A Jamestown Post-Journal headline summed up this story very appropriately: “LUCI AND DESI TAKE CITY BY STORM.” By 1956, the iconic sitcom “I Love Lucy” was at the height of its popularity. But it wasn’t the only work that Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were doing at the ...

So how does the portrait of a wealthy Philadelphia debutant who moved to the then-frontier town of Franklin wind up hanging in the Warren County Courthouse? It turns out it very much has to do with the first treasurers of both Venango and Warren counties. “Sarah Parker was born to the ...

I’ve got a folder where I throw potential story ideas for this space. Sometimes they sit there for months. They all need more information but sometimes that information just isn’t available. So here’s a few where I’m sharing what I’ve got: One of the county’s first settlers, a ...

Every year, there are slates of new laws that take effect in jurisdictions across the country. They’re evidence that our society evolves, that the needs of the law (or perceived needs, in some cases) are different than they once were. It’s a sign that life in places like Warren County ...

The Warren State Hospital has been many things to many people since it was established in 1880. For three years in the 1940s, it was a home for “conscies,” men who objected to military service during World War II and were, instead, registered as conscientious objectors. More than any ...

1944 was a tough year to get in the holiday spirit. Nearly 12 million men and women - including hundreds and hundreds from Warren County - were fighting across the globe. The Germans had launched the infamous Battle of the Bulge earlier in December. Casualty lists were getting ever ...