Top stories: Police give update on death investigation, inside look at Beaver Stadium
From a death investigation outside of the new Happy Valley Casino to a major Penn State coaching hire, Centre County had no shortage of news Tuesday. Here’s a roundup of the day’s top headlines.
- A 78-year-old Clearfield County woman who was found unresponsive in a vehicle early Thursday at the Happy Valley Casino parking lot died of natural causes related to diagnosed medical conditions, State College police said Tuesday. The Centre County Coroner’s Office is awaiting toxicology results to formally determine cause and manner of death, a process that typically takes more than four weeks.
- Nittany Lion Club members got a sneak peek inside the $700 million Beaver Stadium reconstruction project, where walls, premium clubs and the overhanging upper deck structure are taking shape. The project is slated for completion before the 2027 season, with the 2026 season again featuring temporary seating.
- Joshua S. McCloskey, 24, of Howard Township was arrested and charged with multiple felonies after a child disclosed at least three allegations of sexual abuse, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of someone younger than 16 and statutory sexual assault. State police at Rockview said the alleged crimes occurred between September 2024 and November 2025, and District Judge Kelley Gillette-Walker set bail at $50,000.
- Penn State men’s basketball hired Dwayne Stephens as an assistant coach Tuesday morning, bringing aboard a longtime Michigan State assistant who spent nearly two decades alongside Tom Izzo from 2003 to 2022. Stephens most recently served as head coach at Western Michigan, where he went 42-84 over four seasons before being fired in March.
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Jessica McAllister
Centre Daily Times