Backup LB Leaves Penn State For Personal Reasons
A backup linebacker who didn't play in 2012 after becoming the first signee with Penn State since the NCAA announced sanctions has left the Nittany Lions.
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A backup linebacker who didn't play in 2012 after becoming the first signee with Penn State since the NCAA announced sanctions has left the Nittany Lions.
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Pennsylvania's auditor general says he's concerned that a lawsuit challenging the NCAA's sanctions of Penn State will divert attention from issues raised by the child sex abuse scandal there.
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The public pool at 16th and Montgomery streets is back open after being closed since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A community in Chester County is taking a major step toward changing how police services are provided, sparking a debate that has divided the community.
There is a large police presence at a Walmart in Delaware County, Friday night after reports of gunshots inside the store, emergency officials say.
Three weeks after a car plunged into the Schuylkill River, a man reunited with the woman who dove into the water and saved his life.
A community in Chester County is taking a major step toward changing how police services are provided, sparking a debate that has divided the community.
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There is a large police presence at a Walmart in Delaware County, Friday night after reports of gunshots inside the store, emergency officials say.
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