Billy Penn

PECO profits soar; HIV resources in one spot; Funeral cost assistance | Morning Roundup

New city tool provides ‘one-stop shop’ for critical HIV resources Philadelphia is adding a new resource to its effort […] ...

Plainfield teen’s search fundraiser now supporting funeral

A medical examiner determined the teen's death was an accidental drowning that occurred last month.
The Gazette

Iowa public schools cut staff, programs as enrollment falls and state funding fails to keep up with inflation

Backpacks hang on hooks in a kindergarten classroom during back to school night in Tipton on Aug. 20, 2025. Iowa Department of Education enrollment data shows a decline of roughly 100 students over ...
The Boston Globe

Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a ‘monster’

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison ...
The Gazette

Capitol Notebook: Programs to address cancer chosen in Iowa’s federally funded rural health care program

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — The first contracts for cancer-related projects in Iowa under a federally funded program ...
The Boston Globe

Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes will be sentenced Friday on corpse ...