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Free Books to be at Warren parade

Free Books for Kids Town Founder/Director Ruby Wiles, board members, and volunteers will be at Warren’s Fourth of July parade giving away books. “The parade is such a great opportunity for us to reach children, especially those whose families might not have the resources to buy books for ...

Conservation District announces scholarships

The 2026 Warren County Conservation District awarded three scholarships recently to area high schoolers. These include the Ralph G. Eckert Scholarship, the Warren County Council of Sportsmen’s Clubs Scholarship and the Heather Wilcox Scholarship. The recipients for this year’s Ralph G. ...

St. Joseph Church plans 87th Annual Fourth of July celebration in Lucinda

St. Joseph’s 87th Annual 4th of July Celebration, Clarion County’s oldest Independence Day event, will be on July 4 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on the Parish grounds in Lucinda. The event features their traditional all-you-can-eat chicken and ham dinners, games of skill and chance for all ...

No state budget deal in Harrisburg on eve of deadline

With one day left before the deadline to produce a state budget, closed-door negotiations among top state Democrats and Republicans were said to be continuing on Monday but there was no indication a deal had been reached. If no budget was passed by the end of Tuesday, it will be the fifth year in a row Pennsylvania leaders failed to meet the June 30 deadline. That time frame includes every year of Gov. Josh Shapiro's three and one-half year tenure. The Republican-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday afternoon made a move that appeared to be a technical "positioning" of ...

Tax relief to begin for 376,000 state residents

The expanded Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) program will deliver $226.4 million to nearly 376,000 Pennsylvanians starting this week. This initial round of rebates will be distributed beginning on Wednesday to seniors, widows and widowers, and residents with disabilities who applied for a rebate on property taxes or rent paid in 2025. During his first year in office, Gov. Josh Shapiro worked with lawmakers in the General Assembly to secure a bipartisan expansion of the program — the first time in nearly 20 years the program had been expanded. The expansion increased the maximum ...

State to be in ‘Great American State Fair’ after all

Pennsylvania was one of a handful of Democratic-led states that opted out of the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., citing partisan politics and cost – but it will have a presence after all. In the latest example of their bipartisan working relationship, U.S. Sens. ...