PA Local Heroes: How a peace activist found her calling
Barbara Simmons is executive director of the Peace Center in Bucks County, a role sheās held for over 30 years.
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PA Local Heroes: The former refugee welcoming Pennsylvaniaās newest arrivals
Khara Timsina knows how hard it can be to settle in a new country. Now heās helping others in Pennsylvania do the same.
Pa. county will make $1 million in 5-year contracts with ICE, private contractor that operates detention center
Clearfield County will make $1 million over five years to act as the middleman between ICE and the contractor that operates Moshannon, the largest immigration detention center in Pennsylvania.
State allowed teens to volunteer at popular Pa. attraction that faced past mistreatment claims
Multiple former volunteers allege that Field of Screams in Lancaster County put teenagers in potentially dangerous situations, despite state rules meant to prevent such conditions.
Teen volunteers were harassed, groped, and pressured into sex by adults at a popular haunted attraction, former staff say
Every year, Field of Screams serves up scares to paying visitors from throughout the mid-Atlantic. But a Spotlight PA investigation found a pattern of allegations that the true horrors occurred...
How Spotlight PA reported its Field of Screams investigation
To investigate allegations against Field of Screams, Spotlight PA documented Facebook posts and reached out to their authors. Each person interviewed was asked if they knew anyone else who would...
Parents accused of putting their infants in unsafe sleep positions charged with felonies
While experts and family advocates said young babies should sleep on their backs without anything in the crib, simply failing to follow the recommendations shouldnāt amount to a crime.