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A photo of the entrance to Field of Screams in Mountville, Lancaster County, from the 2020 season.

Teen volunteers were harassed, groped, and pressured into sex by adults at a popular Pa. haunted attraction, former staff say

by Ann Rejrat for Spotlight PA

Volunteers say they brought allegations of abuse directly to owners of Field of Screams in Lancaster County, as well as to law enforcement. The accused continued in a supervisory position.

A photo of the entrance to Field of Screams in Mountville, Lancaster County, from the 2020 season.

How Spotlight PA reported its Field of Screams investigation

by Ann Rejrat for Spotlight PA

Opioid overdoses kill thousands of people each year in Pennsylvania, and settlement money is meant to help the state respond to the epidemic.

Expecting more than $1 billion in opioid settlement money, Pa. grapples with policing versus treatment

by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA and Kate Giammarise of WESA

A student with long hair in a braid wears an orange T-shirt that says "taking a stand against gun violence."

Why a Pa. school district decided to arm its officers with semi-automatic rifles

by Ashad Hajela of Spotlight PA State College

Protesters gather in front of the Philadelphia Police Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa. in May 2020.

Some Pa. courts are excluding probation officers from requirements under police misconduct law

by Min Xian of Spotlight PA State College

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