Sydney Roach
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WPSU
Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services said SNAP benefits are paused because of the federal government shutdown. Local food assistance groups are bracing for an influx of people.
Amanda Berg
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For Spotlight PA
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Friday, October 31 from 8pm to midnight, prepare yourself for a Halloween soundscape of chilling music and stories. We'll hear ghost stories told by our special guests from Local Historia: Matt Maris (pictured above, with a friend) and Dustin Elder. You'll also hear an episode of the public radio show "Spooked," words of Edgar Alan Poe, and eerie music by John Williams, Modeste Mussorgsky, Lady Gaga and more.
This month, during Cartober, donate your terrifying old car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat to WPSU. We'll even pick it up at no cost to you.
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Shapiro thinks Pennsylvania’s electric grid operator, PJM, moves too slowly. He wants states to have more control. -
Clearfield County’s only Democratic commissioner is raising concerns over U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and says he will vote against renewing its contract with the GEO Group operating the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. -
Pat Kraft, the vice president for intercollegiate athletics at Penn State, would not answer questions about how the university will pay Franklin’s nearly $50 million buyout. -
WPSU-TV and radio will become part of Philadelphia-based WHYY, under a plan Penn State trustees unanimously approved Monday, a month after the board's finance committee rejected a similar proposal but one that would have cost the university $17 million over five years. The approved plan does not include that subsidy from Penn State. -
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Law eliminated a waiver that allowed Pennsylvania to exempt “able-bodied” recipients without children from work requirements.
After 25 wonderful years, Fred Child will step down as host and senior editor of Performance Today at the end of October. New host Valerie Kahler will take over the program full-time starting in November. Performance Today is heard Monday through Thursday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 on WPSU-FM.
WPSU’s mobile app, with CarPlay, gives you easy access to local news, videos and more. Download here.
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For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.) -
Prescription drug ads were once banned on broadcasts. But companies argued that infringed on free speech, and the drugs could help people. The FDA now permits pharmaceutical ads. -
The report's claim comes with caveats. Its critics say it does more to reveal issues around collecting and analyzing domestic terrorism data than it does to clarify the current state of the problem. -
With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
The Local Groove, Saturday nights at 9:00 on WPSUk, features music written and recorded by musicians right here in central and northern Pennsylvania. You can submit your origninal music to the show at https://localmusic.wpsu.org/
It's folk season on WPSU: you can hear The Folk Show every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. until the next Metropolitan Opera radio season starts in December. And join us year-round to hear The Folk Show, Sunday nights from 10 to midnight on WPSU.