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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With only a few days left until the midterm elections, Stacy Garrity, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, made a campaign stop Friday in Altoona. -
Penn State officials say they’re transforming part of the closing DuBois campus into a regional manufacturing hub, thanks to nearly $200 million in private and public investments, including a $39.9 million federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. -
The midterm elections are less than a week away, and one recent political ad in Pennsylvania is raising questions about the legality of using AI deepfakes. -
Union faculty at Commonwealth University spoke at a press conference Wednesday in the state Capitol to call on their administration and state lawmakers to prevent planned layoffs. -
Hollidaysburg educators could go on strike next month as the union and school district still haven’t come to an agreement, after a bargaining session Tuesday. -
Pa. AG charges Warren County pharmacy tech and township supervisor with stealing 90,000 opioid pillsA Warren County pharmacy technician and former township supervisor is facing several felony drug charges for allegedly taking nearly 90,000 prescription pills from her workplace over a four-year time span. -
Teachers are leaving the profession in record numbers, especially in rural Pennsylvania, and researchers say school districts and lawmakers can help reverse the trend. -
The candidates for Pennsylvania’s 79th state House district debated for almost an hour and a half Sunday in the Altoona Grand Hotel about a variety of issues, including data center development, skill games regulations and how federal policy is impacting people locally. -
A popular Sci-Fi convention in Altoona is implementing a new policy banning vendors from selling AI-generated artwork. -
Community members in rural McKean County are fighting to preserve or rebuild healthcare, as both the city's hospital and connected long-term care facility will soon close their doors.
