(Chambersburg) -- Licensed practical nurses -- or LPNs -- at two more midstate hospitals will soon be out of jobs. Chambersburg Hospital and Waynesboro Hospital are cutting a total of 33 LPN positions at the end of the month. From that point forward, both facilities plan to only utilize registered nurses, or RNs, which have more extensive training. Sherri Stahl is chief nursing officer and vice president for patient services at Summit Health, which runs both hospitals. She says the shift toward RNs is in response to a trend. "The patients that we are evaluating are more acute and sicker than waht we've seen in the past and that necessitates a higher level of skill providing care to them at the bedside," Stahl says. Since 2007, in preparation for the switch, Summit has offered a "fast track" program for LPNs interested in obtaining their RN degrees. York Hospital, Gettysburg Hospital and Lancaster General Hospital are among other midstate facilities that have been reducing their LPN numbers.

(Harrisburg) -- During winter, cave bats are supposed to be hibernating. But a mysterious disease is causing them to fly around in the cold months and without food, they die. Jerry Feaser with the state Game Commission says officials are asking people to report sightings of airborne animals and dead or dying ones across the commonwealth. "We're still trying to determine what it is that's actually killing the bats," he says. "Is it the white nose fungus that appears on their nose and muzzles? Or is that a symptom of another disease?" Feaser notes bats consume a high volume of insects are responsible for controlling a lot of those populations. White Nose Syndrome has been found in several parts of the state including Bucks, Mifflin and Lackawanna Counties. It's also killed off bats in New York and New England for the past three winters. Click here to report a sighting.

(Washington) -- John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam War to serve in Congress, has died. Murtha died after suffering from complications from his recent gallbladder surgery. He was 77. Murtha was awarded a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts in Vietnam before being elected to represent Pennsylvania's 12th U.S. House District in 1974. The Democrat and former Marine Corps officer led the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending for two decades. In recent years, Murtha was perhaps best known as an outspoken critic of the Iraq War. He called for an immediate pullout of U.S. troops in 2005. Murtha was also the subject of scrutiny on ethics issues. He was among the targets of a 1980 FBI probe into Congressional corruption. More recently, he was the subject of investigations into earmarks and the raising of cash for political campaigns. Murtha was considered more socially conservative than most other Democrats, due in part to his opposition to abortion.

ADULT FAMILY CAREGIVERS BALANCE THEIR AGING PARENTS' WELFARE AND THEIR OWN PEACE OF MIND.

Wanda Heise wheeled the man she still calls Daddy into the living room.

Walter Lehman hadn’t spoken in days. Normally outgoing, the 93-year-old had been silent since hip-replacement surgery and the move from assisted living to hospital-like nursing care this fall.

A Messiah Village staffer was playing hymns on a keyboard — songs that Heise’s father, a former pastor and carpenter, knew well. “What a Friend We have in Jesus.” “When We All Get to Heaven.”

And Lehman started singing along.

“I just couldn’t sing, because he was singing,” says Heise now. “That was a moment.”

Radio Smart Talk for Monday, February 8: The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on campaign spending by corporations has blurred lines – between corporate and individual contributions, to be sure, but also, perhaps, between the very definition of corporations and individuals. As Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority, “the court has recognized that First Amendment protection extends to corporations.” Just what does that mean, and how far does that protection extend?  Guest: Dr. G. Terry Madonna