State College News

People watch as firefighters work to contain a fire at a home on Brandywine Drive in State College on Friday, November 27, 2009.

Submitted by voicesweb on Tue, 2008-03-04 20:49. Accessibility still an issue in State College Borough by Tamara Conrad State College is an old town with harsh winters, and the combination is unfriendly to people who are disabled.

Mount Nittany Medical Center and Centre Medical and Surgical Associates are beginning talks with the aim of creating "an integrated health care delivery system," which would comprise the hospital, outpatient facilities and physicians joined by a single corporate structure.

Submitted by schoolboardblog... on Wed, 2008-06-11 10:57. State College was in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the governor's "Classrooms for the Future" grant that supplied 569 laptops to the classrooms of 46 English and Social Studies teachers at the high school this past school year.

As the late French actor Maurice Chevalier once said, "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative," but it's not without challenges.

Auditor General Jack Wagner says about a fifth of Pennsylvania's school districts, including State College Area School District, have recently been involved with financial 'swaps,' and he wants the Legislature to ban the practice.

The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The Off-Campus Student Union will be holding a meet and greet with the new mayor of State College, Elizabeth Goreham, as well as an open forum, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Nov.

How green is your TV? Nov. 16: TV screens have grown, and so has the amount of electricity they use.

Talking tough on crime and supporting long, mandatory sentences for criminals is a good way for a state legislator to get re-elected. But trying to increase the use of rehabilitation programs and parole for certain "non-violent" offenders to reduce the state prison population carries political liabilities, especially when a parolee commits a ...

Submitted by Roana Fuller on Wed, 2009-06-24 11:48. Start: 2009-11-18 19:00 End: 2009-11-18 21:00 Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 The State College Bird club Meeting will have a meeting on November 11at 7:00 p.m. at the Foxdale Village Meeting Room.

The state Department of Health will give free swine flu vaccinations over three days at 18 clinics across the state, including one in Centre County.

Actor Denzel Washington was playing proud father as he cheered on his son Malcolm's first game with the University of Pennsylvania basketball team.

Submitted by StateTheatre on Mon, 2009-11-09 14:10. Start: 2009-11-15 19:00 End: 2009-11-15 21:00 Timezone: Price: $26 The State Theatre 130 West College Ave.

At least half of the Borough Council wants to press ahead with a controversial nuisance gathering ordinance despite opposition from a major Penn State student organization and the American Civil Liberties Union.

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.

Sports writer Ken Rappoport will hold two signings in State College for his new book about the Nittany Lions, "Penn State Football: The Complete Illustrated History," 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Student Book Store, 330 E. College Ave., 814-237-7616; and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Penn State Bookstore, 118 Findlay Commons, 814-863-0205. Recommend ...

Carl Wilkens, a witness to the Rwanda genocide who stayed in Rwanda when other Americans fled, here with wife Teresa, spoke Wednesday to State High students and at Penn State.

Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company, a folk dance ensemble based in Kiev, Ukraine, and founded in 1937 by ballet master Pavlo Virsky, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

A civil liberties group says a central Pennsylvania college town's plan to hold party hosts responsible for any illegal activities of guests would be unconstitutional.