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 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. -
There’s a new sculpture celebrating Blair County’s history at the entrance to DelGrosso’s Amusement Park. It’s part of a statewide initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. -
Protesters in Central Pennsylvania and nationwide are taking to the streets in solidarity with Los Angeles protests and getting ready for a nationwide “No Kings” protest on Saturday. -
Geisinger is charging facility fees at some Centre County locations, leading to confusion and outcryCentre County commissioners and Penn State Human Resources are gathering more information about new facility fees at certain Geisinger locations, including Geisinger Healthplex State College in Gray’s Woods. -
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Tatman Run Beach at Raystown Lake is closed because of a high level of E. coli bacteria found in a recent water sample taken from the swimming area. -
PennDOT says the Elmwood Street bridge near Lemont will close on Monday as part of a bridge rehabilitation project, during which time the Centre Area Transportation Authority said it will bypass Lemont in both directions.
