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Pennsylvania's Attorney General says more than a dozen current or former Penn State students at the University Park campus are facing drug trafficking charges.

An archive recording of the WPSU Jazz show as broadcast on Friday, August 14, 2026, hosted by Rana Glick.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is ending its Deputy Game Warden program on September 1, 2026, affecting about 140 wardens across the state.

The Bellefonte Area School District held a ribbon-cutting and open house Wednesday for its new $55.3 million elementary school, giving families their first full look inside before classes begin Sept. 1.

A possible long-term solution to the sharp increase in fertilizer prices that American farmers, including in Pennsylvania, faced this year was the focus of a session this week at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days.

The power is back on at the Logan Valley Mall in Altoona, following an outage in one section of the mall that lasted for more than a month, but, mall workers say the power outage shined a light on ongoing issues.

Federal investigators are still looking into the cause of a train derailment Tuesday at the Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, which marks the third time a derailment happened this year at or near the national historic landmark.

PennDOT says it’s closing a section of the right lane of College Avenue in State College until further notice because of a sinkhole. According to a PennDOT release, the sinkhole formed near the intersection of College and Pugh Streets.

Mount Nittany Health officials say it cost them $6.4 million to bring in temporary workers during the recent strike, and unionized workers say that money could have instead gone to salary increases.

The State College Area School District plans to look at options for repairing the historic Fairmount Building near downtown State College.