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Penn State president addresses university's budget deficit in new letter

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Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — Earlier this week, Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi shared her vision for the future of the university. In a new letter to faculty and staff, she's also releasing more details about the university's budget situation, saying that Penn State, in recent years, has spent more money than it has brought in. “We need to hold ourselves accountable. Are we going to transform our internal operations? Many of the systems in higher education were set up for yesterday, not for today and not for tomorrow. Read More...

Sears store to close in Nittany Mall

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STATE COLLEGE – The Sears store in the Nittany Mall is closing. The anchor store at the mall on East College Avenue in College Township was among a list of 18 Sears stores and 45 Kmart stores that will close by the end of January 2018, company officials said Thursday. “Sears Holdings continues its strategic assessment of the productivity of our Kmart and Sears store base and will continue to right-size our store footprint in number and size,” company officials said in a statement. Read More...

Woman charged in fatal overdose of Stonycreek Township man

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CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Police say a New Florence woman is facing charges in Cambria County for the overdose death of a man in December. Police say on December 15th, 52-year-old Kevin Cooper died of a drug overdose in the basement of his Stonycreek Township home. Police say 39-year-old Tabatha Boring is alleged to have supplied Cooper with the drugs, which he believed was cocaine. Toxicology reports indicate that drugs were actually fentanyl and xylazine. Read More...