Bellefonte News

GOV. ED RENDELL brings his budget talk to Bellefonte today to drum up support for his support for schools.

Gov. Ed Rendell will take the state budget debate to the lobby of Bellefonte Area High School Thursday.

As the state budget debate drags on, Penns Valley Area School District is the only one in Centre County that doesn't need a Plan B. That district, which announced layoffs of six employees, is the only one in Centre County that passed a 2009-2010 budget that plans for a worst-case scenario in terms of state funding.

Smaller government is coming to Philipsburg. On Thursday, Philipsburg Borough Council President Mike Wilks announced the downsizing of the municipality's ruling body.

Jonathan Worley and Abner Druckenmiller homered as part of the Milroy Predators' 13-hit attack and Kalen Gearhart pitched six strong innings in an 11-3 victory over the Bellefonte Brewers in Centre County Men's League baseball.

Daniel Pryle, PennDOT mechanic, works under the hood of a truck in the Centre County maintenance garage in Bellefonte on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

"Summer time and the livin' is easy." Well, maybe not easy, but certainly it is enjoyable.

The wait is over - a year long restoration of the Mifflin County Veterans Memorial monument located at Lewistown's Victory Park was completed June 24, just in time for upcoming community festivities.

The Williamport police chief said Thursday night that a suspect has confessed to witnessing the murder of a Williamsport woman last seen in Centre County more than 15 years ago.

A jury has convicted Michael Kuhn of more than 20 charges, including two counts of rape and a count of attempted murder, in the 2007 attack of a Penn State graduate student in her apartment.

Four people suffered minor injuries when a hay trailer being pulled by a pickup truck struck a car on Jacksonville Road in Marion Township shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The two lawmakers who will largely be responsible for overseeing the budget negotiations for the 2009/2010 fiscal year are still digesting recent announcements from Democratic Gov.

Bellefonte Cruise a ride down memory lane That's the word from PaFlyFish.com, which has named Bellefonte the top town in 2009 Anglers know what it's all about, with Spring Creek winding through town.

Various makes and models of cars are pictured along Allegheny Street during the 21st annual Bellefonte Cruise on Saturday, June 20, 2009.

The 21st annual Bellefonte Cruise started on Friday night with an "open to the public" cruise.

Michelle Spaide, left, of Bellefonte, and Ken Maney, right, of Port Matilda, put candles in glass jars as Jane Kone, center, of Howard Township, walks along the bleachers arranging them during the Bellefonte Relay for Life at Bellefonte High School on Friday, June 19, 2009.

IT'S CRUISE weekend in Bellefonte, and it's always fly-fishing weekend in the county seat.

Chuck Berry may have held a grudge for a safety belt that would not budge, but for a whole generation of Americans there was no grudge for the automobile and a typical Friday night cruise.

Education experts have compared the state's pension fund to a tsunami, a mountain and an 800-pound gorilla.

Doris Wilson sends a press release saying the Women Exhibitors held their first Festival for Philatelic Women at the American Philatelic Society headquarters in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania last month.