes Father’s Day Home-Opener (Onward State)
- State College Spikes Preparing for Sunday’s Home Opener (StateCollege.com)
- Beat Zone to be Added to Student Section at Beaver Stadium (Onward State)
- Penn State-Pitt Rivalry Will Feel Forced for This Generation (Daily Collegian)
- Men’s Track and Field Ranked 11th; Women 17th in Program of the Year Standings (GoPSUsports)
- Eastern Pennsylvania Boxers Fill July 1 Card at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (Boxing News 24)
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Staff Head Back to Work After 5-Day Strike
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Ice Cream Fest Returns to Downtown State College With Sweet Treats and Family Fun
The State College Downtown Rotary’s Ice Cream Fest celebrated its 11th year on Saturday, welcoming hundreds of people to the 200 and 300 blocks of South Allen Street for cold […]
