• Penn State Board of Trustees to increase student funding

      Madison Kwiecinski  – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn State’s Board of Trustees has recently unveiled a plan to ask for a historic increase in state funding. The board’s request would be a 47.6 percent increase from the current level of state funding Penn State receives.  Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Sara Thorndike has stated that…

    • Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division receives grant for cold cases

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Jose Rosario Sr. may finally get closure on the death of his son, Jose Rosario Jr., after Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division received a grant to investigate cold cases and unsolved homicides. 18-year-old Jose Rosario Jr. was fatally shot in his apartment on Erie’s Reed Street on Oct. 15, 2018.…

    • Erie public schools removed from financial watchlist

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.ed  On September 29, 2022 Erie Public Schools, EPS, made history by being the first school district in Pennsylvania to ever be removed from the state’s Financial Watchlist. EPS were placed under financial watch status in 2016, and have made great efforts in the last few years to work with the…

    • Potential Pennsylvania parental Bill of Rights

      Courtney Balcombe – Sports Editor  clb6264@psu.edu Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are trying to limit how schools teach issues related to the LGBT+ community, following a similar pattern to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Representative Stephanie Borowicz said her bill goes further than that. While Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill bans classroom teaching on gender identity…

    • Hurricane Ian and tropical storms slams Florida

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Hurricane Ian is ravaging through the southeastern United States, pummeling Florida with winds as high as 156 mph, extreme flooding, and a catastrophic storm surge. Some areas face over a foot of rainfall, prompting fast evacuation. First responders were authorized to begin clearing emergency routes as soon as the…

    • Penn State Board of Trustees to increase student funding

      Madison Kwiecinski  – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn State’s Board of Trustees has recently unveiled a plan to ask for a historic increase in state funding. The board’s request would be a 47.6 percent increase from the current level of state funding Penn State receives.  Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Sara Thorndike has stated that…

    • Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division receives grant for cold cases

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Jose Rosario Sr. may finally get closure on the death of his son, Jose Rosario Jr., after Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division received a grant to investigate cold cases and unsolved homicides. 18-year-old Jose Rosario Jr. was fatally shot in his apartment on Erie’s Reed Street on Oct. 15, 2018.…

    • Erie public schools removed from financial watchlist

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.ed  On September 29, 2022 Erie Public Schools, EPS, made history by being the first school district in Pennsylvania to ever be removed from the state’s Financial Watchlist. EPS were placed under financial watch status in 2016, and have made great efforts in the last few years to work with the…

    • Potential Pennsylvania parental Bill of Rights

      Courtney Balcombe – Sports Editor  clb6264@psu.edu Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are trying to limit how schools teach issues related to the LGBT+ community, following a similar pattern to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Representative Stephanie Borowicz said her bill goes further than that. While Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill bans classroom teaching on gender identity…

    • Hurricane Ian and tropical storms slams Florida

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Hurricane Ian is ravaging through the southeastern United States, pummeling Florida with winds as high as 156 mph, extreme flooding, and a catastrophic storm surge. Some areas face over a foot of rainfall, prompting fast evacuation. First responders were authorized to begin clearing emergency routes as soon as the…

    • Penn State Board of Trustees to increase student funding

      Madison Kwiecinski  – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn State’s Board of Trustees has recently unveiled a plan to ask for a historic increase in state funding. The board’s request would be a 47.6 percent increase from the current level of state funding Penn State receives.  Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Sara Thorndike has stated that…

    • Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division receives grant for cold cases

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Jose Rosario Sr. may finally get closure on the death of his son, Jose Rosario Jr., after Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division received a grant to investigate cold cases and unsolved homicides. 18-year-old Jose Rosario Jr. was fatally shot in his apartment on Erie’s Reed Street on Oct. 15, 2018.…

    • Erie public schools removed from financial watchlist

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.ed  On September 29, 2022 Erie Public Schools, EPS, made history by being the first school district in Pennsylvania to ever be removed from the state’s Financial Watchlist. EPS were placed under financial watch status in 2016, and have made great efforts in the last few years to work with the…

