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Coronavirus

Court to decide if Pennsylvania schools’ mask order is legal

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The legality of an order by Pennsylvania's acting state health secretary that requires masks in K-12 schools and child care facilities will be decided by the state Supreme Court after the two sides argue their respective positions before the justices Wednesday. The ...

Thousands have received COVID booster

To booster or not to booster... “who” is the question. The coronavirus is two years in and still going strong. At this point, in this country, there are three approved vaccine brands for adults. One of those (Pfizer) is approved for kids as young as 5. There are guidelines for booster ...

1st confirmed omicron case in Pennsylvania is reported

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Health officials reported the first confirmed case of the omicron variant in Pennsylvania on Friday, a man in his 30s from Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced the case in a news release. No other details were immediately available, ...

County unemployment rate continues to decline

Unemployment is down again in Warren County. According to data released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I), the unemployment in the county was 5.4 percent in October. According to the department’s seasonally-adjusted figures, there were about 1,000 ...

Five more COVID deaths reported in county

There were five more deaths attributed to COVID-19 among Warren County’s numbers on Wednesday. That matches the second-highest single-day of reporting. There were multiple days in January when five deaths were reported. On Jan. 1, the Pennsylvania Department of Health added 10 to the ...

County sees single-day record of new cases

After a quiet Thanksgiving weekend, Warren County’s COVID numbers rebounded in a big way. There were six new cases reported for Thanksgiving Day, then nine Friday, one Saturday, and none on Sunday. The figures for Monday, released Tuesday, show 87 new cases, bringing the county’s total to ...