Centre County News

Share + Nov 11, 2009 9:08 am US/Eastern BELLEFONTE, Pa. The attorney for a central Pennsylvania woman accused of planning her husband's murder is asking a judge to either move the trial or bring in jurors from elsewhere.

If practice makes perfect, then Jerry Halderman and Jane Gillette are as close to flawless as anyone.

Lamar state police have released a photo composite of a suspect in the July 21 rape of a 37-year-old Centre County woman along a back road in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County.

An Armstrong County musician is competing for national recognition in a prestigious country music competition, after about a decade of playing at local venues.

At 0859 hours, an employee reported the theft of $100 from her office in the ASI Building.

Tuesday Is Election Day! 11/2/2009 Tuesday marks Election Day, and one of the biggest races in the region is the fight for Centre County District Attorney.

No doubt these are difficult economic times, but not everyone is sharing in the pain.

Pennsylvania made its third application for federal approval to toll Interstate 80, and heavyweight opponents reacted swiftly with a Halloween theme.

A 25-year-old man told authorities he accidentally shot his girlfriend Saturday, whose body was found that night with a bullet wound about 30 minutes from Penn State's campus.

The 25-year-old boyfriend of a woman found dead at Black Moshannon State Game Lands told police that he accidentally shot her while hunting Saturday.

State police said Monday that the death of 21-year-old Racheal Lynn Perryman of Port Matilda is being investigated by the state police, county coroner and state Game Commission.

A central Pennsylvania woman who police said was shot to death while hunting Saturday was to be the main witness in a rape trial next month.

To his quest for re-election as Centre County district attorney, Michael Madeira brings an outgoing personality, impassioned speech and an assertion that the county has never been safer.

A shooting death that occurred Saturday on the Black Moshannon State Game Lands is under investigation.

Crime units from the state police are investigating a fatal shooting in a wooded and desolate hunting area near the Union-Rush township border.

Last week, the federal government released a round of data on stimulus spending and job creation, as reported by federal contractors who re ceived direct infusions of cash for vital projects across the United States.

Ann Ard, executive director of the Women's Resource Center, speaks at the Campus Night Out event on the HUB lawn, Thursday, October 22, 2009.

A week after Sayre School District in Bradford became the first in Pennsylvania to begin inoculating students against the H1N1 virus, most Centre County school districts are still waiting for word on when they'll receive supplies of the vaccine.

A nor'easter roared up the Atlantic coast Friday producing the earliest snowfall in history, closing schools in New York and north central Pennsylvania, toppling trees, causing traffic accidents and knocking out power to more than 20,000 homes and businesses.

Linda Domin has been volunteering at Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten for the past 3 years.