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Area students named to JCC spring 2026 full-time Dean’s List

Jamestown Community College students earned full-time Dean’s List honors for academic excellence during the spring 2026 semester. To be eligible, a student must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.50 while enrolled in at least 12-degree credits. Dean’s List students are: Bradford, Pa.: Camden Baker, Megan Girard, Korinne Kemp, Eleanor Kubiak, Cadence Stiles Clarendon, Pa: Sarah Hoffman Corry, Pa.: Sara Fox, Shelby Fox Eldred, Pa.: Amber Greeley North East, Pa.: Oliveah Cyranowski, Tayla VanTassel Sheffield, Pa.: Connor Finch Spring Creek, Pa.: Nicole ...

Starting to sizzle

After more than a year of planning, organizers prepare to welcome thousands of visitors to downtown Warren as RibFest hosts its first day on Thursday and continues into the weekend. According to Savannah Casey of the Warren County Chamber of Business and Industry, planning for the event ...

Former detective out of jail, sentence modified

Former Warren County Chief Detective Thomas J. Kibbey was released from the Warren County Jail this week after Judge John F. Cherry modified a portion of the sentence imposed following Kibbey's guilty plea to two counts of official oppression. Kibbey, 41, of Warren, pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor charges stemming from an inappropriate relationship with a confidential informant for the Warren County Drug Task Force. Prosecutors alleged the informant was also a former Warren County Prison inmate and that the consensual relationship included sexual contact while Kibbey was serving ...

Court decision forces change to second-degree murder sentencing

A state lawmaker is proposing legislation that would rewrite the state’s second-degree murder sentencing laws after the state Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the state’s existing law is unconstitutional. In Commonwealth v. Lee, the state Supreme Court struck down mandatory ...

Cruise-In, craft show planned for fairgrounds

The Warren County Fairgrounds will hold its 13th annual Cruise-In along with its Treasures and Trinkets Craft Show on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.The Cruise-In will have vehicles of all sorts from classics to street rods, jeeps, motorcycles, import, ratrods, pickups and hotrods. There will be ...

Report finds alternative energy mandates cost ratepayers $3.3B

As Pennsylvanians grapple with rising electricity costs, the debate over how to keep power both reliable and affordable is intensifying in Harrisburg. A new Commonwealth Foundation report says ratepayers have paid more than $3.3 billion in costs tied to Pennsylvania’s alternative energy mandates and warns that parts of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s energy proposals could drive residential electricity bills higher. The report says despite the high and rising price tag, these green energy mandates fail to increase renewable generation or drive emissions reductions. Shapiro’s Lightning ...