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Large gift renames PSU’s Playhouse Theatre

UNIVERSITY PARK — James Jimirro, distinguished alumnus, media visionary and champion of the arts, has committed $1.5 million to support the College of Arts and Architecture's School of Theatre, and to rename the school's Playhouse Theatre as the James P. and AJ Jimirro Playhouse Theatre in ...

Bellefonte woman indicted on federal child pornography charges

BELLEFONTE — A Centre County woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the production and possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Shannon M. Ishler, 45, of Bellefonte, was indicted on charges of production of child pornography by a parent, legal guardian or person having custody or control of a minor, as well as possession of child pornography. According to U.S. Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that between Jan. 1 and April 5, 2024, Ishler produced several images ...

Two cited after domestic dispute

Two cited after domestic dispute JUNIATA TERRACE — Two people were cited following a domestic dispute in Juniata Terrace, according to Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown. Police responded at 12:43 a.m. July 23 to a residence on Terrace Boulevard. The incident involved a 25-year-old ...

Munich's Oktoberfest roars to life as the mayor taps the first keg

MUNICH (AP) — Munich's Oktoberfest kicked off Saturday with the city's mayor tapping the first keg of beer and opening the 191st edition of the world's largest folk festival. Mayor Dominik Krause put the first keg on tap with only two strokes and the traditional cry of "O'zapft is" — or "It's been tapped." Thousands of revelers — the women dressed in Bavarian dirndls, the men in lederhosen — stormed the beer tents on Munich's Theresienwiese fairground in the morning to get a good spot on the benches. To the sounds of brass music and the taste of freshly tapped beer, they soon ...