Altoona-based Sheetz awarded its 2025 Sheetz Family Award of Excellence to a Special Olympian who is not only an athlete, but advocate for the Special Olympics. Haleigh Sommers, of Fayette County, was ...

Former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark said he “deeply regrets” the damage done to the century-old locker he was using at ...

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — As Friday marked day two for the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games in Centre County, one program is showing that the games are about more than just competition.

The Special Olympics PA Summer Games begin at Penn State with 2,000 athletes competing in events like aquatics, basketball, and gymnastics at venues across campus.

Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s president and CEO Matt Aaron speaks during the opening ceremony for the summer game on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at Medlar Field.

The Special Olympics PA 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run arrived in Altoona Thursday morning amid a police escort and applause from gathered onlookers. The torch, traveling from Pittsburgh to State ...

This is the 14th year for Special Olympics Pennsylvania's "Be A Fan" torch run. Now, the Special Olympics Pennsylvania torch is on its journey away from PNC Park through its three-day, 150-mile ...

The 2025 Pennsylvania Special Olympics Summer Games kick off on June 5. PITTSBURGH — The journey from PNC Park to State College kicked off Tuesday with the 2025 "Be a Fan Torch Run" ahead of the ...

A long-running tradition returned to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. This is the 14th year for Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s torch run. KDKA’s Megan Shinn reports from the North Shore.

Olympians compete in basketball during the Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2025 Eastern Spring Sectional on Saturday, May, 10, 2025, at Kutztown University.

TTeam Bethlehem City Special Olympics coach Matt Reardon and athlete Tim Moyer take the polar plunge Tuesday, March 4, 2025, during a Special Olympics Polar Plunge hosted by DeSales University in ...

Over 2,500 participants and spectators packed outside Acrisure Stadium on Saturday to jump into 36-degree water to raise $1.1 million for Special Olympics Pennsylvania. The fundraiser provides ...