NewsWorks Tonight October 31, 2016 – Full Show

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    Dave Heller speaks with Jim Saksa about a very likely SEPTA strike in Philadelphia. Taunya English reports community leaders in the city are demanding the city take stronger action on landlords with properties containing lead paint. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, joins the show to discuss the moon on Halloween. Dave Davies gives a retrospective on US Senator Pat Toomey. Dave Heller discusses the medical origins of Halloween’s iconic creatures with Dr. Greg McDonald, head of forensic medicine at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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