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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Legal battles over SNAP funding continue even as Congress takes steps to end the federal government shutdown, and food retailers in Pennsylvania are worried what will happen if SNAP payments are paused any longer. -
A McKean County newspaper column is rising like a phoenix from the ashes. The “Bird Column" is not necessarily about birds, but about lighthearted news highlighting the local community. -
Workers at UPMC Altoona are again calling on hospital leadership to improve safety, especially in the emergency department, after a patient attacked a care technician, requiring emergency surgery in Pittsburgh. -
The polls closed at 8 p.m. in Pennsylvania for the 2025 Municipal Election. Voters got to choose mayors, school board members, judges, district attorneys, and other roles depending on where you live. -
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is honoring its aviation history with a newly named mascot: “Piper the Panther.” -
Subu Vedam is on his way to Texas as federal judge orders emergency request to pause his deportationSubramanyam "Subu" Vedam, the State College man whose conviction for first-degree murder was overturned after he spent more than 40 years in prison, has been transferred out of the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in preparation for deportation. -
Tuesday is the municipal election in Pennsylvania, when voters will choose mayors, school board members, judges, district attorneys, and other roles depending on where you live. Many voters in Clearfield County will choose officials for a brand new city. -
Dozens of UPMC Altoona nurses and people from the area gathered in front of the UPMC Altoona hospital Wednesday night to protest against what they call unsafe working conditions for staff and patients alike. -
With SNAP payments frozen, food assistance groups in Pennsylvania are bracing for an influx of people in need, and now, some people are independently stepping up to share resources and food. -
Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services said SNAP benefits are paused because of the federal government shutdown. Local food assistance groups are bracing for an influx of people.
