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World renowned photographer Scott Church, a US Navy veteran and lifelong Lebanon City resident, announces his candidacy for Mayor as a Republican.  He's running on the May 20, 2025 primary ballot.

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The Talk of the Town Newsmaker Interview of March 7, 2025 featured Pier Hess Graf, who is seeking the GOP nomination in her reelection bid for a second term as Lebanon County District Attorney.  She was appointed to the role after former DA Dave Arnold was elected to the PA Senate in 2020, then won election outright in November, 2021, with her swearing-in as the elected DA in January, 2022.   

Graf discusses her reasons for becoming a prosecutor, her track record while at the helm of the office, and why she wants another term as Lebanon County's chief law enforcement official.  

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Lebanon County Senior Public Defender Michael Light II discusses with Laura LeBeau why he's planning to challenge incumbent Republican D.A. Pier Hess Graf in the May 20, 2025 Primary Election.  

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From the October 21, 2024 "Talk of the Town" Newsmaker interview, Lebanon County Elections Director Sean Drasher discusses how Pennsylvania allows early voting, even though the Commonwealth is not an early voting state.  Also, student poll workers will be everywhere this election.  

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Penn State Health is offering free flu shots to anyone, 3 years of age and older during a Flu Shot Drive-up Clinic this Saturday, October 12th at Lebanon High School from 9am to 1pm.  Listen for all the details!

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The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.     

This spring, the Democrats and Republicans running for their party's nomination for the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General were profiled.  There were five Democrats and two Republicans.  From that field, voters elected Eugene DePasquale as the Democratic Party nominee, while Republicans elected Dave Sunday.  Fast forward four quick months, and the pair is embroiled in a contentious race in which the central focus is whether the Attorney General needs to have courtroom experience as a prosecutor.  Dave Sunday has it as the elected District Attorney of York County, but Eugene DePasquale does not.  He relies most heavily on his two-terms as a former PA Auditor General, leading complex state investigations.  On this edition of The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau, conversations with both men about their experience and desire to become Pennsylvania's next Attorney General.  

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WiLBuR Radio's Laura LeBeau discusses the newest ride on tap for Hersheypark in 2025:  Twizzlers Twisted Gravity!  Hershey Entertainment & Resports Spokesperson Amanda Polyak came to the WiLBuR studio Tuesday, August 27th to discuss the plans for the World's Tallest Screaming Swing ride.  

If you like flying through the air, quite literally, then Twizzlers Twisted Gravity will be waiting for you next summer!  

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She started as a young singer at the Lebanon Area Fair's Talent Show, and now she routinely performs on stages up and down the East Coast and in Nashville.  Jess Zimmerman sits down with WiLBuR Radio's Laura LeBeau to talk about her life and burgeoning career!  From raising and showing dairy cows at the local county fair, to writing songs, winning awards with her band and playing the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Jess Zimmerman breaks it all down. 

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The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. 

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and one of the few "silver linings" from the Coronavirus pandemic is a greater recognition in this country about mental health.  World class athletes and celebrities are speaking openly about their mental health issues and there's greater understanding in society that mental health needs to be seen as a priority in one's health.  Dr. Matthew Hurford, President & CEO of UPMC's Community Care Behavioral Health Organization discusses issues surrounding mental health.

Also in The Commonwealth Beat spotlight is Erin McClelland, the surprise victor of the April 23rd Democratic Party primary for PA Treasurer.  Although she was not the party-endorsed candidate and was massively outmatched in funding, advertising and clout, McClelland won that election by eight points.  She will discuss her victory and how she plans to face Republican incumbent Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who she will face in November's general election.   

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The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. 

Nurses are the frontline of patient care in medicine, whether at your family physician's office, assisting surgeons in the operating room, or acting as visiting nurses helping our senior and homebound community members.  There are currently some four million nurses working in the U.S. , which equates to one in every 85 Americans.   Laura speaks with Stephen Ferrara, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners about the state of nursing, as America embarks on National Nurses Week, May 6th through the 12th (Florence Nightingale's birthday).

In the PA-mazing segment, a trip back to "God's Country," Potter County for a discussion about Cherry Springs State Park, an international dark sky location.