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With Strike Imminent, Mount Nittany Updates Patients and Takac Urges Return to the Bargaining Table
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Approximately 950 Mount Nittany Medical Center employees are poised to begin a five-day strike on Monday, but a Centre County lawmaker is urging a return to negotiations in hopes a deal can be reached. State Rep. Paul Takac, D-College Township, whose district includes the hospital, called on Mount Nittany management to go back to the…
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Great PA News Quiz: Trump Claims Credit for Supermarket Sales, and Pa.’s Hottest Real Estate Market
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In this quiz: the party leading voter registration this year, state universities plan to consider a new type of degree and the state budget adds a new requirement for elementary schools.
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Centre County Woman Accused of Setting Car on Fire, Damaging Old Gregg School
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A Penns Valley woman was arrested for allegedly setting her car on fire and damaging the Old Gregg School community center after an altercation at a nearby bar on Thursday night in Gregg Township. Karen S. Hash, 46, of Aaronsburg, is also accused of stealing another vehicle before she was taken into custody. A man…
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Woman Charged With Assaulting ICE Officers During Her Arrest in State College
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A woman indicted by a federal grand jury is on Thursday is accused of assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers while they arrested her earlier this month in State College. Hua Zhen Dong, a citizen of the Republic of China, had an immigration warrant for her arrest and was found to be in State College…
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Why Transfer Brant Byers Chose Mike Rhoades and Penn State
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As Brant Byers drives through campus passing the landmarks of Penn State, it provides a sense of familiarity. The Chambersburg native grew up as a fan of the program, attending basketball games at the Bryce Jordan Center and idolizing Tony Carr and, more recently, Andrew Funk. So when he was contacted by head coach Mike…
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Mandatory Child Death Review Program Gets Fraction of Requested Funding as Counties Struggle
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Some advocates say the $242,000 budget allocation won’t be enough to make major changes to the failing system.
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ShelterFest Returns to Support Out of the Cold’s Mission
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Out of the Cold is inviting the community to ShelterFest 2026, a four-day celebration of live music, local food and community support that helps ensure some of Centre County’s most vulnerable residents have a safe place to sleep.
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Gas, Groceries and Back-to-School Items Are Where Shoppers Might See Higher Oil Prices Surface
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NEW YORK (AP) — Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that have left global oil supplies stranded in the Middle East. The elevated price marked a turn from lower oil…
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Block Grant Funding Sought for 3 Rural Water Projects in Centre County
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Centre County’s Board of Commissioners will be considering three rural water infrastructure projects for 2026 Community Development Block Grant funding. The commissioners on Tuesday heard an overview of the applications received to date from the Miles Township Water Authority East, Unionville Borough and the Mountaintop Regional Water Authority. Centre County was allocated $340,057 for the…
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CATA Bus Shelter Gets a Bird-Friendly Upgrade
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A Centre Area Transportation Authority bus stop is now serving as an example of how simple solutions can prevent bird collisions with glass. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered with CATA on Thursday to install bird-safe window film at bus stop 511, located at 501 Vairo Boulevard, according to a CATA news release. The…
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