STATE COLLEGE — With summer returning, Central PA’s 4th Fest is also making its return. This year, 4th Fest will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Firecracker 4K race. 
After the cancellation of 4th Fest in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the next few years had a more scaled back event schedule. However, the festivities returned to a day-long celebration in 2023 and will continue this year with events for all ages throughout the day. 
“4th Fest focuses on how we all can celebrate the Four...

STATE COLLEGE — On Saturday, June 8, people gathered on South Allen Street and throughout the downtown State College area to see the Pride parade, a part of this year’s Pride celebration put on by Centre LGBT+. 
The fourth annual State College Pride celebration began with a parade down South Allen Street and was followed by a festival in Sidney Friedman Park which included activities for people of all ages. 
People crowded downtown State College to watch the parade travel through the area. The p...

STATE COLLEGE — Cesar J. Caceres Tello, 43,  who was charged on Thursday, June 13, with indecent assault, unlawful contact of minors-sexual offenses and indecent assault, had a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, June 26, for his case.
The State College Area High School Spanish teacher was charged after a student was left in a room alone with him and he allegedly made sexual remarks towards the student and inappropriately touched her. State High staff and police moved quickly after the student sha...

STATE COLLEGE — Scraps and Skeins, a second-hand craft store, sells everything from yarn and buttons to fabric and sewing machines. However, preventing crafting supplies from being sent to landfill is not the only thing Scraps and Skeins does to give back to the Centre County community. 
The store, which opened in 2015, was established in collaboration with Strawberry Fields. Strawberry Fields is a human service agency which benefits people of all ages with physical or intellectual disabilities...

The sun sets during the final night of WingFest 2021 at Tussey Mountain. Photo by Ben Jones | StateCollege.comThis story originally appeared in the Centre County Gazette.
WingFest will make its return to Tussey Mountain on Thursday, June 13, for another year of wings, beer and music. 
WingFest features local restaurants and organizations with kitchens in Centre County, who create different wing sauces and go head-to-head in a bracket style competition to crown the best wings of the summer. 
Each...

Feb. 16 commenced the start of Penn State’s 52nd THON. THON is the largest student-run philanthropy which enhances the lives of children and families impacted by childhood cancer. The event consists of a 46 hour no sleeping, no sitting dance marathon which occurs in Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. Most organizations on campus will choose two to three dancers to participate in the event while cheering them on in the stands. Since dancing in THON has become extremely competitive, students will c...