Democrats pitch budget to fund schools through Medicaid savings
Senate Democrats outlined a 28.4 billion plan aimed at boosting education by leveraging Affordable Care Act Medicaid savings and delaying corporate tax cuts. The proposal, favored by education advocates, would leave liquor privatization and pension reform as negotiable items while expanding Medicaid.
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Practical nursing students urge LCCTC to keep program alive
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center practical nursing students urge the joint operating committee to keep the program open at least until they finish the months left. They launched a Facebook page led by BriAnne LaScola and plan to attend a 6:30 p.m. meeting in the vo-tech library to discuss potential cuts amid a budget deficit and district reimbursements owed.
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Baking leads to helping others by Annie Boyer
New CastleNews profiles Wampum resident Annie Boyer as an angelic, selfless figure. Jan McAnlis, her 25-year friend, notes Boyer makes each day count and touches many lives with her generosity.
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Difference Maker Nominates Local Volunteer for Community Help
A resident known for compassion and baking is nominated for a Difference Maker award. She donates proceeds from sandwich rolls to cover chemotherapy gas, hospital parking, and related expenses, using her God given talents to assist others in need.
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Arbies to host McCarthy fundraiser for memorial scholarship
Arby's will host a fundraiser Thursday from 4 to 7 PM across its Lawrence, Hermitage, Greenville and Beaver County locations to support a Shenango Township police memorial scholarship in honor of William J. McCarthy. Fifteen percent of proceeds will go to the fund, aiming to award a $1000 scholarship annually and also donate $1000 yearly to a county animal rescue. McCarthy, a Shenango part timer and humane officer, died in a May 2 on duty traffic accident. the fund aims to endure at least 30 years.
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Jerry” McCarthy
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Local author featured on Discovery Channel crime series
Wilmington Township author Jim Fisher, a former FBI agent and professor, appears in the first episode of the new crime series Deadly Devotions. The one hour docudrama Murder in Amish Country airs at 9 p.m. with reenactments and an interview based on his 2000 book Crimson Stain about the death of Amish woman Katie Gingerich in Crawford County.
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