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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Clearfield Borough Council members say they're canceling Thursday night's meeting and closing borough offices for the rest of the week due to "multiple ongoing threats directed at elected officials, Borough staff, and their families." -
The historic Clearfield County Jail – built in 1872 – is opening this weekend as a fine-dining restaurant, distillery, speakeasy and event space. -
A museum opening this weekend in Clearfield County highlights the area’s coal history and helps visitors learn more about their ancestors who worked in the nearby mines. -
One of the two hospitals in McKean County will close its emergency department this Sunday, as the Bradford Regional Medical Center downgrades from a hospital to an outpatient center, worrying local residents. -
Penn State is leasing part of its DuBois campus to Mount Aloysius College, which is based in Cresson, an hour and a half south from DuBois. -
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.
