Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 28th of September.
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🏘️ Community
Partners for Sacred Places is funding grants between $50,000 and $100,000 to help preserve Bellefonte’s St. John’s Episcopal Church, a historic building that hosts AA meetings, youth programs, and cultural events.
The Pennsylvania Faithful Fund will also provide training to support long-term maintenance for community use.
🎓 Education
The Yerba Madre truck will visit Penn State on Oct.
16 to offer a pop-up campus tour featuring its organic caffeinated yerba mate drink along downtown areas. Additional scheduling details may change, so check the tour web page for updates.
Registration is open for Penn State’s free Fall 2026 Assessment Workshop Series, a virtual event for program learning assessment leaders and faculty.
Sessions will run from Oct. 1 to Nov. 11 (covering fundamentals, Canvas-Nuventive integration and crafting learning objectives) on Zoom.
During Homecoming week, thousands of alumni visited Penn State to reflect on cherished memories such as $3 football tickets (a nod to simpler days) and evolving campus traditions.
Their stories show how lasting bonds help shape a vibrant college community.
📰 Real Estate
Centre County mobile home owners face rising lot fees after a private company took over their community, pushing bills from $405 to $535 a month and straining budgets.
A state Senate bill that would tie increases to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) awaits action with 11 voting days left in session.
🏈 Sports
Santi Mejia, a four-star defensive midfielder from Bothell who attends The Lawrenceville School, committed to Penn State’s lacrosse program on Saturday.
He becomes the sixth recruit in the 2028 class and joins teammates under head coach Jeff Tambroni.
On Saturday, Penn State lost to Wisconsin as turnovers and missed red zone chances allowed the Badgers to build a lead.
A no gain run by Carson Hansen and a lost snap by Rocco Becht marked mistakes that shaped the game.
Penn State women's soccer beat USC 1-0 at Jeffrey Field on Sunday afternoon, with forward Aubrey Kulpa scoring the winning goal (their first regular-season victory against USC since 2005).
The Nittany Lions will face the Purdue Boilermakers at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the same field.
Owen Tasse and Alex Ross, two Penn State men's lacrosse players, were picked in Friday's National Lacrosse League Draft.
Tasse, who will return for his fifth season, was selected 11th by the Las Vegas Desert Dogs while Ross went to the Calgary Roughnecks after an All American season.
Penn State football lost 24-20 to Wisconsin after falling out of the top 25 due to offensive struggles — registering only 248 total yards.
The Nittany Lions will face Northwestern at 8 p.m. Friday in the debut of the new Ryan Field.
After a 24-20 upset loss to Wisconsin Saturday night, Penn State fell out of the AP Top 25 for the first time in the Matt Campbell era.
The team had risen with three wins and now faces one still-ranked opponent against USC.
In a tense game at Happy Valley, Wisconsin won 24 to 20 after a controversial play on 3rd and 13 that seemed to show offensive pass interference by Jacob Harris.
The call turned the game after Penn State had led 17 to 0 in the first half.
No. 9 Penn State women's volleyball lost to Michigan State 3 to 1 Sunday in East Lansing.
Kennedy Martin led with 19 kills while Michigan State's teamwork earned its first Big Ten win, and the Nittany Lions will host No. 1 Nebraska Thursday, Oct. 1 at Rec Hall.
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