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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Scranton-based Rite Aid is in the process of closing or selling all of its stores following a second bankruptcy filing. Some locations are reopening under new ownership, including one in Hollidaysburg, but others have remained closed, forcing people to drive out of town or wait for delivery. -
A bill to claw back billions of dollars already approved for public broadcasting and foreign aid is a step closer to becoming law, as the U.S. Senate advanced the rescission package early Thursday. Most of the funding at stake is for foreign aid programs, including USAID. -
A month after introducing a controversial ordinance, the Altoona Parking Authority is going back on its decision to begin charging for downtown street parking, but the city is still considering how to address rising parking issues and maintenance costs. -
The Altoona Parking Authority is looking into potential safety hazards at its parking garage downtown, mainly about the elevator and stairway. -
Two Centre County organizations are gauging interest for a new airline at the State College Regional Airport, which would offer flights to Orlando, Florida. -
Rural hospital leaders and advocates in Pennsylvania are planning for the future after the passing of President Trump’s spending bill, which cuts more than a trillion dollars from Medicaid over the next decade. The Senate added a $50 billion rural health transformation fund to the bill to address concerns about rural hospitals, but some experts worry how the funding will be used. -
House lawmakers in Washington D.C. are considering a spending bill that could cut around a trillion dollars from Medicaid spending over the next decade, leading to concern from nursing facilities in Pennsylvania that get much of their funding from the state and federal program. -
Monday, people around the world, including at Penn State, got a first look at pictures and videos from the U.S. National Science Foundation–Department of Energy Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. -
Only about one-third of 4th graders in Pennsylvania were proficient in reading in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress. Now, advocates are calling on state lawmakers to improve training for teachers, and to support early literacy screening and intervention. -
As the summer tourism season continues, campground reservations for federally owned sites at Raystown Lake are still closed, but that could change soon because of a recently approved exemption to the federal hiring freeze.
