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Global focus: ‘Touch of Ukraine’ update is Saturday in city

Following strong local support for her work with the Nash Sokil (Our Falcon) Foundation, Dr. Oksana Myronenko will present a community update Saturday, Nov. 14. The event, titled “A Touch of Ukraine,” will take place at 3 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of Warren, offering a first-hand ...

Cursive instruction bill signed into law

Legislation that will require Pennsylvania schools to teach cursive handwriting has been signed into law. Rep. Dane Watro, R-Luzerne/Schuylkill, the bill’s sponsor in the state House of Representatives, gathered recently in the governor’s reception room with Gov. Josh Shapiro, ...

Trio offers region a free concert series

The Allegheny Trio, a piano, violin, and cello ensemble, will be performing a series of free concerts. The local concert will be held on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Church in Warren. Additional performances scheduled prior to the one in Warren, will be in Erie at the Unitarian ...

Judge denies latest appeal by Sandusky

Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a judge issued an opinion detailing her reasons for denying convicted serial child abuser Jerry Sandusky’s most recent petition for post-conviction relief. “The evidence of this years-long, horrific abuse was extensive, and Jerry Sandusky’s ...

Pollsters analyze ‘shellacking’ and ‘remarkable rebuke’ of Trump

Six days after a midterm election rout of Republicans at both the state and federal levels, professional pollsters in Harrisburg on Monday produced statistics and snapshots to show how lopsided the result actually was. Nationwide, 514 state legislative seats flipped to the Democrats, said Jefrey Pollock. In Pennsylvania, a far larger percentage of Republicans - 25% - deserted their party's gubernatorial candidate to vote for Democrat Josh Shapiro than had four years earlier, said Jim Lee. A third pollster, Berwood Yost, said the numbers that mattered most to people were ...

State acting on climate at parks, forests

The Shapiro Administration is taking new steps to protect Pennsylvania’s state parks, forests, and outdoor recreation areas from the growing impacts of climate change, while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). This week, DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn unveiled a new Climate Action Plan at the Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center, establishing measurable goals and actions to make the Commonwealth’s public lands and DCNR operations more sustainable and resilient through ...