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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Sarah Hall
The first photos of your newborn might capture their sweet baby blues peeking out from under sleepy lids. But by their first birthday, those blue eyes might have transformed into toddler browns—or another eye color entirely. Eye color isn’t fixed at birth.
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1 week 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.
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1 week ago | 
plymouth-review.com | Barry Johanson |Sarah Hall
As hoped, participation in the Plymouth School District’s meal program has risen dramatically since free lunch – in addition to the free breakfast already provided – started being offered to all students last fall. But costs are running significantly higher than anticipated also, the Board of Education learned at its May Committee of the Whole meeting. Members also heard updates […] Remember Me
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1 week ago | 
plymouth-review.com | Barry Johanson |Sarah Hall
ELKHART LAKE – Concerns about lapses in school bussing prompted much discussion at the Elkhart Lake- Glenbeulah Board of Education’s May 19 meeting, which was the first to include newly appointed board member Chad Kraus. Superintendent Dr. Adam Englebretson explained that the district is in the first year of a three-year contract with Johnson School Bus Services of Plymouth, has […] Remember Me
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1 week ago | 
wvia.org | Sarah Hall
The Dallas School District is investigating comments made by a former student about a school shooting that never happened. Video clips and accompanying media coverage appear to show Calvin Polachek, a member of the class of 2020, speaking about surviving a shooting at the Luzerne County school that he claimed left several students dead. Gun safety advocates organized the February event, held in the Kentucky capitol building.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Sarah Hall
Soothing sore muscles. Improving mood and sleep. Accelerating weight loss. Vagus nerve stimulation. Wellness enthusiasts, athletes, and maybe even your gym buddy are regularly praising ice baths for a wide range of benefits. And today’s fans of cryotherapy—the use of cold for therapeutic purposes—aren’t on to anything new. Ancient Egyptians and Hippocrates all have touted the healing benefits of cold water.
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1 week ago | 
wvia.org | Sarah Hall
The dismissal bell had long sounded, but students had a castle to defend. They gathered in three classrooms at Hanover Area Jr/Sr High School. They set up elaborate gameboards and grabbed soda and snacks. As the students delve into five hours of role-playing in the game Dungeons and Dragons, they find competition, community — and a reason to be in class.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Sarah Hall
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will close in two years, but the university remains committed to Northeast Pennsylvania, Regional Chancellor Elizabeth Wright said Friday. On Thursday night, the university’s board of trustees voted to close seven Commonwealth Campuses: DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. Wright spent Friday morning meeting with students, faculty, staff and the campus advisory board.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvia.org | Sarah Hall
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will close in two years, the university’s board of trustees decided Thursday night. During a virtual meeting, the board voted 25-8 to follow recommendations of the administration, closing seven Commonwealth Campuses: DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. Other campuses that had been reviewed but not recommended for closure — Beaver, Greater Allegheny, Hazleton, Schuylkill and Scranton — will remain open.
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2 weeks ago | 
plymouth-review.com | Barry Johanson |Sarah Hall
He was one of the most notorious Prohibition-era criminals in Sheboygan County, who boldly staged heists of around $100,000 worth of medicinal alcohol from his own Plymouth drug stores in 1924, so he could resell it at much higher bootleg prices. His mugshot-style photo widely published in newspapers of the time shows a dapper, compact man smartly dressed in a […] Remember Me
