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2 more deaths, 29 more cases

Two more Warren County residents have lost their lives to COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. There were 29 new cases, four new COVID-positive patients at Warren General Hospital, and two deaths added to the county's totals in Thursday's release. COVID-19 has caused or contributed to the deaths of 122 county residents. There have been 3,869 total cases, 3,108 confirmed and 761 probables. The department said there were 10 cases at Warren General on Thursday. That number reflects more than one day, according to officials. The number ...

60 cases, 2 deaths added to COVID toll

There were 60 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday. That is higher than any report since Dec. 22, when over 70 new cases were reported. The county's single-day record is 78 cases, from Dec. 19. The county's total stands at 3,840, with 470 of those being reported this month. According to the department, there have been 24 cases in the county among children under five years old and 173 among children five to 18 since Aug. 16. At Warren County School District, there were 22 cases and 151 quarantines due to close ...

Pennsylvania appeals court takes up school mask challenge

A Pennsylvania appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the Wolf administration had the legal right to impose a mask mandate on K-12 schools and child care facilities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The state's acting health secretary ordered students, teachers and staff to ...

Federal WCSD mask case continued again

The Warren County School District has sought — and received — another continuance in federal court in the case that centers on the district’s end-around on state masking mandates. A hearing on a preliminary injunction was scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Erie. That hearing has now been continued to next month. And that’s if it happens at all. “The parties,” the school district’s motion filed on Friday states, “have discussed resolution of the motion for preliminary injunction and the case, in whole.” “In order to give the parties ...

College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census

Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census, claiming they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses and complaining that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige. College communities such as Bloomington, Indiana; ...

39 new COVID cases reported in Warren County

There were 39 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County announced on Thursday. That is the highest single-day total since Sept. 21 and puts the county at 318 so far in October. At the current rate, this month would be the second highest so far in terms of new cases. In the county, there were 1,171 cases in December, 547 in January, and 535 in September. Of the 3,688 total county cases, 2,935 are confirmed and 753 are probables, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Warren County remains an area of high community transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...