Port Matilda News

While it may not have garnered the attention of other races in the county, in the town of Port Matilda a tightly-contested question of mayoral succession played out Tuesday at the polling station on South High Street.

Police have named Troy Ray Tierney, of Port Matilda, as the man who fatally shot his 21-year-old girlfriend while hunting at night on Oct.

The death of the 21-year-old Port Matilda woman whose body was found in hunting grounds about 30 minutes away from Penn State's campus has been ruled a homicide by the Centre County coroner, but authorities have not yet charged anyone in connection with her death.

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.

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.

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

Allison Albinski awoke early Friday morning to the sound of a tree crashing into her roof.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. followed by a public hearing at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov.

Well folks, the snow continues in State College early Saturday morning although there has not been much additional accumulation.

An organization of sworn law enforcement officers has endorsed Stacy Parks Miller for Centre County district attorney, three of the organization's officers said Friday.

Retired U.S. Marine Deb Baier showed up at the Food Bank of the State College Area Thursday morning after driving a bus load of children to school.

A Port Matilda man was convicted Tuesday of raping an 11-year-old mentally disabled girl in his one-bedroom trailer last summer.

Man charged in End Zone incident A 42-year-old Huntingdon man was charged with two summary counts of harassment and a single summary count of trespass after police say he punched a 22-year-old Port Matilda man in the face twice and elbowed a 21-year-old Boalsburg man in the nose.

Former Penn State football wide receiver Maurice Humphrey was arrested on two outstanding warrants Friday as he came into State College for the Penn State vs.

Nathan Styles, right, passes a football to classmate James Spicer during seventh grade orientation at Bald Eagle Area Middle School on Tuesday, the first day of classes for three local school districts.

Taylor Zimmerman is starting her education in style. Tuesday, she'll ride to her first day of kindergarten at Port Matilda Elementary School in a honest-to-goodness limousine - courtesy of a local radio station.

The smiles on the faces of Spc. Forrest Adams, of Port Matilda, and his daughter Mackenzy, 4, say it all about the National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's return to Bellefonte yesterday.

Spc. Forrest Adams, of Port Matilda, gets a hug from daughter Mackenzy, 4, after arriving home from a tour of duty in Iraq with the National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team on Tuesday, September 1, 2009.

A 21-year-old Pittsburgh man was transported to the Altoona Hospital after a single vehicle accident Saturday night in Rush Township, Centre County.

A 21-year-old Pittsburgh man was transported to the Altoona Hospital after a single vehicle accident Saturday night in Rush Township, Centre County.