Penn State University Park News

When friends and colleagues of McKean County Senior Judge John M. Cleland learned that he had been assigned to preside over the criminal trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, they agreed that the Supreme Court could not have chosen a better person.

The staff of Weirton Madonna High School is losing another major component after already seeing the departure of the school's principal.

The Lancaster County Extension of Penn State University is offering a course "Dining with Diabetes" to assist in understanding some of what you need to know about how to manage your diabetes.

TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS Palmerton Area Junior High School seventh grade students who were honored at a banquet held recently at the Blue Ridge Country Club in Palmerton were Ashley Weiner, Kody Kolnik, Emily Smith, Alanna Shivone, Alyssa Olewine, Tasia Biege, Makayla Smale, Jade Horwith, Kristen Keiper, Lauren Fegely, Jonathan Blichar, Garrett ... (more)

In a last-minute attempt to delay his trial on child-sex-abuse charges, Jerry Sandusky asked the state's highest court Friday to review a lower court's decision to proceed next week with jury selection.

On Nov. 5, former Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of molesting eight boys over a 15-year span.

Penn State University President Rodney Erickson said Friday his school is on the mend from a child sex abuse scandal whose focus will shift to the courtroom, with the expected start of Jerry Sandusky's criminal trial in 10 days.

Penn State University graduate Audrey Snyder was awarded the 2012 Ralph Flamminio Memorial Scholarship at the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting Friday.

A Pennsylvania appeals court today denied former Penn State football assistant Jerry Sandusky's request to delay his trial on child sex abuse charges that is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection.

Dr. Edwin J. Henrie, 76, of Westborough, MA, formerly of Swansboro, N.C. and Newport, R.I., died suddenly Monday, May 21, 2012 after a period of ill health.

Jordyn Colao remembers as a child huddling around the television with her mother, grandmother and two sisters, watching the Miss America Pageant.

Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Gretchen H. Harnden; two daughters: Cynthia L. Cook and husband, Wes, of The Woodlands, Texas, and Debora L. Kelly and husband, David, of Weaverville, N.C.; a son, Dennis K. of Katy, Texas; seven grandchildren: Courtney L. Albert, Aaron K. Cook, Keenan J. Cook, Matthew D. Kelly, Amanda L. Kelly, Brianna N. Bourne ... (more)

A 36-year-old student has sued Cuesta College, alleging that two administrators discriminated against him after he said another male student seeking a relationship with him harassed him.

Penn State University President Rodney Erickson met with The Patriot-News Editorial Board yesterday to discuss a wide range of issues about the university and the ongoing investigations.

Penn State University president Dr. Rodney Erickson is meeting with The Patriot-News editorial board for the first time today.

A BP engineering executive warned senior BP management early on in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that internal models did not support estimates of the size of the undersea leak being provided to government officials and the public, according to company emails.

Foundations Community Partnership has awarded scholarships to 16 Bucks County public high school seniors through its annual Partnership in Education program this month.

Monitoring the Future, one of the largest and longest-running studies of American youth, as well as of college students and young adults, will receive a $35 million award to continue for another five years.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- In a last-ditch effort to have the sexual abuse charges against his client thrown out less than a week before trial is scheduled to start, defense attorney Joseph Amendola told the judge hearing the case against Jerry Sandusky that leaving the decision strictly up to the jury is unfair.

A chronological look at the case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, based on a grand jury report in Pennsylvania state court.