Sydney Roach
Reporter/HostSydney Roach is a reporter and host for WPSU with a passion for radio and community stories. She's a graduate of Northern Cambria High School and Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
LGBTQ+ topics, environmental conservation, animals and video games are some of her biggest interests.
If you have a story idea in the Central/Northern Pennsylvania region, email sydroach@psu.edu.
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Altoona City Council members are considering two controversial ordinances which would penalize people who are sleeping outside and potentially make it more expensive to hold protests and parades. -
There will be a special election Tuesday, March 17 in Blair County for the state House 79th District, which consists of Allegheny Township, the City of Altoona, and Logan Township. Voters will choose a new representative to replace Lou Schmitt, who was recently elected as a Blair County Court of Common Pleas Judge. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recently invited WPSU to tour Rockview state prison, now that all inmates and most staff are gone. The state didn’t allow video recording, but did allow photos and audio recording. -
As rural Pennsylvania communities face declining health care access, Juniata College in Huntingdon County is working to form a “Rural Health Collaborative” with other community organizations. -
Penn State plans to sell the State College Regional Airport to the Centre County Airport Authority, pending federal approval, as part of the university's efforts to reign in its spending and focus on its central academic missions. -
New York-based Kaleida Health, the current owner of the Bradford Regional Medical Center, says Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, or LECOM, will acquire the Bradford hospital. -
As SCI Rockview and Quehanna close, some inmates have to pay to move belongings to their new prisonsThe Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has transferred all the inmates from Rockview prison in Centre County and Quehanna Boot Camp in Clearfield County to prisons around the state, and some inmates either had to destroy some of their personal property or pay for shipping. -
As official closure gets closer, inmate population zeroes out at SCI Rockview and Quehanna Boot CampA Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson said Thursday that there are no more inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre County or the Quehanna Boot Camp in Clearfield County. -
Bradford Regional Medical Center will close its inpatient, emergency and long-term care services by mid-2026, marking a continuing downward trend for Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals.
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A federal immigration judge is denying bond for Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, the State College man whose conviction for first-degree murder was overturned last year, stating he is ineligible because of a still existing felony charge for drug trafficking.
