Special Edition August 15-16

Comments from PA Attorney General Dave Sunday at a joint public policy hearing on crime trends and community safety in Hazleton earlier this week, stating violent crime is generally down in major cities and across the board, but there is an uptick in drug offenses. Audio courtesy of pasenategop.com. WILK’s Sue Henry speaks with Scranton Wilkes Barre RailRiders broadcaster Adam Marko about the team’s name change which will be announced in November. Brian Hughes speaks with Brandy Bynum from the Dept of Homeland Security about an upcoming human trafficking symposium coming up next week in Washington D.C. and WILK’s Nancy Kman speaks with Dr. Katherine Hempstead from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about highlighting expenses in the American health care system.