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Send us Fan Mail Many people have heard of Sharon Zook, but likely not as a political candidate.  Although she previously ran unsuccessfully for County Commissioner, Zook is better known as a community activist.  Still, she says she's ready to deal with some of the issues bringing the City down, such as nuisance businesses and slumlords.  

Send us Fan Mail 4-term incumbent Mayor Sherry Capello announced her reelection bid for an unprecedented 5th term in office.  Since the City of Lebanon went to a "strong mayor" form of government, Capello is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.  She says she's done a lot, but there's more she'd like to achieve.  The Primary election is set for Tuesday, May...

Send us Fan Mail 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.

Send us Fan Mail Are & Be Cafe owner Damian Vargas wants to be Mayor of the City of Lebanon.  The young entrepreneur says he's willing to work his tail off to learn the ropes of all the duties a mayor has.  His goal is to lift up Lebanon's people and be a true servant-leader.  He's running on the Republican ballot in the May 20, 2025 Primary election.   

Send us Fan Mail 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 Janu...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  

Send us Fan Mail 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.  

Send us Fan Mail 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!

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Gr...

Send us Fan Mail 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 an...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ope...

Send us Fan Mail 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 cur...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, a conversation with Alexandra Shaykevich of The Environmental Integrity Project, a watchdog group that recently published a report concerning the billions of dollars in tax incentives offered to plastics manufacturers.  Wh...

Send us Fan Mail Talk of the Town Host Laura LeBeau moderates an in-studio debate with the two Republican candidates on the ballot for the April 23rd Primary Election:  Incumbant Representative Russ Diamond and ELCO School Director Rachel Moyer.  

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura brings another of the Democratic State Attorney General candidates forward to discuss his qualifications and stances on many of the issues confronting that office.  Bucks County attorney Joe Khan has an interesting b...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura continues her series of interviews with the candidates running for PA Attorney General in the April 23rd Primary Election, with PA GOP-endorsed candidate Dave Sunday.  He is the sitting District Attorney for York Cou...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura brings Part 2 of her interview with Dr. Kent Vrana, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Medical Marijuana Research Group at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey.  As one of the for...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura begins the first of the two-part interview with Dr. Kent Vrana, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Medical Marijuana Research Group at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey.  He un...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura interviews PA Attorney General candidate Eugene DePasquale, one of five democrats seeking the party nomination in the April 23rd Primary election.  DePasquale shares his thoughts on the issues of the day, including t...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura discusses the issue of Pennsylvania's declining rural population with Dr. Kyle Kopko, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.  Why is it taking place, and what can state lawmakers do to try and...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  Did you know there are people in the Commonwealth who take it upon themselves to be "Riverkeepers," stewards of the waterways, often volunteering huge amounts of time to making sure PA's waterways remain clean, free of trash...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  In this "Best Of" episode, Laura discusses with PA State Fire Commissioner Thomas  Cook  the very urgent need for Pennsylvania's volunteer fire companies to replenish their ranks and attract younger men and women to become f...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  In this episode, Laura discusses another successful wave of applicants to the Pennsylvania State Police with Lt. Adam Reed.  This new interest in becoming a State Trooper comes in the wake of  Gov. Josh Shapiro's decision to drop the...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  With Pennsylvania one of the most critically important swing states in this year's election, Laura discusses the "Trump Effect" on politics, and how it will impact not only the Presidential election but also this year's...