Centre County Gazette

BELLEFONTE — Centre County Commissioners on Tuesday, Aug. 25 adopted two proclamations to raise awareness for substance use disorder awareness, addiction recovery, and suicide prevention in Centre County. Overdose Awareness Day and National Recovery Month Commissioners proclaimed Aug. 31 as Overdose Awareness Day, and September 2026 was proclaimed to be National Recovery Month in Centre…

Police responded to a single vehicle crash that occurred on Aug. 15 at approximately 2 a.m. on I-99 north at approximately mile marker 58 in Taylor Township. According to police, Unit 1 struck a guide rail on the left side of the roadway where Unit 1 came to a final rest and then caught fire.…

STATE COLLEGE — State College Borough on Monday, Aug. 31 will implement a pilot program that will change Hiester, Sowers, and Hetzel streets to one-way between College Avenue and Beaver Avenue.   This pilot aims to increase parking spaces and provide greater access to loading zones in the east end of Downtown State College. As…

STATE COLLEGE — The state Dept. of Environmental Protection Vector Management has reported to the Centre County Planning and Community Development Office that one mosquito sample collected recently in Ferguson Township has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. Additional mosquito surveillance, sampling, and larval control are being performed as necessary by the Centre County…

HARRISBURG — The state Dept. of Transportation and Pennsylvania State Police are urging Pennsylvanians to celebrate responsibly ahead of the Labor Day holiday, and announced the national crackdown on impaired driving, which began in mid-August and runs through Monday, Sept. 7. PSP and municipal police agencies will conduct impaired driving enforcement details as part of…

HARRISBURG — More than $1.3 million in Multimodal Transportation Fund grants will support two Centre County projects, including $925,000 for roadway safety and improvements along the Shiloh Road corridor in College Township and $437,284 for repaving Unionville Pike in Union Township, according to state Rep. Paul Takac, D-Centre. “This is great news for College and Union…

CENTRE COUNTY — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is inviting high school students in the North Central PA region to participate in the annual Paint the Plow program. The program challenges youth to paint an original mural on a PennDOT snowplow blade, while incorporating a designated statewide safety theme, to promote winter driving safety and…

DAUGHENBAUGH www.daughenbaughfuneralhome.com LANE SCOTT HOOVER Lane Scott Hoover, 67, formerly of Bellefonte, passed away peacefully on Aug, 6, 2026, in Wilmington, N.C. Tranquility Cremation by Aquamation was in charge of arrangements. KOCH www.kochfuneralhome.com MARILYN J. HOOVER Marilyn Jane Hoover, 90, of State College, passed away on Aug. 20, 2026. Koch Funeral Home of State College…