Sydney Roach
Reporter/HostSydney Roach is an award-winning reporter and host for WPSU since 2023 with a passion for radio and community stories. She's a graduate of Northern Cambria High School and Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Before working in public media, she worked two years as a News Producer at WTAJ-TV where she coordinated breaking news coverage of a major gas explosion and the accidental killing of a correctional officer.
If you have a story idea in the Central/Northern Pennsylvania region, email sydroach@psu.edu.
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A teachers’ strike at the Bellefonte Area School District that was scheduled to start Monday has been averted, as both the union and school district say they’ve come to a tentative agreement. -
A potential strike at the Bellefonte Area School District is less than a week away, as union workers and school administrators still did not come to an agreement after a more than six hour bargaining session Monday night.
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Centre County has the highest average life expectancy in all of Pennsylvania, according to a recent report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. -
Five defendants in the alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State say they plan to plead not guilty and waived their formal arraignments scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. -
Two Blair County state representatives held a public informational meeting on data centers Thursday at the Blair County Convention Center, as public concern over electricity prices and environmental impacts grows. -
Clearfield County Commissioners are extending a contract for ICE to run the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, which is the largest ICE immigration detention facility in the Northeast. -
The Pavilion, a long-term care facility at the former hospital in Bradford will close on or before December 1, according to Kaleida Health officials. -
Union staff in the Bellefonte Area Education Association say they could go on strike in mid-October after voting Monday for a strike notice. -
Two more people have died in Pennsylvania’s growing measles outbreak, bringing the total number of measles related deaths to four — but, a public federal dashboard still shows no measles deaths so far this year. -
Officials with Pennsylvania's Department of Health are reporting the fourth measles-related death in the Commonwealth.
