[box]Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio.”[/box] Now that the 2020 C

Most Pennsylvanians have heard of artist Violet Oakley, a woman before her time whose works grace the state Capitol building. A local playwright brings Oakley’s life to the stage with Violet Oakley Un

A local poet and school librarian leveraged their common goals to offer a creative writing workshop for area students. The initiative began with Julian “Juelz” Davenport, a writer and poet, who draws

Chances are, you have seen his art. The cartoon artwork of Ron Campbell is a part of American popular culture and immediately recognizable to most people of a certain age. Campbell’s 50-year career in

Late last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children five through 11 years of age. The issue went before the Centers f

Republican candidates dominated Tuesday’s elections across the country. Republicans won the highly contentious Virginia race for governor, and New Jersey’s gubernatorial contest was unexpectedly close

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is critical of Governor’s Wolf’s plan to offer five days off or a lump payment to state employees under his jurisdiction who are vaccinated. Garrity says it could

Election Day on November 2, may not be for a presidential vote or the much anticipated mid-term Congressional contest, but there are still candidates and measures on the ballot that will make a big im

WITF and StateImpact Pennsylvania are partnering with four other media organizations, two institutions of higher learning and a theater company to inform a broad Central Pennsylvania audience and help

Three years ago last Wednesday, 11 men and women were killed while attending a prayer meeting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. It was the deadliest act of anti-Semitism in American history