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A Black inmate in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, faced hair discrimination for refusing to cut his dreadlocks while in prison. Eric McGill Jr. is currently being held in the Lebanon County Correctional Facility where he’s awaiting trial in a shooting case that will take place in August 2020, according to the Lebanon Daily News. After being processed into…

A Pennsylvania school district is threatening to take children away from their parents who failed to pay down the students’ school lunch deficits, the media has learned. Wyoming Valley West School District, which is located in north central Pennsylvania about two-and-a-half hours west of Philadelphia, fired off hundreds of letters this week. The letter informed parents…

Comedian Bill Cosby can no longer see very well, but he says he can easily see that his former attorneys gouged him for millions of dollars. The legendary entertainer is now suing to get his money back. The man who used to be affectionately called “America’s Dad” has filed a petition Friday afternoon to reverse…

In September 2018, comedy legend Bill Cosby began serving a three- to 10-year sentence after being convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. Cosby drugged and had sex with former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand, at his Philadelphia mansion. The case saw dozens of women come forward with similar claims. He had been housed…

Many people have left an important item in an Uber ride by mistake. In the vast majority of circumstances, it’s a simple mistake. But for Malik Mollett, 21, leaving his bag behind and claiming it later was idiotic because of its contents. On Dec. 29, 2018, Mollett took an Uber in Irwin, Pennsylvania, and left…

Many men enjoy full-figured women, but one man’s love of his overweight, crack-smoking girlfriend cost him his life. Police say Windi Thomas, 44, of Erie, Pennsylvania, got into an argument with her boyfriend Keeno Butler, 44, while drunk, and the incident led to his beating and murder. It was in March 2018 when Erie News Now reported…

Lisa Smith, 19, and her boyfriend, Keiff King, 26, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, have been in jail since January for the death of Tahjir Smith, 4. An autopsy revealed that his death, which occurred on January 22, 2018, was the result of physical abuse. During the investigation of this death, a pregnant Smith and King told…

Pittsburgh is oozing with food, style, steel, sophistication and tons of technology. Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh make this community a haven for research and development. Additionally, technology firms are sprouting up daily. There is an ingrained, humbled, and rhythmic work ethic that vibrates throughout the city. The Steel City gritty spirit is bridging…

As tax season is upon the country, many hardworking Americans are starting to get refund checks. For some, it will be the largest check they receive all year and helps when times are rough. But for Keiauna Lynette Davis, 27, a single mom in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, it would be the cause of her death. On…

A female inmate in Pennsylvania was either going to get high as a kite, sell the drugs to other inmates or die from an overdose. According to reports, Carema Lashandra Brown chose options one and two. She was busted with 78 doses of LSD, cocaine, methamphetamine, and a glass pipe that was carefully hidden in her…

The crisis of opioid use has a family in Pennsylvania grieving over a double tragedy. According to “WJAC News,” Theresa Plummer, 69, found her son Ronald, 45, unconscious on the bathroom floor from a drug overdose. Her son was a known drug addict and there was paraphernalia in the bathroom. Ronald was rushed to the…

Suburbicon is the perfect backdrop for an American dream ad. The fictional suburb, which sprang up in the 1950s, is home to hard working, nuclear families living an idyllic life until new, Black neighbors, who clearly weren’t invited to the photo shoot for the advertising brochure, move in. The Mayers are the symbol of the…

Rhonda Kemp Shoffner, 41, slammed her pre-teen daughter’s head into the drywall at least five times at their home in Middleton, Pennsylvania. Shoffner went into a rage because she didn’t properly recite verses from the Bible. According to reports, she went on a three day drinking binge just before the March 14, 2017 incident. The child…

Actress Karimah Westbrook owns the screen in the George Clooney-directed Suburbicon, a thriller set in Levittown, Pennsylvania in 1957. The dark comedy is inspired by the true story of the first Black family moving into the all-white planned community of Suburbicon. Westbrook plays Mrs. Meyers, completely unbothered by her racist neighbors in the town, who…

A married couple in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, is facing serious charges after punishing their daughter with a form of torture outlawed by the United Nations. Dion Stevens, 34, and Malisa Stevens, 41, have been on the run from police since April after an anonymous tip was received by the Beaver County Children and Youth Services regarding allegations…

David Desper, 28, has been arrested for a road rage killing. Bianca Roberson, 18, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was going off to college at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. She planned to major in Criminal Justice and had hopes to work for the FBI. The graduate of Bayard Rustin High School and her family were “excited”…

In just a few weeks, Bianca Roberson, 18, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, would be on her way to Jacksonville University. She had just graduated from Rustin High School and according to family and friends, she was excited. Yesterday, she was returning from a shopping trip when tragedy struck in the form of road rage. According…

If you don’t have a passport, now would be the perfect time to obtain one. Starting Jan. 22, 2018, travelers with driver’s licenses issued by one of nine states will no longer be considered valid, according to the Transportation Security Administration. This law will prevent residents of Pennsylvania, Missouri, Montana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kentucky, South Carolina,…

Apparently, a Pennsylvania couple loved their family dog too much and was arrested after police saw a sex tape. The newlyweds have been identified as Rachael Harris, 19, and Corey Harris, 24. They were charged this week with multiple counts of animal cruelty and obscenity. Rachael is facing four counts of produce/present/direct obscene performance; three…

“It’s fixed, I have no chance.” Bill Cosby “seeks plea deal to avoid prison time in criminal sex assault trial of Temple University student” Andrea Constand. Cosby, 79, is set to have a criminal trail in June on three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault. It’s a trial the legendary comedian is not looking forward…