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Availability Report: Penn State’s Chase Sowell, Koby Howard Out Against Purdue
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Penn State will be without its top two offensive weapons against Purdue. Nittany Lion wide receivers Koby Howard and Chase Sowell were listed as out on the team’s final pregame availability report, leaving the team without nearly 50% of its receiving production this season. Howard hasn’t played since the nonconference finale against Buffalo, while Sowell…
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Democrats’ Caucus Committees Outspend GOP Counterparts 2-to-1 With Control of the Legislature at Stake
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The campaign committees for Pennsylvania’s four legislative caucuses spent $51 million in the homestretch of the election.
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Patton Township Adopts New Short-Term Rental Regulations
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Patton Township’s Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved new regulations for short-term rental properties, most significantly addressing non-owner-occupied houses used for services like Airbnb and Vrbo. The changes came after a year-long review following the township’s adoption of a permit requirement for any rental of one day or more. The township previously required permits from…
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Great PA News Quiz: Garrity’s Cash Influx, Derailment Prompts Questions, and a Major Merger Proposal
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In this quiz: What the General Assembly did and didn’t pass, Villanova goes to Rome, and the movie premiere planned for Dauphin County.
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Shanghai Ballet to Perform ‘Giselle’ at Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium
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Shanghai Ballet will return to North America for the first time in more than five years with a performance of the classic story ballet “Giselle” at Penn State next week. The company, led by Artistic Director Xin Lili, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Eisenhower Auditorium. The performance is part…
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Shiloh Road to See Millions in Traffic Improvements as Development Grows
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With a hotel already under construction, hundreds of new residential units planned and other development in the works, the Shiloh Road corridor is preparing for major changes. And with that growth comes more traffic. As construction projects continue across Centre County, state and local officials gathered Friday for a press conference to highlight more than…
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‘Refining the Process’: How Andrew Rappleyea and Penn State Refocused Over the Bye Week
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For a team enduring a physically taxing college football season, the bye week can serve either as an opportunity for rest and recovery or as a test of patience. For a Penn State squad riding a four-game losing streak, it was a mix of both. Sitting back and watching others take the field was challenging…
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Halloween Weekend in Happy Valley: Things to Do
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Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and Happy Valley is celebrating all weekend with trunk-or-treats, a haunted corn maze, a big-name concert at the Bryce Jordan Center and late-night horror classics at The State Theatre. State College area held trick-or-treat on Thursday, but Bellefonte and other surrounding communities are trick-or-treating Saturday. Here’s what’s happening,…
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Trick or Treat: Can You Identify Which of These Candies Are Made in Pennsylvania?
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A number of beloved candies are made in Pennsylvania, which has been a hub for confections for decades. Test your knowledge with this short Halloween quiz.
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Central PA Food Bank Hunger Mapping Report Examines Food Insecurity in Centre County
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Food insecurity has risen among Centre County residents over the last five years, according to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s new community hunger mapping report.
