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WIU School of Ag Legacy Sale has record setting year

A group of Western Illinois University School of Agriculture students set out to plan and run the departments annual fundraising auction to benefit WIU agricultural programming, and ended up setting a new sales record for the event.

“We had just gotten out of class and were just messing around. “Anthony had walked away, and I turned around and saw he was on the ground, and he was shaking,” Logan, who was the first to raise the alarm, said. “I walked over there thinking he was joking. Then I crouched down next to him and I noticed his eyes rolled back, and he wasnt responding.” Eric was the next one to the rescue as he heard Logan yell “something’s wrong with Anthony”. “I got up and went over there an...

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Anne Grayson of the United Neighborhood Defense Movement, at an August 2020 protest outside the Penn Hills municipal complex The group was seeking answers about a June eviction attempt at the Valmar Gardens apartment complex by an unknown landlord. Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Those who pay the least amount for rent are most likely to f...

The Huntington Fire Department swore in eight new firefighters on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Huntington City Hall. From left in the front row are Kevin Thompson, Will Shamblin, Austin Hicks and Kyle Webster; in the back row are Dalton Walker, Jarrod Summers, Connor Franklin and Ben Tissenbaum. Sholten Singer | The Herald-Dispatch

HARRISBURG — It was late August, just past noon, and time was running out. Bryce Maretzki was in charge of a $150 million effort to keep Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable tenants in their homes. By now, the problems he had predicted, weeks earlier, were undeniable. There was too much red tape. The money was barely moving. Phone calls and emails from desperate tenants were flooding in and the program that was meant to save them was a mess. It was a mess that Maretzki, a senior official at the P...

A Spotlight PA review of thousands of emails PA reveals the program was doomed to fail from the start.

LebTown February 16, 2021 11 min read Unlike other tenants, Michael Salemno, 44, of Reading, had a landlord willing to work with him to apply for the states first batch of rent relief. But they never heard anything back. (Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer) This article is shared with LebTown by content partner Spotlight PA. By Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — It was late August, just past noon, and time was running out. Advertisement Bryce Maretzki was...

The inside story of how Pennsylvania failed to deliver millions in coronavirus rent relief Editors Note HARRISBURG — It was late August, just past noon, and time was running out. Bryce Maretzki was in charge of a $150 million effort to keep Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable tenants in their homes. Coronavirus Coverage By now, the problems he had predicted, weeks earlier, were undeniable. There was too much red tape. The money was barely moving. Phone calls and emails from desperate tena...

WHYY By Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PAFebruary 15, 2021 Unlike other tenants, Michael Salemno, 44, of Reading, Pa., had a landlord willing to work with him to apply for the states first batch of rent relief. But they never heard back. (Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer) This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. ___ Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Re...