It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Y for the tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who hunt, with the start of the deer archery seaon on October 4th, 2025.  And this year, their time on the hunt just got longer, now that Pennsylvania has Su...

     It was in 2021 that a 17-year old Amish girl came to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, suffering from fatigue, a severe headache and weakness on one side of her body.  Shortly after her arrival, she also develope...

The human body is the most complex biological machine ever, made up of groups of organs that work together to produce and sustain life.  Learning about the human body requires a great deal of study.  But for the students of the Greate...

What does a retired state lawmaker, a couple of priests, some policy wonks, an a few others have in common?         Answer?  They were all personally selected by the Most Reverend Timothy Senior, Bishop of the Harr...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.    This summer has been one of the worst on record for t...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.   Will a lawsuit filed July 15th by a group of plaintiffs pry...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  A movement that grew out of outrage over a legislative pay raise ...

"This above all; to thine own self be true."  That Shakespeare quote certainly fits the Knoebel family of Elysburg, Northumberland County.  For 99 years, through five generations of family members, the Knoebels have ope...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  As state lawmakers work feverishly to come up with a cohesiv...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  While an ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, there'...

What kind of impact does a teacher have on their students?  A good person to ask may be the 2025 National Teacher of the Year, Ashlie Crosson of Mifflin County High School   That's because the impact a few high school teachers had on ...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. The Geisinger School of Nursing in Lewistown, Mifflin Coun...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.    For the past two years, the Keystone State has had an...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.   Pennsylvanians are having a moment, with last Thursday's an...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  What can be done about out-of-control spending in America's polit...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  Fishing is big business in Pennsylvania, and for the PA Fish and ...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  Every month of the year has a designation, and in fact, most mont...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. The Pennsylvania National Guard traces its roots back to 1747, whe...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  March is National Colo-Rectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to r...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  If it feels like the world is awash in gambling and you don't nee...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  How does a woman who was in and out of jail, and on and off proba...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Since its inception nine years ago, the non-partisan grass roots a...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  Avian influenza has been top of mind across Pennsylvania and the ...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. A quartet of Pennsylvania lawmakers, led by 48th District State S...