Bellefonte News

Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam Don Tressler, of Bellefonte, listens during the Bellefonte Memorial Day ceremony, May 28, 2012.

Judge John M. Cleland enters the Centre County Courthouse, in Bellefonte, Pa., for a Jerry Sandusky hearing, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

Robert and Dolores Nellis moved among the dead, paying their respects through hard work and keeping the memories of their loved ones alive with acts of beautification.

Weather on Saturday started hot and muggy and ended with flooding. Around 2:00 Saturday afternoon heavy rain started hitting Central Pennsylvania.

Several roadways in Bellefonte are closed due to flooding and downed power lines from severe thunderstorms this afternoon.

Prosecutors in the child sex abuse case involving former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky charged in a court filing on Friday that Sandusky's lawyer was improperly using his subpoena power to seek information to which he was not entitled.

A 44-year-old suicidal man barricaded himself in his West Valley Avenue apartment while possessing a loaded gun and several other weapons Wednesday night for about 30 minutes before police were able to convince him to surrender.

The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago - and through which the retired Penn State assistant football coach met the boys he is charged with sexually abusing - said Friday it is seeking court approval to shut down and transfer its programs to a Texas-based youth ministry that serves abused and neglected ... (more)

This April 5, 2012 file photo shows Jerry Sandusky arriving at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.

Borough officials are looking to use $346,000 in state grant money for a street beautification project to improve sidewalk safety along a route to school for local children.

Imagine being faced with a disastrous plane crash, how would you react? For some emergency responders in Centre County Tuesday, firefighters battled huge flames to prepare for the worst.

The Bellefonte Children's Fair, a Historic Bellefonte Inc. event, is the first fair of the summer for Centre County.

A Lancaster County man faces endangerment and disorderly conduct charges after a shots fired incident in East Lampeter Township, police said.

Harrisburg police are investigating a shooting in the Allison Hill area. Police responded to the 0-100 Block of South 16th Street on Saturday around 2 a.m. for a 35-year-old man who was shot.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The June child sex-abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will not be delayed, a judge ruled Monday.

This Feb. 10, 2012 file photo shows Judge John M. Cleland arriving for a bail conditions hearing for Jerry Sandusky, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.

I would like to express my appreciation to the Ferguson, Patton and Bellefonte police departments and state police for participating in my Law Day program at the Courthouse Annex on May 3-4. Special thanks to Sgt.

The witness stand in the main court room of the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte on Friday, May 18, 2012.

Benner Township supervisors want to halt a huge business complex that's been proposed in Centre County.

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky looks on as his attorney Joe Amendola talks with the media following a hearing at the Centre County Courthouse on December 13, 2011 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.