Tanisha Thomas

Aug 5, 2024 | spotlightpa.org | Colin Deppen |Tanisha Thomas

Ellen Cooper has spent days preparing to paint former state House speaker Bryan Cutler’s official portrait. Before putting brush to canvas, she toured the Capitol with the Lancaster County Republican, gathering the kinds of visual reference material — posture, countenance, accessories — that goes unnoticed by most. When finished, the piece will be added to a Harrisburg gallery of faces spanning hundreds of years, something Cutler called “an honor” and “humbling” in a statement to PA Local.

Aug 5, 2024 | mcall.com | Tanisha Thomas

This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible people, beautiful places, and delicious food of Pennsylvania. Sign up for free here. You’re scrolling through TikTok when you come across a video showing a guardrail you drive past on your way home. A tiny-voiced narrator is astutely pointing out several flaws you likely never spotted before. Curiosity piqued, you click the profile.

Aug 5, 2024 | gettysburgtimes.com | Tanisha Thomas

You're scrolling through TikTok when you come across a video showing a guardrail you drive past on your way home. A tiny-voiced narrator is astutely pointing out several flaws you likely never spotted before. Curiosity piqued, you click the profile. You find more dissections of Pennsylvania guardrails, lots of them. Then you notice the follower count. The person behind the clips is a 12-year-old from Lancaster County named Mason Jones, aka "Mason the Guardrail Kid" to his 26,000-plus followers.

Aug 5, 2024 | thetimes-tribune.com | Tanisha Thomas

You’re scrolling through TikTok when you come across a video showing a guardrail you drive past on your way home. A tiny-voiced narrator is astutely pointing out several flaws you likely never spotted before. Curiosity piqued, you click the profile. You find more dissections of Pennsylvania guardrails, lots of them. Then you notice the follower count. kAm%96 A6CD@? 369:?5 E96 4=:AD :D 2 `a\J62C\@=5 7C@> {2?42DE6C r@F?EJ ?2>65 |2D@? y@?6D[ 2<2 “|2D@?

Aug 5, 2024 | citizensvoice.com | Tanisha Thomas

You’re scrolling through TikTok when you come across a video showing a guardrail you drive past on your way home. A tiny-voiced narrator is astutely pointing out several flaws you likely never spotted before. Curiosity piqued, you click the profile. You find more dissections of Pennsylvania guardrails, lots of them. Then you notice the follower count. kAm%96 A6CD@? 369:?5 E96 4=:AD :D 2 `a\J62C\@=5 7C@> {2?42DE6C r@F?EJ ?2>65 |2D@? y@?6D[ 2<2 “|2D@?