State College News

Eighteen-year- old New York City resident Chrystal Lopez says she hasn't had the best childhood, but she'll always look back on her summers in Centre County as some of her fondest memories.

Friday 03 Jul Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:50AM STATE COLLEGE, PA David Rubinstein collected three hits, including the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth inning, to lift the State College Spikes past the Auburn Doubledays, 4-3, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Thursday night.

The Game Commission said this young black bear seen Sunday morning at the corner of Crabapple Drive and Barley Way was likely pushed out of its home and was searching for a new plot of forest.

A STATE College bar is back in the news and it's not the best of news, to be sure.

Wednesday 01 Jul Despite New Talent, State College Spikes Tripped Up by Mahoning Valley Scrappers Who Win 6-4 - Short Season A, New York- Penn League Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 10:50AM Box Score and Game Log below - STATE COLLEGE, PA - The State College Spikes received a trio of top performances from their newest additions, but lost a four-run lead ...

Might it be the same bear that Gwen Axtell, of State College, and her mother, Laurie Eschmann, of Rochester, N.Y., spotted Sunday morning at the corner of Crabapple Drive and Barley Way? We can't be sure, but Laurie Eschmann managed to snap a few photos to capture the moment and shared them with the Centre Daily Times.

Tomorrow we begin a new fiscal year without a state budget. Pennsylvania's lawmakers haven't been able to pass a budget on time for years, even when the economy was doing well.

When Cindy Shaler goes to the theater she doesn't see an actor walk onto the stage.

A Spring Mills man has been arrested after police say he's made a habit of prowling around a State College apartment complex at night, and admitted to peeping into windows six times since the beginning of the year.

State College psychologist Julian Metter admitted in federal court Thursday to fraudulently billing Medicare, and said he has voluntarily surrendered his license to practice.

The Web site for the Mount Washington Road Race describes it as "a sadistic test of running ability," but that hasn't stopped 89-year-old George Etzweiler.

Riding back from his arraignment last week on charges he ordered the killing of a police informant from his jail cell, accused cocaine dealer Michael P. Alexander told state police he wanted to talk.

To a packed house of more than 60 parents, teachers and administrators, the State College Area school board voted 6-3 on Monday to order the second editions of a controversial elementary math curriculum.

Williams Cos. Inc. says it has agreed with Rex Energy Corp. on a participation and exploration agreement to develop natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale.

Teen pregnancy is admittedly not county Judge Thomas King Kistler's area of expertise.

Saturday 20 Jun State College Spikes of NY-P to Receive Pittsburgh Pirates Top Draft Pick Tony Sanchez Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 08:51AM - The State College Spikes announced today that they will receive Tony Sanchez, the first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in this year's Major League Baseball Draft, on Saturday.

Mary Kisner has lived in the State College area almost her entire life, but her work in curriculum development at Penn State and then as a consultant in work force education has kept her on the road for much of her adult life.

The State College man who police said was arrested after being caught in the act of robbing a man in his home earlier this month has been charged with five more burglaries over the same weekend in the same neighborhood.

An electrical fire early Monday heavily damaged a historic building in downtown Lemont and tied up drive-time traffic before 50 firefighters from four companies stopped the blaze and saved the structure.

State police say a 60-year-old central Pennsylvania man has fatally shot himself after barricading himself inside his home for several hours.