
Like Ron Swanson, I too am a red blooded American who prefers to eat steak and bacon over "the food my food eats" i.e. salad. So you can imagine my intrigue when I noticed an advertisement for Bradley's Cheesesteak Eating Competition.

A local pastor was fired for performing a same-sex wedding ceremony in State College last month. The pastor said in a typed statement that he performed the ceremony because he supports marriage equality and the men "are very much in love and obviously committed to each other."

A Penn State student is suing the State College Borough, claiming two State College police officers violated his rights.

Everyone knows that there's only one place to get a delicious handmade breakfast that's lightening fast to boot: The Waffle Shop. Everyone also probably knows that there are three Waffle Shops to choose from: West College, East College, and Atherton. Well I'm going to let you all in on a townie secret that most people don't know -- one of these things is not like the other.

Lion Antiques on Atherton Street sells curios ranging from watermelon-themed dishware to a real human skeleton.

You know him as the dude with hot dog cart in the parking lot behind the Lion's Den. His name is Ken Baumgarten (@KensBestWurst) and he has been running his cart since May 2011, feeding the bright minds of Penn State one hot dog at a time.