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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Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services said SNAP benefits are paused because of the federal government shutdown. Local food assistance groups are bracing for an influx of people. -
UPMC Altoona is partnering with Saint Francis University in Loretto to open the UPMC Mercy School of Nursing, as Pennsylvania and the U.S. struggle to meet a rising demand for nurses. -
The Zippo Manufacturing Company in Bradford, which is known worldwide for its pocket lighters, is honoring an employee for her 60 years of service to the company. -
The Altoona Area Public Library is launching a new “Storytellers on Stage” series as the library is looking for new ways to raise money amid funding challenges and a delayed state budget. -
Several Centre County organizations, including Penn State, are launching a “State College Air Service Alliance," in hopes of adding more flights and destinations at the State College Regional Airport. -
Clearfield County’s only Democratic commissioner is raising concerns over U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and says he will vote against renewing its contract with the GEO Group operating the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. -
Pat Kraft, the vice president for intercollegiate athletics at Penn State, would not answer questions about how the university will pay Franklin’s nearly $50 million buyout. -
More than half of Penn State’s staff say they don’t have confidence in senior leadership, according to a newly released staff satisfaction survey. The survey was sent in February to full-time staff, technical service employees, administrators, executives and academic administrators. -
PennDOT is adding more truck parking spaces across the state in the hopes of improving safety on the road, especially as the agency says the trucking industry is growing in Pennsylvania. -
Passenger rail travel is back on track in Pennsylvania after facing a sharp decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now a group of Centre County leaders is hoping to capitalize on that and expand access in the Centre Region.
