J.D. Prose

2 days ago | pennlive.com | J.D. Prose

Pennsylvania is facing a “teacher shortage crisis” with the need in several counties in the region classified as “extremely severe,” according to a new report. #PANeedsTeachers, a coalition led by Teach Plus and the National Center on Education and the Economy, issued a county-by-county report that described the shortages in Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry and Lebanon counties as “extremely severe”— it’s worst rating. Teacher shortages were rated as mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe.

4 days ago | pennlive.com | J.D. Prose

A western Pa. minor league baseball team shared surveillance footage showing a man wearing a suit burglarizing its stadium and taking various items. (Mike Kittrell/AL.com)Mike Kittrell/AL.comPolice in western Pennsylvania have identified a well-dressed thief who broke into a minor league baseball stadium and stole several items, including medical supplies used for players.

4 days ago | pennlive.com | J.D. Prose

Pennsylvania U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick took their bipartisan bromance on the road to Boston on Monday for a congenial discussion on Gaza, the budget bill and Fetterman’s recent turn in the national media glare. “We have many disagreements, but the thing that we both agree on is that it’s an honor to serve Pennsylvania,” said McCormick, a Republican.

5 days ago | post-gazette.com | J.D. Prose

A national animal rights group has filed its second complaint this month against Temple University for its treatment of animals used in research, including claims that mice were “boiled alive.”In a letter to Temple’s president, Michael Budkie, the executive director of the nonprofit watchdog Stop Animal Exploitation Now!, pointed to the school’s own reports about multiple rats and mice dying during research.

6 days ago | pennlive.com | J.D. Prose

Police in Pittsburgh arrested a school van driver after they said he drank alcohol before he fled the scene of an accident with children still on the van. A school van driver in western Pennsylvania had been drinking Friday when he fled the scene of an accident with children still on board, police said.