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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Some Centre County residents are protesting the Trump administration’s recent actions, including pauses on federal funding and Elon Musk’s involvement in the government. -
Central and northern Pennsylvania municipalities say they’re struggling with a nationwide road salt shortage. Long stretches of cold weather this winter meant many municipalities needed to salt roads, even for small snowfall events and in places that don’t usually have snow. -
Another central Pennsylvania hospital is losing its labor and delivery services. UPMC Cole in Coudersport is directing patients to UPMC Wellsboro, which is 50 minutes away, for childbirth services starting on April 7. -
The Trump administration is working to dismantle USAID, a foreign aid government agency, saying it wastes taxpayer dollars. Even though a federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to that funding freeze, some Penn State researchers say the damage is already done. -
Faculty at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, including the Lock Haven campus, voted overwhelmingly this week to say they do not have confidence in the leadership of university President Bashar Hanna. -
Local business owners are hoping to breathe new life into a largely unused and historic building in downtown Altoona through a new partnership with the Altoona Area Business Community. -
The State College Police Department is asking the public to send in videos or information about damage and theft at Sunday night's Super Bowl celebration downtown. -
A State College man who has spent most of his life behind bars could get a new trial, thanks to recently uncovered evidence related to a 1982 homicide case. Subramanyam Vedam, more commonly known as “Subu,” was 20-years-old when he was arrested as a suspect in the death of his friend and former roommate, 19-year-old Tom Kinser. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing flat funding for state-related universities, including Penn State. But he is also proposing $60 million for the new “Performance-based Funding Council” to distribute between the state-relateds. Shapiro signed a bill into law last year to create that program. -
Penn State leadership have announced the university’s budget allocations for fiscal year 2026-2027. University Park will see a small overall increase in funding, while the Commonwealth campuses are getting another cut.
