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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A federal immigration judge has vacated the deportation order and restored permanent residency for Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, the State College man whose conviction for first-degree murder was overturned last year. -
The Centre County District Attorney’s office said in a press conference Friday it will withdraw the felony count of aggravated assault against Penn State hockey player Gavin McKenna. -
Kevin Stiver, the author of “Glen White, PA: The Town that was Forgotten in the Allegheny Mountains,” is leading the effort to restore Glen White, Pa., an abandoned coal mining town near the Horseshoe Curve in Blair County and turn it into a historical attraction. -
The Cameron County Chamber of Commerce announced on social media Monday that the site of a future dark sky park near Emporium will be called “May Hollow Skyway,” which references the name of a road leading to the area. -
Mental health and substance abuse support programs in Pennsylvania are reeling and worried about the future after the federal government recently cut their funding and then quickly reversed the cuts. -
The start of firearms deer season in Pennsylvania will stay on the current Saturday after Thanksgiving, after the Game Commission proposed shifting the opener to the Saturday before Thanksgiving. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says it expects to close both Rockview state prison and the Quehanna Boot Camp on or around March 1. -
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is considering moving the beginning of firearms deer season to the Saturday before Thanksgiving, changing it from the Saturday after Thanksgiving. -
Pennsylvania farmers and agricultural experts spoke at a public hearing in Harrisburg Wednesday, saying they’re dealing with a mental health crisis and need more support from the state. -
Union nurses at UPMC Altoona will vote on a new three-year contract with hospital leadership on Thursday, following months of negotiating and public demonstrations.
