As Carmichaels Area School District weighs a move that would require students to keep their cellphones in a pouch for the entire school day, a mix of students, parents and community members asked the school board to return to the earlier policy. Last week, the district heard a presentation ...
Meet Amanda Vranish: full-time pediatric nurse, part-time hair consultant and makeover artist, at WVU Medicine Children鈥檚. 鈥淵eah, I didn鈥檛 know it was gonna take off like that,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he kids love it.鈥� Vranish administers care to a full range of young patients at the ...
A Uniontown woman faces charges of aggravated cruelty to animals after her ex-husband鈥檚 dog was determined to have died of starvation in her care, court paperwork alleged. Jessica Benedetto, 28, had been reported to police by her ex-husband, Brian Benedetto, who found the dog鈥檚 body ...
A new survey of residents in rural parts of the United States, including rural Pennsylvania, shows many face challenges in accessing mental health care and treatment. The data from Russell Research was conducted on behalf of Rural Minds, a national nonprofit organization focused on advocating ...
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG 鈥� On Nov. 4, voters in Pennsylvania will cast their ...
Workers at the Cumberland Mine overwhelmingly approved a new contract agreement with Iron Senergy, the United Mine Workers of America announced Tuesday. The five-year agreement included improvements in wages and other contract areas, while health care and other benefits remained unchanged, ...
