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(Encore) Are there ways to save money after electric rate hikes?
July 18, 2022

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Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals restored 110 years later
July 18, 2022

Jim Thorpe, whose athletic career and fame began at the Carlisle Indian School, has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of

Should high school athletes be paid for use of their name, image or likeness?
July 18, 2022

College athletes -- especially college football players -- have been the main focus in the conversation about NIL -- being compensated for the use of their name, image or likeness. Bryce Young, the first-year quarterback at the University of Alabama had $

Program to attract remote workers to live in Pa. northern tier
July 15, 2022

The Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship has launched a program called “The Wilds Are Working: A Remote Lifestyle Experience,” with the goal of luring remote workers to rural corners of the state. Bellefonte, the county seat in Centre County and

Who are the squeegee workers and are they a problem?
July 15, 2022

A tragedy that shocked many people last week was the killing of a motorist in downtown Baltimore by a squeegee worker. The confrontation ended with a fatal shooting after the motorist pulled a baseball bat on the squeegee workers. A 15-year-old was arrest

What impact will rising interest rates have on tight housing market?
July 15, 2022

Over the past year, the housing market has seen high demand from buyers, fewer homes for sale, and higher prices. As the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, what impact will it have on home sales? In Pennsylvania, 12,759 homes were sold from June of 2

A Lancaster group is helping refugees enroll in local colleges
July 14, 2022

Amid crises across the world, like the war in Ukraine and Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, many people have fled their countries to seek refuge and resettle in America. According to the United Nations Refugee agency, in the first months of 2022, more t

What’s behind sudden infant deaths and what can be done to keep babies safe?
July 14, 2022

Six babies have died of sudden and unexpected infant death in York County this year. Nationwide, about 34 hundred die unexpectedly with no obvious medical cause each year. More than a thousand of the babies die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS ever

Parents guide to keeping kids safe online
July 14, 2022

More than two-thirds of American children have smartphones by the age of 12. Seventy percent of kids encounter sexual or violent content online while doing homework research. One in five kids between the ages of 10 and 17 receive a sexual solicitation or

What role does mental illness play in gun violence?
July 13, 2022

After a mass shooting like the one in Highland Park, Illinois July 4, we ask ourselves what motivated the shooter? Often, many people will cite mental health and say the person who killed our wounded those around him or her was suffering from mental illne