{"id":265776,"date":"2026-08-15T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265776\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:50:17","slug":"period-products-in-scranton-schools-plus-solutions-to-help-farmers-with-rising-fertilizer-costs-and-a-one-man-show-debuts-in-bloomsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265776\/","title":{"rendered":"Period products in Scranton schools, plus solutions to help farmers with rising fertilizer costs and a one-man show debuts in Bloomsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, Aug. 14. Let&#8217;s get Up to Date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Period products are school supplies&#8217;: Area leaders tout state program that removes barriers<br \/>Free, accessible period products in schools remove obstacles and create equity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvia.org\/news\/local\/2026-08-13\/period-products-are-school-supplies-area-leaders-tout-state-program-that-removes-barriers\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scranton School District and state leaders said Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As PA farmers contend with high fertilizer prices, one possible solution emerges<br \/>A possible long-term solution to the sharp increase in fertilizer prices that American farmers, including in Pennsylvania, faced this year was the focus of a <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.wpsu.org\/2026-08-13\/as-pa-farmers-contend-with-high-fertilizer-prices-one-possible-solution-emerges\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">session this week at Penn State\u2019s Ag Progress Days.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble brings mental health to center stage in upcoming season<br \/>This Saturday, for one night only, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvia.org\/news\/local\/2026-08-13\/bloomsburg-theatre-ensemble-brings-mental-health-to-center-stage-in-upcoming-season\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Who Am I, Again?\u2019<\/a> will explore a Bloomsburg native\u2019s recovery after suffering a traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans blast Cognetti on violent crime in Scranton, but analysis shows decline<br \/>U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan&#8217;s campaign and a committee that helps Republican congressional candidates lambaste Democratic candidate Paige Cognetti&#8217;s record of fighting crime as Scranton&#8217;s mayor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvia.org\/news\/local\/2026-08-11\/republicans-blast-cognetti-on-violent-crime-in-scranton-but-analysis-shows-decline\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">but statistics show violent crime down in Scranton.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Friday, Aug. 14. Let&#8217;s get Up to Date. &#8216;Period products are school supplies&#8217;: Area leaders tout state&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-265776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}