Bellefonte Cruise road closures, Penn State wrestlers at Final X and more top stories
From a tenant settlement involving State College student housing to street closures for the Bellefonte Cruise, here’s a quick look at the top local stories from June 17 you may have missed.
What to know:
- About 100 tenants at three State College apartment complexes will share a $60,000 settlement after allegations that the property owners pressured renters to give up valid leases ahead of renovations, according to an agreement announced by Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday.
- The 37th Annual Historic Bellefonte Cruise begins Friday, with portions of Allegheny, High and Howard streets closing and vehicles required to be removed from closed areas by 7 a.m. Saturday or they will be towed, per the Bellefonte Police Department.
- “1780,” a Revolutionary War thriller shot entirely in the Philipsburg area and starring DJ Qualls and Kevin Spacey, will make its U.S. debut at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Rowland Theatre.
- Six Penn State-affiliated wrestlers — including Luke Lilledahl, Marcus Blaze, Zain Retherford, Levi Haines, Kyle Dake and Kyle Snyder — will compete at Final X on Friday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with winners earning spots at the 2026 World Championships.
- State College Borough Council voted Monday to advance drafts of a zoning overhaul, though members debated whether some aspects of the draft would incentivize more student housing rather than the workforce housing the borough says it needs.
- Two people were seriously injured Saturday after a 90-year-old Blanchard woman failed to yield at the intersection of North Eagle Valley Road and Kunes Street in Liberty Township, causing a T-bone crash that rolled her Subaru Forester onto its roof.
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