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School board advances proposed policies on generative AI, drones

The Warren County School District is moving forward with proposed policies governing the use of generative artificial intelligence and unmanned aircraft systems, also known as drones. The two policies were presented Monday during the district’s Committee of the Whole meeting as informational items. Board members indicated they will advance both policies to first and second readings at the board’s meeting in two weeks. The proposed generative artificial intelligence policy would establish rules for the use of AI tools by students, employees and other authorized users throughout the ...

ROCKtoberfest presented Saturday by Band Aid of Warren County

The seventh annual Band Aid of Warren County, PA will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pellegrino’s Creekside, 449 Conewango Ave., Warren, from noon until 7 p.m. The Community Movement of Warren County, PA to Help End Cancer As We Know It returns to celebrate survivors and caregivers, in ...

UPDATE: Sheffield man sentenced to additional five months confinement after parole violation

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED A Sheffield man has been found guilty of violating his probation and has had his sentence lengthened by five months. Tyler Ordiway, 26, had been sentenced in 2021 by former Judge Maureen Skerda in the Court of Common Pleas to 10 to 30 months incarceration, $2,025 in fines and fees, sex offender treatment and submission of a DNA sample on a count of third-degree felony child pornography. Online court docket information shows Ordiway was released in October 2025 from SCI Smithfield, with the conditions of his probation set with the Warren County Adult ...

ANF donates fire engine to Cherry Grove VFD

The Allegheny National Forest has donated a fire engine to the Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department. The transfer, made possible through the Federal Excess Property Program, places surplus federal equipment into the hands of local emergency responders to support public safety and wildfire ...

House passes kids’ chatbot safety bill but gets pushback on invasiveness

The state House on Monday passed a bill intended to put up safeguards for the huge number of children interacting with artificial intelligence "companions" but a ranking Republican criticized the bill's invasiveness. The vote came on the first day of voting sessions by the House and Senate in ...

Pine Grove Lions Club to hold broom sale Saturday

The Pine Grove Township Lions Club will hold a fall broom sale at Larimer Park in Russell on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The club will have its usual variety of brooms as well as kitchen trash bags, 33 gallon garbage bags, AA and AAA batteries. All profits will go to serving ...