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Warrin’ Wrecking Dolls team stays strong in region

The Warrin’ Wrecking Dolls is a sports organization for competitive roller derby, the region’s own flat-track roller derby team. It’s full of women, many of whom are moms who thought they couldn’t find the time, couldn’t skate, felt too old or too nervous. It’s where empowerment ...

Lawmaker proposes bill on cancer coverage

A Republican state lawmaker wants to require insurance coverage for ovarian cancer screenings in Pennsylvania. Rep. Joe Hogan, R-Feasterville, is drafting legislation that would require insurers cover ovarian cancer screening tests for women over the age of 40. The bill will be modeled after ...

Therapist takes clinic to the outdoors

The abundant beauty of the natural area in this region is the perfect platform in which therapy could and should take place. Nature is an important part of overall health so why not use it to enhance goals of individuals in need of occupational therapy? Using an all outdoor occupational ...

How cocaine and corruption led to the indictment of Maduro

NEW YORK (AP) — A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictmen t accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a "corrupt, illegitimate government" fueled by an extensive drug-trafficking operation that flooded the U.S. with thousands of tons of cocaine. The arrest of ...

Education landscape rocky throughout state

Coming in at more than $900 million of the state’s $50.1 billion budget, public education was the second largest spending area for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Yet, with the budget delayed by months, the state saw many of its institutions in precarious positions, while higher ed costs ...

Alliance formed to strengthen voice on energy

The Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA) and the Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Producers Association, Inc. announced an agreement to join forces to become a unified voice of more than 500 companies focused on developing Pennsylvania’s oil and natural gas resources, ...