In nine days, a trio of strangers, chosen in secrecy, will arrive at the large, white prison that sits on a hillside here. Shortly before 10 p.m., they will insert catheters into both of Keith Zettlemoyer’s arms, pump poison into his veins and kill him. They...
Although an extensive debate between Pennsylvania State University Judicial Affairs and Olivia Guevara ended last week, the motives behind her prosecution are still being questioned. Over the past five months, Guevara, a graduate student in the department of labor,...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As Penn State University President Graham Spanier prepared to offer his annual State of the University address to an audience in the school’s Eisenhower Auditorium eight days ago, a line of nine students stood and turned their backs...
STATE COLLEGE (AP) — A computer engineering major at Pennsylvania State University who helped hang a protest banner outside a National Governors Association reception on campus faced defiant trespass charges that were later dropped. But Justin Leto was placed on...
When did the U.S. attorney’s office know about the statewide grand jury investigation that led to the arrest last month of two Williamsport police officers on corruption charges? A defense attorney in a federal drug case in which one of the officers, Cpl. Dustin...
In light of recent violence and threats to federal judges, the possibility of threats on local judges and attorneys has caused some concern, but most officials agree that Centre County doesn’t have a serious problem. The judges at the Centre County Courthouse,...