    • Potential Pennsylvania parental Bill of Rights

      Courtney Balcombe – Sports Editor  clb6264@psu.edu Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are trying to limit how schools teach issues related to the LGBT+ community, following a similar pattern to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Representative Stephanie Borowicz said her bill goes further than that. While Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill bans classroom teaching on gender identity…

    • Hurricane Ian and tropical storms slams Florida

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Hurricane Ian is ravaging through the southeastern United States, pummeling Florida with winds as high as 156 mph, extreme flooding, and a catastrophic storm surge. Some areas face over a foot of rainfall, prompting fast evacuation. First responders were authorized to begin clearing emergency routes as soon as the…

    • Penn State Board of Trustees to increase student funding

      Madison Kwiecinski  – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn State’s Board of Trustees has recently unveiled a plan to ask for a historic increase in state funding. The board’s request would be a 47.6 percent increase from the current level of state funding Penn State receives.  Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Sara Thorndike has stated that…

    • Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division receives grant for cold cases

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Jose Rosario Sr. may finally get closure on the death of his son, Jose Rosario Jr., after Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division received a grant to investigate cold cases and unsolved homicides. 18-year-old Jose Rosario Jr. was fatally shot in his apartment on Erie’s Reed Street on Oct. 15, 2018.…

    • Erie public schools removed from financial watchlist

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.ed  On September 29, 2022 Erie Public Schools, EPS, made history by being the first school district in Pennsylvania to ever be removed from the state’s Financial Watchlist. EPS were placed under financial watch status in 2016, and have made great efforts in the last few years to work with the…

    • Potential Pennsylvania parental Bill of Rights

      Courtney Balcombe – Sports Editor  clb6264@psu.edu Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are trying to limit how schools teach issues related to the LGBT+ community, following a similar pattern to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Representative Stephanie Borowicz said her bill goes further than that. While Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill bans classroom teaching on gender identity…

    • Hurricane Ian and tropical storms slams Florida

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Hurricane Ian is ravaging through the southeastern United States, pummeling Florida with winds as high as 156 mph, extreme flooding, and a catastrophic storm surge. Some areas face over a foot of rainfall, prompting fast evacuation. First responders were authorized to begin clearing emergency routes as soon as the…

    • Penn State Board of Trustees to increase student funding

      Madison Kwiecinski  – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn State’s Board of Trustees has recently unveiled a plan to ask for a historic increase in state funding. The board’s request would be a 47.6 percent increase from the current level of state funding Penn State receives.  Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Sara Thorndike has stated that…

    • Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division receives grant for cold cases

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Jose Rosario Sr. may finally get closure on the death of his son, Jose Rosario Jr., after Erie’s Criminal Investigation Division received a grant to investigate cold cases and unsolved homicides. 18-year-old Jose Rosario Jr. was fatally shot in his apartment on Erie’s Reed Street on Oct. 15, 2018.…

    • Erie public schools removed from financial watchlist

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.ed  On September 29, 2022 Erie Public Schools, EPS, made history by being the first school district in Pennsylvania to ever be removed from the state’s Financial Watchlist. EPS were placed under financial watch status in 2016, and have made great efforts in the last few years to work with the…

    • Potential Pennsylvania parental Bill of Rights

      Courtney Balcombe – Sports Editor  clb6264@psu.edu Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are trying to limit how schools teach issues related to the LGBT+ community, following a similar pattern to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Representative Stephanie Borowicz said her bill goes further than that. While Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill bans classroom teaching on gender identity…

    • Hurricane Ian and tropical storms slams Florida

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu Hurricane Ian is ravaging through the southeastern United States, pummeling Florida with winds as high as 156 mph, extreme flooding, and a catastrophic storm surge. Some areas face over a foot of rainfall, prompting fast evacuation. First responders were authorized to begin clearing emergency routes as soon as the…

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