A group of advocates from around Pennsylvania are heading to Harrisburg on Tuesday hoping that state leaders will hear their stories and make legislative changes to help victims of violent crimes.

The push at the capitol on June 3 aims to give victims the resources and security they need while going through traumatic and tough times.

Yolanda Jennings is a survivor of domestic abuse and is all too familiar with losing loved ones to violence.

In 2004, Jennings said that her sister was stabbed to death by her fiancé during a domestic violence dispute. Then, in 2019, she said her cousin was shot and killed by the father of her children. Jennings also said that, in 2024, police shot and killed her son while he was having a mental health crisis.

“My faith is paramount to my survival. I could not do it if I did not have my faith. And then being able to help people every day. Knowing that all the things that I’ve gone through that now I can help somebody else get through their trauma,” Jennings told NBC10.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), visiting www.thehotline.org or texting LOVEIS to 22522.

That’s why, Jennings will join a coalition of crime victims, community members and advocates with crime survivors for safety and justice to bring their voices to Harrisburg to meet with state leaders.

“We are hoping to share with them our stories. To put a face on the people who need these services, because we are all survivors and nobody can tell our story better than us,” Jennings explained. “The whole society is affected by these things. And we just want to make sure that people get the resources that they need.”

The group is pushing for three bills to get passed.

• House bill 72: Provides tenants rights in cases of violence.
• House bill 1042: Offers nonviolent offenders vocational and education credit while serving time.
• House bill 964: Provides employment leave for victims and their families of violence.

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence said that 119 people died because of domestic violence in the Keystone State in 2022. The organization reports that it serves about 90,000 people in the commonwealth each year.

The organization is also going to Harrisburg on Tuesday looking to secure $5 million to build three new trauma recovery centers in the state in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Altoona. As of 2025, there is only one and it’s located in Harrisburg.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) — Rescue crews were on the Schuylkill River Sunday night in Pottstown, searching for a missing boater near the Keim Street Bridge.

The bridge links Montgomery and Chester counties, and both counties are involved in the search for the man.

First responders noted high water and a strong current.

On Sunday night, the damaged green boat was hauled out of the dark water.

Officials believe somehow two boaters got caught in pipes under the dismantled bridge around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday. One boater got out, and the second man went under.

The initial search was suspended around 2:45 a.m. on Monday, with plans that the fire department will return to the scene during the daylight to begin searching the area again.

The bridge is in the process of being torn down.

Action News was there in March for the groundbreaking to rebuild the bridge. The bridge was originally built in 1935 but closed in 2010 due to structural deficiencies.

The contractor posted a video last month showing the pipes being installed and explaining that in order to access the island at the center of the river, a causeway needs to be constructed.

Since the river cannot be diverted, 96-inch diameter, 40-foot-long pipes were placed in the water, with some sections weighing up to 42,000 lbs.

The name and age of the missing boater has not been released. He is believed to be a white male, who is approximately 6 feet tall.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

Rutgers Football continues to add to their Top 25 ranked recruiting class today, as 2026 offensive line recruit Logan Anthony has committed to the Scarlet Knights while on his visit to campus.

The 6-foot-4, 315-pounds interior offensive lineman plays for Palmerton Area High School over in Pennsylvania and becomes the 14th commitment of the class.

This commitment shouldn’t come as too much of a shock for The Knight Report subscribers, as we’ve hinted a couple of times that he was a big fan of the Scarlet Knights ever since his offer.

“I already know how they coach already, but also I know the type of people they have on staff there,” Anthony told TKR. “They are all great, energetic people who I can trust. I do know they have some really great programs over there and that is an important factor for me.”

With this addition, Anthony becomes sixth offensive lineman to commit for the Scarlet Knights in this 2026 class, joining Donovan Johnson and Tyrell Simpson from North Carolina, Cameron Greene from New Jersey, Tyler Duell from Pennsylvania, and Jared Smith from Georgia.

In the end, Anthony chose Rutgers over 20 other offers from schools such as Syracuse, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and a few others.