The second annual Vet Fest kicks off Friday, Sept. 18, bringing a packed weekend of community support and family entertainment to the Allegheny Valley Veterans Center in Clarendon. Festivities begin Friday at 3 p.m. with an opening ceremony featuring an honor guard and the national anthem. ...
The Warren County School District is considering purchasing school vans as administrators look for ways to reduce transportation costs and address difficulties securing vehicles for athletics and other student programs. The issue was discussed during this week’s school board meeting following concerns about the cancellation and availability of vans for sports. Administrators said the district has encountered logistical challenges renting vans, including an incident in which a vehicle had to be picked up in Olean, N.Y., after closer locations were unable to provide one. The district ...
John and Nathan Brown, sons of Henry and Marsha Brown, will bid farewell to the Tidioute community on Sept. 28 as they deploy with Gulf Company attached to the 110th Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Sgt. Johnathan Brown and Sgt. Nathan Brown have served in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard for 18 years. They will deploy for the first time in their careers for approximately one year during this mission. Their cousin, Maj. Benjamin Brown, will be deploying with them as a commanding officer. A hometown send-off ...
The Warren Area Student Union (WASU) provides students with the opportunity to organize their own special events. As students prepare for the annual WASU Haunted House, the facility will be closed. Scare actors will be diligently working to hold another great haunted house for the community ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed two additional measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Both individuals were unvaccinated. One individual lived in Jefferson County and the other lived in Mifflin County. To protect the privacy of both individuals and their families, DOH will not be releasing any additional details that could personally identify them. While local officials in the respective counties where the deaths occurred may release more details about the deceased, DOH is bound by different laws that strictly limit what it can share publicly. The two ...
If you need a reminder that kindness still exists, take part in the U.S.-Canada Friendship Walk today, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. from Crescent Park-Four Flags Park. Participants will walk across the Hickory Street Bridge (Veterans Bridge) to Pennsylvania Avenue then to Second Avenue and Liberty Street to Struthers Library Theatre, in time for the opening night of "Come From Away." Organizer of the walk, Tim Salapek, who worked for a Canadian firm in the U.S., explained how he thought it would be great to get people together to say “U.S. and Canada are friends.” Based on ...
