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BELLEFONTE — A foot-tall stack of tissue thin letters written in a beautiful script by a mother seeking connection with her missing son is tied with a red, white and blue ribbon.
BELLEFONTE — A proposed zoning ordinance that would ban private rooming houses — including unrecognized fraternities — from campus was written with assistance from Penn State officials, public records show.
DuBois native Kristin Bowser, 28, was riding in a taxi Oct. 3 in Harrisburg when a driver who police say was texting and drunk struck the vehicle head-on. She died, as did the taxi driver, Michael Amissah, 34. Bowser’s husband, Christopher, 31, was seriously injured.
The dust has settled at the Jeramar Plaza construction site on Allen Street and tenants are starting to make their way to the new four-story building.
BELLEFONTE — With the goal of getting more people walking and biking in the borough and Spring Township, a regional economic development organization last week requested $2,500 from each municipality.
Bingo event to benefit Special Olympics
STATE COLLEGE — The Ohio State Buckeyes are back in control of the Big Ten title race. Terrelle Pryor threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his return to his home state, Ray Small burned No. 11 Penn State with two long punt returns and No. 15 Ohio State won a duel of the league’s top two defenses in a 24-7 victory Saturday.
MILESBURG — The “Unstoppable” train made its last stop Friday in Milesburg before it heads to Ohio.
The Village at Penn State retirement community has stopped paying its monthly debt services to bond holders, saying it needs the money to pay for daily operations and repairs, according to officials.
But the car, driven by Kendra Myers, 18, of Howard, crossed in the path of a northbound car, was struck and forced into a car on the other side of the intersection.
Santa Express train rides canceled in Bellefonte
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State trustees on Friday approved final plans for construction of a $206 million Children’s Hospital in Hershey, 11 months after it put the project on hold.
UNIVERSITY PARK — A growing number of Penn State students are applying for financial aid, even as a smaller percentage of those seeking help are from low-income families.
The State College Area school board isn't alone in struggling to cut expenses just weeks before it must pass a final budget.
Part 2: Schools' technology grant money in jeopardyPart 3: Pension contributions to stress budgetsBy the numbers: How districts would farePreliminary: 2009-10 proposed budgets
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