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Answer your kids' questions: 'Is it dangerous to be outside during lightning?
This week's 6abc's question comes from 6-year-old Solomon from Philadelphia.He wants to know if it's dangerous to be outside during lightning.The simple answer is yes, it is dangerous to be outside when there's lightning.Lightning is unpredictable and can be deadly. There used to be a common belief that lying flat on the ground was the best way to avoid being hit by lightning.But experts say that is not the case.When a lightning bolt hits the ground it spreads around, creating what's called a "ground current." That's why you should also stay away from trees.But what if you're in the water...
"Girl Talk" mentoring program tackles bullying, creates safe space for Philadelphia girls
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Camp is a place where life-long friendships and memories are made. One Philadelphia teen turned her camp days into a safe space to discuss social issues young girls face every day.Instead of attending a typical summer camp, these girls look forward to having real conversations. Some of those conversations are around cyberbullying, managing the expectations of social media and even gun violence.It's part of "Mrs. Lanier Presents Girl Talk Mentoring." Last year, we spoke to Edwena Lanier and her daughter Aleemah, who co-authored the book "Let's Help the Bully," inspired by then-12-year-old Aleemah's personal story.Aleemah and her mother aren't...
Mayor Parker signs two new bills expanding public health services
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has signed two new bills aiming to improve public health and quality of life in the city at the Saint Christopher’s Childrens Hospital. These public health bills are targeting the most vulnerable neighborhoods, with one allowing the City’s Department of Public Health to open a health center on the Friends Hospital […]
Kim Mulkey, Hailey Van Lith Get Roasted After Costly Caitlin Clark Mistake Resurfaces
Nobody can deny that LSU women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey has cemented herself as an all-time great. Not only had Mulkey won four NCAA national championships (three at Baylor and one at LSU), but her whopping career 723-118 record as a head coach was enough to induct her into the Naismith ...
Water privatization is on the rise in Pa. Here’s what you need to know.
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our north-central Pa. newsletter, Talk of the Town, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. Bellefonte, Pa. — A Pennsylvania commission oversees more than 150 water utilities statewide, most of which are privately owned, and the number of systems acquired by for-profit companies has risen in recent years. ...
Final high school softball rankings for 2024
Record: 22-5. Accomplishments: PIAA 4A semifinalist, District 11 4A runner-up, Colonial League champion. Accomplishments: PIAA 6A qualifier, District 11 6A champion, EPC quarterfinalist. 3. Freedom. Record: 18-7. Accomplishments: PIAA 6A qualifier, District 11 6A runner-up, EPC quarterfinalist. 4. Nazareth. Record: 20-5. Accomplishments: District 11 6A semifinalist, EPC champion. 5. Emmaus.
Shapiro pumps up central Pa. Democrats for ‘Harris/TBD’ ticket
If there are talent scouts out there who watch and rate the daily performances of the aspiring running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in this ticket-forming time, let’s just say Gov. Josh Shapiro put down some pretty good tape Saturday. Headlining the first Harris for President...
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis visits Boys & Girls club of allentown to celebrate bipartisan state budget win for millions in afterschool funding
Shapiro-Davis Budget Creates New “Building Opportunity through Out-of-School Time” (BOOST) Program as Part of Comprehensive Approach to Making Pennsylvania Communities Safer. Allentown, PA – Lt. Gov. Austin Davis grew up going to a Boys & Girls Club in his hometown of McKeesport, and today he visited the Boys...
Pennsylvania gets third UNESCO World Heritage Site
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania now has three sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee approved the addition of the Moravian Church Settlements to the list this month. One of those settlements is in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. Ten acres in downtown Bethlehem — nine structures, four ruins, and a cemetery — […]
Big eighth inning fuels Pa. victory over Maryland at Big 26 Baseball Classic
Thanks to a four-run burst in the eighth inning, Pennsylvania kickstarted the annual Big 26 Baseball Classic Friday with a 6-3 victory over Maryland. At FNB Field, Pa. trailed 3-0 through five complete innings before inching within 3-2 with single runs in the sixth and seventh frames. Chris Schaller tagged a solo home run in the seventh.
It’s been 10 years since the lanternfly landed in Pa. How bad is it?
When lanternflies were discovered in Berks County in 2014, panic set in among the country and region’s top scientists. They feared the insect would devastate Pennsylvania’s robust farming, lumber, and grape industries. A 2019 study projected annual costs of damage could reach $324 million and result in the loss of 2,800 jobs across agricultural industries.
Pennsylvania teacher's charges weren't reported to district, superintendent says
HAVERTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — How did a Delaware County teacher continue to teach for months after he was arrested — twice — for allegedly exposing himself in public? According to officials in the Haverford Township School District, the Pennsylvania Department of Education might be to blame.The district says it just learned this week of multiple criminal cases against 47-year-old Matthew Gagat, who has been suspended from his job as a fifth-grade teacher at Lynnewood Elementary.Gagat was charged in Horsham, Montgomery County, in March 2024 for allegedly exposing himself in public, and was charged again in June 2024 after allegedly exposing...
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