Warren County

Record Number Of Patients Hospitalized At Mount Nittany For COVID-19

By • Dec 10, 2020
Outside of Mount Nittany Medical Center showing sign.
Min Xian / WPSU

The number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 broke new records both statewide and in State College Wednesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Wednesday that more than 5,500 people were hospitalized with COVID-19.

As Many Schools Move To Remote Learning, A Few Stick With In-Person Classes

By • Dec 10, 2020
In this video posted on Facebook on Dec. 7, 2020, Warren County Superintendent Amy Stewart explains the district's decision to move to virtual learning beginning Dec. 9, 2020.

While many school districts in Pennsylvania are moving to remote learning as COVID-19 cases rise, some central Pennsylvania districts are keeping classes in person, at least for now.

CARES Act Funding Helps Some Pa. Counties Improve Broadband Access, But Some Find It Limiting

By • Dec 3, 2020
This map projects the broadband internet coverage in McKean County when its current improvement project completes by the end of 2020. Areas in red will have the highest speeds and areas in blue and green will receive at least 25 Mbps in download speeds.
Courtesy of McKean County

Lack of access to broadband internet is a long-existing issue in many parts of Pennsylvania. The pandemic has proven how critical it is, as schools have moved online and remote work has become a way of life.

Centre County Among 24 Northwest And Northcentral Pa. Counties To Partially Reopen First

By • May 1, 2020
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced Friday that 24 counties in northwest and north-central parts of the state will be the first to reopen in a limited capacity starting May 8.
Office of the Governor

Updated 3:40 p.m. Friday

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced Friday that 24 counties in northwest and northcentral parts of the state will be the first to reopen in a limited capacity starting May 8.

Those counties are Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, and Warren.

UPDATED: New COVID-19 Deaths in Centre, Cambria and Warren, SCI Huntingdon Reports 5 Positive Cases

By • Apr 21, 2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is now providing a map of positive cases based on zip codes.
Pa. Dept. of Health

Updated at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday

Several counties including Centre, Cambria and Warren added new fatalities from COVID-19 Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. 

Challenged By College Cost And Access, Students In Rural Pa. Find Tech-Based Alternative

By • Mar 11, 2019
Attendants watch the showcase of a live video conference during an open house event at the Northern Pennsylvania Regional College in Warren, Pa.
Min Xian / Keystone Crossroads

Kathy Wells started her career early. She didn’t get a chance to go to college after graduating high school in rural, Northwestern Pennsylvania.

In her words, she grew up in a “large family, small area.

“Basically, you work,” Wells laughed. “You don’t go to school.”

Now 48, Wells is an administrative assistant for the Forest Area School District in Forest County — one of the most remote and scarcely populated areas in the state.

Centre County Crash Rate Among Lowest In State, Cameron And Blair Among Highest

By Maddie Biertempfel • Nov 27, 2018

PennDOT recently released a report reviewing car crashes in Pennsylvania for 2017.

According to the report, 128,188 total reportable traffic crashes occurred last year, which resulted in the deaths of 1,137 people and injuries of 80,612 more.