09.23.19 |
State Senator Patrick Gallivan says there's no question that body cameras are a useful tool, but says policing is still about human interaction. That said, Gallivan admits cops who wear cameras tend to behave better than those who don't. He...
09.23.19 |
A 28-year-old man is in custody today after threatening to shoot-up and detonate pipe bombs at two Hazleton area schools. Christian Diehl told cops he was kidding, but the Hazleton police chief says, "it's a poor joke" for someone to kid about...
09.23.19 |
Schools in Pennsylvania are not formally required to teach climate change. So as study after study warns about the risks of a warming planet, many Pennsylvania students are learning nothing about it in the classroom. This month, Pennsylvania got...
09.20.19 |
The clouds of steam that billowed over Three-Mile Island for more than 40 years will slowly begin to fade today. Operations will cease at noon after the state of Pennsylvania refused to step in and help out the cash-strapped plant near...
09.20.19 |
Carl Schwartz says the Monroe No. 1 BOCES is refusing to accept his son's medical exemption to the mandatory shots. The 11 year-old is autistic and non-verbal and for years has had a physician's letter exempting him from vaccines for medical...
09.20.19 |
The bill comes four months after Jacqueline Bieber's 25-year-old daughter Shawn took her own life. Shawn Shatto received a step-by-step guide on how to end her life from an on-line chatroom. When she later expressed regret, people in that chat...
09.20.19 |
Embattled Bishop Richard Malone says he’s close to making a decision on whether the diocese will file Chapter 11. When all is said and done, he expects nearly 300 lawsuits to be filed against the church under the Child Victims Act. The...
09.19.19 |
Judge John Foradora signed an order Wednesday announcing he's recused himself and directing Centre County Court officials to request another judge be appointed for the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex abuse case. Foradora...
09.19.19 |
Democrat Kevin Parker's bill would give college athletes the right to sell the rights to their own names, images and likenesses. Any revenue generated would be equally divided among all student athletes who compete at the school. Parker modeled...
09.19.19 |
Research by the Urban Institute examined national uninsured rates from 2013 through 2017, using U.S. Census Bureau data. Uninsured numbers dipped more than 5% under the revised Affordable Care Act. Researchers say Pennsylvania benefited from...
