Discovery Space, State College Food Bank Partner for Free Admission

Plans for the State College Food Bank’s new location in College Township are coming into focus. At Thursday’s College Township Council meeting, food bank Executive Director Allayn Beck and Michael Pratt, of Keller Engineering, presented an overview of the sketch plan for renovations and additions to the 14,500-square-foot building at 105/169 Gerald Street.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — During Black History Month, OLLI at Penn State is offering diversity-themed courses as part of its winter semester. The online courses offer an opportunity for learners to explore the experiences of Black students at Penn State and the impact they have had on the University, and examine the relationship of two long-lost cousins, one Black and one white, who connected as they learned about their family’s past.

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has a new leader. The festival’s board of directors has appointed Pamela Snyder Etters as executive director, effective Feb. 10, according to a news release on Tuesday. She succeeds Rick Bryant, who retired in January after 18 years in the role and more than 35 years with the organization as a volunteer and staff member.

Hummus, tzatziki and pita, oh my! Mediterranean food lovers can soon rejoice because Mezeh Mediterranean Grill expects to open in downtown State College on Friday, according to a representative for the restaurant. It originally planned to open in September. Located at 348 E. Calder Way on the ground level of...

A State College gas station that has sat dormant for nearly a decade may soon see new life. Local businessman Resham Dadra is looking to open a fueling station and convenience store at 605 University Drive, the site of the former Greg’s Sunoco. State College Borough Council held a public hearing Monday night on a conditional use permit application for a motor-vehicle-oriented business at the location.

You hear a lot about head coaches, assistant coaches and the idea of ever-growing support staffs across college athletics. Football is as much an arms race to collect actual on-field talent as it is growing a small army behind that talent. Walk into Penn State’s Lasch Building and you’re just as likely to see someone who doesn’t play football as you are someone who does.

Centre County Commissioner Steve Dershem will run for another term on the county’s governing board, he said on Monday. The Republican incumbent will be seeking his sixth term as commissioner, having first been elected in 2003. “My approach to county government has always been one of teamwork,” Dershem said...

Make sure you’re sitting down for this, but Penn State is going to start things out this early spring with Drew Allar as the No. 1 quarterback. “I think obviously, across the board, we would say that there is a clean slate to a degree,” Penn State coach James Franklin said on Tuesday. “But as you know, we’re going to have to put somebody out there first, based on how the season ended and Drew’s role last year, then that would be him. But we’re going to need both of those guys specifically… not only competing, but also taking on a significant leadership role. Again, no one cares that they’re young, they’re in that position. And a big part of that position is leadership. Sean [Clifford] did a great job with that. So you know for us I don’t want them to go from zero to 100, just start to work into that role and take responsibility and have a plan and be intentional like in everything else we do. But I think I think Drew and Beau are ready for that.”

Penn State men’s basketball couldn’t find its offense on the road Sunday afternoon, falling 72-63 to Nebraska as the Nittany Lions failed to pick up a potentially crucial Big Ten victory with just eight games left on the regular season slate. The Nittany Lions are now 14-9 overall and 5-7 in Big Ten play.