Barely 12-hours after the Penn State Board of Trustees ousted football coach Joe Paterno, his replacement was thrust into the media spotlight. Interim coach Tom Bradley says he takes the job with mixed emotions. “I grieve for the victims, I grieve for the families,” Bradley said as he made note of the Jerry Sandusky sex […]
It took just five days for the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal to rock Penn State University to its core. Just after 10 o’clock Wednesday night, the announcement came that Graham Spanier was out as PSU president and Joe Paterno was relieved of his duties as head football coach. “These decisions were made after careful […]
His 46th season at the helm of the Penn State football program will be Joe Paterno’s last. The 84-year-old, Hall of Fame coach released this statement today: I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case. I grieve for the children and their families, and I pray for their comfort and relief. I […]
One-time Penn State coaching icon Jerry Sandusky is accused of sexually assaulting young boys for more than a decade, and two university officials are charged with perjury and failure to report. Head coach Joe Paterno’s weekly news conference was canceled on Tuesday, only fueling the speculation that he could be removed from the post he’s […]
Roughly an hour before Coach Joe Paterno’s weekly news conference was to begin, word came down that the plug had been pulled. This comes as news media from far and wide raise questions in the wake of the sex abuse scandal surrounding former PSU coaching icon Jerry Sandusky. Paterno also missed Tuesday afternoon’s Big Ten coaches’ […]
When many people drive home from work now, it will be in darkness for the first time since last spring. Drivers will have to adjust to driving more frequently at dusk or in darkness with the switch back to standard time. Jenny Robinson, Manager of Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic, says pedestrians also […]
The allegations against 67-year-old Jerry Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator at Penn State, span roughly a decade from the late 1990s through 2009. The 23-page grand jury presentment goes into graphic detail of the alleged sexual assaults of young boys, both while Sandusky was coaching and after his retirement. Attorney General Linda Kelly says they’ve […]
Earlier this week, coal ash spilled into Lake Michigan when a cliff gave way near a power plant in Wisconsin. The Sierra Club says it’s a reminder these risks to the environment exist in Pennsylvania and other states In 2008, two large coal ash impoundments collapsed in Tennessee, but since then little has changed to […]
People who live or have businesses in Pennsylvania’s disaster declared counties will now get more time to seek help for losses from Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee. December 14th is the new deadline to apply to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help in recovering from losses from the storms. That’s a one […]
Each winter state lawmakers cash in on a pay raise thanks to a 1995 law that grants legislators, judges and the governor annual cost-of-living adjustments. Multiple bills have been introduced to block these pay raises over the years, but none has seen the light of day. This year State Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford) hopes to […]