Alumna and longtime California University of Pennsylvania employee Sheleta Camarda-Webb was appointed the university’s interim chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer.
The Wolf administration has unveiled the Nellie Bly Scholarship Program, which would help students enrolled in the 14 campuses of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. It would be
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Greene County Sheriff Marcus Simms announced he will run for another term in office.
âAs a conservative Democrat, I will continue to have the sheriffâs office always put our citizensâ needs and rights first,â Simms said.
This would be his first full four-year term. Simms was appointed interim sheriff 2019 following the death of Brian Tennant, and won a special election that year to fill the remainder of Tennantâs term, set the expire at the end of this year.
Throughout the pandemic, Simms said, he and the members of the office looked for new ways to assist the community, including implementing an additional shift to help other agencies. While the courthouse was closed, he said sheriffâs employees used a satellite office to continue to issue concealed carry permits to constituents in the county.
By EMILY GIAMBALVO | The Washington Post | Published: February 18, 2021 Years ago, when two of Tierra Haynes three children were still toddlers and the family lived in Toledo, she shuttled her kids around in a minivan with a DVD player in the back seat. The youngest two boys, Devon and Dallas, loved Mr. Peabody & Sherman, repeatedly watching the movie that follows a boy and a dog as they time travel to visit historical figures. One day, Haynes thought to herself: Why do these characters rarely meet anybody Black? Around the same time, Haynes oldest son, DeAndre Jr., realized he was one of the only Black kids in his class. Conversations during Black History Month felt uncomfortable when the other third graders looked toward him. That planted the idea in Haynes mind. Her kids and all kids needed to know more about important Black figures in American history. She imagined writing a children s book to help fill the void. But her life was busy, raising three boys and