Bellefonte News

Pennsylvania's trademark counterfeiting law is worded so broadly that it criminalizes speech protected by the First Amendment, the state Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision overturning the statute. Writing for the majority, Justice Max Baer said the law bans...

A Centre County woman who police said was shot to death while hunting Saturday was to be the main witness in a rape trial next month. State police said that the death of 21-year-old Racheal Lynn Perryman of Port Matilda...

The questions and their responses are published every Saturday during the campaign. What legislation, if any, would you like to see state government enact to make the judicial system operate more effectively? Stacy Parks Miller I urge amendments be made...

This Thursday, September 17th, is the National "BE BOLD, BE BALD" Day. It is a day that participants wear a "bald" cap to show unity for those who are fighting cancer. As many of you know, October is National Cancer...

Jurors convicted a Ferguson Township man Tuesday of all 314 charges he faced, all stemming from allegations he raped and tortured a girl for 61/ 2 years, starting when she was 10. Gary Eugene Prisk, 56, took the stand Tuesday...

Media coverage of the case against a Centre Hall woman accused of planning her husband’s murder has literally spanned the country, Mirinda Boob’s attorney said Tuesday. Attorney Ed Blanarik said his searches on popular sites such as Google and Facebook...

Charges were dropped Thursday against a 19-year-old Bellefonte man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl last summer because of concerns over witness credibility for a trial scheduled to begin today. “Sexual assault cases are difficult enough to prove,” said Assistant...

A Penn State grad student, who woke up realizing she had been raped by a man she didn’t know, told a judge Wednesday how she persevered by tracking him down, confronting him at a bar and getting his license plate...

Unionized employees at the Centre County nursing home voted Wednesday for a contract, providing raises averaging 3 percent annually, that now awaits approval from county commissioners. County Administrator Tim Boyde said before Thursday’s commissioners meeting that the union ratified the...