Sydney Roach
Reporter/HostSydney Roach is an award-winning reporter and host for WPSU since 2023 with a passion for radio and community stories. She's a graduate of Northern Cambria High School and Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Before working in public media, she worked two years as a News Producer at WTAJ-TV where she coordinated breaking news coverage of a major gas explosion and the accidental killing of a correctional officer.
If you have a story idea in the Central/Northern Pennsylvania region, email sydroach@psu.edu.
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Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, which is considered the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will stop in Altoona this July as part of a nationwide celebration of America's 250th anniversary. -
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is continuing to assess hunting season changes to slow the decline of hunters, including changes to Sunday hunting and when to open firearms deer season. -
This week is the 25th annual “Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous” in Ridgway, an event that attracts artists from across the United States and globally. -
In northern Centre County’s Snow Shoe area, a group of community members has worked together to write and publish a book this week about the last 50 years of the area’s history as a part of celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is restoring Blair County Children, Youth, and Families’ full license after revoking it two years ago. -
Geisinger and Risant Health are asking the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to lower the amount of money they have to keep in reserves, which could give the health system access to another $100 million. -
Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, the State College man who was released from prison after his conviction for first-degree murder was overturned last year, only to be taken into ICE custody, will remain in the Moshannon Valley Processing Center as the Department of Homeland Security appeals his release. -
People who are found sleeping outside in the City of Altoona could soon face jail time or a fine, because of a new "urban camping" ordinance. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke to a nearly packed conference room of almost 400 people at the Penn Stater in State College Saturday morning ahead of this year’s midterm elections. -
Hollidaysburg Borough Council members are compromising on their vision for a Slinky museum, which will soon share exhibit space with another part of the borough’s history.
