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An archive recording of the WPSU Jazz show as broadcast on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, hosted by Greg Petersen.

Penn State and State College communities on Thursday held an event marking the anniversary of September 11, a rally against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and a candlelight vigil honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

After Penn State trustees rejected a plan to sell WPSU to WHYY, that station's leader called the decision "a shame," and community members expressed frustration about the impending loss of a community asset that serves a large stretch of central and northern Pennsylvania.

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New members of the Shapiro administration’s Advisory Commission on LGBTQ Affairs met for the first time this week, and several of the volunteer commissioners are from rural areas in central Pennsylvania.

Pa. Supreme Court justices defend impartiality in forum, as GOP seeks their ouster in November

Finger-pointing continues in Harrisburg, as lawmakers are mired in the third month without a state spending plan.

WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal to transfer ownership of WPSU to WHYY.

Expanded Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania starts this weekend, but state parks won’t be open to hunters until later this year. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is taking a phased approach to when and where it will allow Sunday hunting on state lands.

Penn State's international enrollment is likely being affected by the Trump administration’s policies, which university leaders said could mean a drop in students from other countries.