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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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. -
Mount Nittany Health officials say they're implementing measles screening questions at all outpatient locations following two potential exposures in the State College area. -
Officials with Mount Nittany Health say they’ve confirmed measles cases in Centre and Mifflin counties and have notified the Pennsylvania Department of Health. -
Unionized hospital workers and Mount Nittany Medical Center leaders are back to the bargaining table after last week’s strike, but the two sides aren’t any closer to an agreement on pay raises. -
"The investment insures a smooth, uninterrupted travel linking this region to our neighboring states and literally to the entire network of the United States," PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll says of new designation. -
A well-known Democratic politician from California made a stop at the picket line Wednesday to speak in support of striking Mount Nittany Medical Center workers. -
UPDATE: Power restored in Altoona mall after many stores were left in the dark for more than a monthAbout a third of the stores in the Logan Valley Mall in Altoona have been without power since late June, forcing store owners to keep their doors closed and leaving employees wondering when the lights will come back on.
