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Unlawful contact with minor lands man in prison

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One Warren resident has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to unlawful contact with a minor while another Warren man has pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony charge of corruption of minors. Nathaniel W. Stahlman, 19, was charged in January with first-degree felony unlawful contact with a minor – sexual offenses, third-degree felony unlawful contact with a minor – open lewdness and third-degree felony criminal use of a communication facility, pleading guilty in May to first-degree felony unlawful contact with a minor – sexual offenses and third-degree felony ...

Warren man charged with making second weapon in jail

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A Warren man who is being held in the Warren County Prison while awaiting trial faces a second charge of attempting to make weapons while in the jail. Richard L. Sweet, 53, was charged twice in July, once in regard to allegedly trying to make a weapon and then in an alleged assault of another prisoner. Sweet has been in the county prison since December after Zydonik set bail at $250,000 after the first of two sets of charges alleging rape of a child were filed. On Aug. 3, Sweet was charged with misdemeanor weapons or implements for escape after he was allegedly found with a "shank" ...

School district completes summer projects

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Warren County School District crews completed a number of construction, safety and energy-efficiency projects over the summer, including the conversion to National Fuel at Beaty-Warren Middle School and paving improvements at three district schools. Operations Manager David Undercoffer provided an update on the district’s summer projects during the Warren County School District Committee of the Whole meeting August 24. One of the projects Undercoffer highlighted was the completed conversion to National Fuel at Beaty. The project was finished during the summer despite concerns that ...

Deadline Day

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It’s the fifth anniversary of Warren’s Got Talent (WGT) and this year, things are a bit different. In years past, the event took place during the Fourth of July festivities at Betts Park. This year, it will take place at Pellegrino’s Creekside Pavilion at the Cathedral of Rock with a ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence will return to Grove City College

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For the third consecutive year, former Vice President Mike Pence will serve as a distinguished visiting fellow at Grove City College. Pence, who has been affiliated with the College since 2024, will be returning to the role in the fall at the Center for Faith & Public Life. Pence said ...

Warren man sentenced to between 4-9 years in prison

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A Warren man who tried to withdraw his May 7 guilty plea in relation to three felony charges related to a missing New York teenager has been sentenced to serve between 4.5 and 9 years in prison. Michael J. Bundy III, 25, pleaded guilty in the Court of Common Pleas on May 7 to one count of second-degree statutory sexual assault: 8-11 years older, one count of second-degree felony aggravated indecent assault - forcible compulsion and one count of third-degree felony corruption of minors - defendant age 18 or over. The rest of the remaining 13 charges were not prosecuted. After the ...