“Sometimes I think it’s easier to pretend, and ignore and act like it’s not happening,” said Diane “Ms. Di” Jefferson, the director of multicultural student affairs at Shippensburg University. “Then, we don’t have to face the person in the mirror.”

“It’s sad that it takes the whole world to get everyone’s attention. This cannot keep going on,” Harrisburg native Chalonda Warner said Saturday in Carlisle. “We’re tired, we’re sick, we’re not being heard. “The fact that we have to do all this to get people’s attention, it is horrifying.”

A gallon of milk costs around $3 these days, but that’s money some families in the Midstate might not have because of the government ordered business shutdowns occurring across the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kara Laskowski had two days to empty her Dauphin Humanities Center office of everything she needed to remotely teach Shippensburg University students from home.

Shippensburg University will extend its spring break an additional week in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the country. Classes will resume as normal on March 23, according to an email to the campus community from SU President Laurie Carter. However, the university is actively monitoring the situation and further changes may occur. Students must obtain permission from the university to return to on-campus housing before March 22 at 1 p.m. for their ca

A water main break outside Shippensburg University’s Ceddia Union Building (CUB) early Saturday forced officials to turn off water for a few hours. The leak affected the water supply to the CUB’s bathrooms, water fountains and dining services. Maintenance workers shut off the water at noon and turned it back on after they located and fixed the break. Water spilled from an unknown source beneath Cumberland Drive near Franklin Drive, which was closed while a maintenance crew located and repaired

A small fire failed to trigger smoke detectors in a lounge on the second floor of Franklin Science Center at Shippensburg University late Wednesday afternoon.

The Shippensburg University Stewart Hall renovation project is finally finished after changes in construction needs pushed its completion back two months. The project totaled $5 million at no cost to students, according to Scott Barton, senior vice president of administration and finance at SU. The SU Foundation raised $1.5 million for the project, while the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund covered the remaining $3.5 million. The conservation fund was established in 1993 to all

One child, with the help of strong mentorship, made it out of poverty by working hard. Now, he’s determined to mentor over 18,000 underserved children.

Members of the Shippensburg community gathered on King Street Sunday just before the Veteran’s Day Parade to unite as a town against the recent troubles they have faced. First, a young man overdosed on heroin in May. Then in September a number of students were banned from Shippensburg University’s campus and charged with ethnic intimidation after they shouted the N-word at black students. After that, a drug-related homicide near High Street rocked the community.

Police are looking for two Shippensburg University students who they believe were involved in the Sunday night shooting in Shippensburg Township that left one man dead and another in critical condition. Police identified the students as Quentin Eric Furlow Jr., 20, and Clayton Steve Wilson, 20, both of Philadelphia, as persons of interest. At a Monday afternoon press conference, police said Furlow and Wilson are considered to be “armed and dangerous.”

On Wednesday morning, the day after Shippensburg Area School District officials learned of a bomb threat targeting the district’s high school, police patrolled the entrances to the building. Both Superintendent of Schools Chris Suppo and Shippensburg Borough Police Chief Meredith Dominick stood outside as students entered the building from the front entrance and rear auditorium entrance.

However, an official said in an email to parents that the district’s schools will operate on their normal schedules. Chris Suppo, superintendent of schools at Shippensburg Area School District, announced in an email sent out to parents of students at 9:15 p.m. on Sept. 10 that “local law enforcement was engaged immediately to work with the administration to assess the threat and assist in developing a plan to ensure student safety.”