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1 week ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis |Lydia McFarlane
NEWS VOICESWelcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. Today, WVIA News' Roger DuPuis and Lydia McFarlane talk about SCI Waymart's program that trains inmates to care for fellow inmates in hospice care. This is a transcript of their conversation as it aired on WVIA Radio. ***ROGER: You're listening to Morning Edition here on WVIA Radio.
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1 week ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis |Kat Bolus
Jeffrey Moeller complained to Lowe's human resources about 'troubling comments' directed at him by Christopher Wasnetsky, the coworker accused of fatally shooting Moeller early Saturday, his sister says. "Despite Jeffrey’s repeated reports, nothing was done," Christina Moeller wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to support her brother's family.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis
A Dalton man faces charges after police say he fatally shot a coworker at the Lowe's home improvement store on Viewmont Drive early Saturday, Scranton police said. Christopher M. Wasnetsky, 36, allegedly called 911 to report that he shot Jeff Moeller. "I would like to report a shooting at the Dickson City Lowe's. I was the person that did it," Wasnetsky allegedly told a 911 dispatcher in a call that was reviewed by police and mentioned in a criminal complaint.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis |Robert Collado
NEWS VOICESWelcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. Today Roger DuPuis sits down with Robert Collado to discuss the final Mass at Nativity of Our Lord Church in South Scranton, which Robert covered for a recent story in English and Spanish. ***ROGER: [Bells ringing] I'm Roger DuPuis, and this is News Voices.
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2 weeks ago | 
radio.wpsu.org | Roger DuPuis
Like their classmates at Commonwealth University’s Bloomsburg campus, Novalea Verno and Caleb Brown spent this academic year juggling classes and extracurricular activities. Unlike their classmates, Verno and Brown’s efforts outside the classroom saw their work quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Forbes Magazine — and widely shared around the university — for holding powerful school officials accountable.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis
Like their classmates at Commonwealth University’s Bloomsburg campus, Novalea Verno and Caleb Brown spent this academic year juggling classes and extracurricular activities. Unlike their classmates, Verno and Brown’s efforts outside the classroom saw their work quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Forbes Magazine — and widely shared around the university — for holding powerful school officials accountable.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested four undocumented migrants who were working illegally at a Luzerne County business, the agency said. Agents arrested Mexican nationals Miguel Bruno-Vasquez, Vicente Coyotecal Matias and Jesus Gallardo-Bautista and Geoli Perez-Santana, a citizen of the Dominican Republic. ICE and other agencies made the arrests June 5 during "a worksite enforcement operation" at Wyoming Valley Pallets Inc. in Exeter.
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4 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis
There were nearly 10,000 crashes involving distracted driving last year in Pennsylvania, killing 49 people, state transportation officials say. Those crashes also left more than 6,000 people injured, according to PennDOT statistics. A new law that takes effect this week is designed to curb the use of electronic devices behind the wheel and save lives. Here's what you need to know about "Paul Miller's Law," which is named for a Scranton man killed by a distracted tractor-trailer driver in 2010.
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1 month ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday it will "pause" operations at 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide, including two in Northeast Pennsylvania. Keystone Job Corps Center in Drums, Luzerne County and Red Rock Job Corps Center in Lopez, Sullivan County are among them, as are Job Corps facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, records show. Twenty-four Job Corps centers operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are not affected.
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1 month ago | 
wvia.org | Roger DuPuis |Sarah Hall
NEWS VOICESWelcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. Today Roger DuPuis sits down with Sarah Hofius Hall to discuss Penn State's decision to close its Wilkes-Barre campus, including what that could mean for students currently enrolled there. This is a transcript of their conversation as it aired on WVIA Radio.
