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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The Pennsylvania Game Commission is expanding Sunday hunting for the next three weeks. Sunday hunting is normally illegal in Pennsylvania, but thanks to state legislation passed in 2019, Sunday hunting is allowed for three consecutive weekends in mid-November and early December. -
The Jersey Shore Area School District will close Salladasburg Elementary at the end of this school year, citing the cost of needed building repairs and declining enrollment districtwide. -
Conversation with director of 'The Chance to Wrestle,' a new WPSU-TV documentary on girls' wrestlingIt’s been more than one year since girls' wrestling became an official high school sport in Pennsylvania. WPSU’s new documentary, “A Chance to Wrestle,” follows that effort and explores the long history of girls' wrestling in the state and across the country. -
The Centre County Republican Committee plans to file complaints against the county’s board of elections and demand a recount of mail-in ballots. -
Reflecting nationwide trends, Republicans are coming out on top in state House and Senate races. That's according to unofficial election returns. -
Rural voters in central Pennsylvania are often overlooked in presidential campaigns. Polls show a neck-and-neck race, which could be decided by a small margin in rural Pennsylvania. -
Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump spoke Saturday to a crowd of thousands at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center in State College. -
With Election Day less than two weeks away, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey made a campaign stop Thursday at a farm in Haines Township, a rural municipality on the eastern side of Centre County. -
Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump will host a rally at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College on Saturday. -
There’s a new non-profit in northwestern Pennsylvania to help war refugees resettle in the area. It’s called the Warren Area Refugee Resettlement Network.
