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Threats Made Against PSU Assistant Coach Mike McQueary
The Penn State athletic department has announced that Assistant Coach Mike McQueary will not be on hand for Saturday’s final home game against Nebraska. The announcement was made late Thursday night after interim Head Coach Tom Bradley had indicated earlier in the day that McQueary would be tending to his regular duties as wide receivers coach. […]
Texting Ban to Take Effect in March
As of March 8th Pennsylvania motorists can be pulled over for sending a text message while behind the wheel. When he signed the texting ban into law this week, Governor Tom Corbett urged Pennsylvanians to ‘drive now, text later.’ “There is no text message in the world that is worth the value of a human […]
Farm Bureau Asks Milk Marketing Board to Keep Premium in Place
Dairy farmers are asking for some more breathing room. The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has told the Milk Marketing Board that severe weather has affected crops used to feed dairy cows. They want the current over order premium price to stay at $2.15 per hundredweight for the six months starting in January. Mark O’Neill of the […]
Child Sex Abuse Scandal Sparks Investigation of Penn State University
Problems are compounding for officials at Penn State amid the child sexual abuse scandal involving a former assistant football coach. The U. S. Department of Education will look at whether Penn State University failed to comply with the Clery Act in regard to allegations of sex offenses on campus involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. […]
Interim Coach Addresses Media
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 […]
Paterno Fired, Spanier Out
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 […]
Paterno to Retire, Corbett to Address PSU Board
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 […]
Advocates Hope Scandal Serves as Wake-up Call
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 […]
Paterno’s Weekly News Conference Nixed
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’ […]
Drivers, Pedestrians Reminded to Play it Safe with More Traffic at Dusk
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 […]