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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Rural community members, including from central PA, appointed to state's Commission on LGBTQ AffairsNew 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. -
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. -
It’s been more than one year since the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby brought heavy rains to Pennsylvania, along with flooding and even a tornado, with the most damaging flooding happened in the northern part of the state. Now, people in Potter and Tioga counties say they’re worried how the state will respond to future weather emergencies. -
Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, a State College man who has been in prison for 42 years, could get a new trial, but attorneys worry what the trial could look like after so much time has passed. -
A State College man who has spent most of his life behind bars could get a new trial. The Centre County Court of Common Pleas ruled Thursday to overturn the conviction against Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam. -
Coudersport Ice Mine, which naturally grows ice in summer, sees busiest year since reopening in 2014The owners of the Coudersport Ice Mine, a unique tourist attraction in Potter County, are reflecting on their busiest season since reopening in 2014. The mine naturally grows ice in the spring and summer months, which then melts in the fall and winter. -
Pennsylvania's Happy Valley is once again hosting the 70.3 IRONMAN triathlon, but this time, as a North American Championship race. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections still has not made a decision on whether it will close Rockview state prison, but Rockview has seen the sharpest decrease in inmates of any Pennsylvania state prison over the past year. -
More than three hundred people from across Pennsylvania traveled to Philipsburg Sunday afternoon to protest the Moshannon Valley Processing Center and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which operates the privately-owned facility. Its capacity is 1,876, making it the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast. -
Penn State DuBois held a ribbon cutting ceremony on campus Thursday for its new practical nursing program, which officials say will help address a nursing shortage in the region.
