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Budget offers boost to protecting seniors

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) has launched a statewide tour highlighting how the Department’s new approach to evaluating the performance of older adult protective services is delivering better results in keeping older adults safe, leaving behind a prior ineffective pass-fail ...

Spirit for the sky

A fly-in/drive-in fundraiser for the Alan D. Fuller Memorial Flying Scholarship will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown. The event will offer Whiskey 7 rides, discovery flights, 50-50 and other raffles and awards. The event has free admission ...

Warren man faces additional child rape charges

A Warren man awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl faces a new set of 27 felony charges filed Tuesday by city of Warren police. Trevor Lester, 27, was charged with Tuesday with four counts of first-degree rape of a child, four counts of ...

‘Hundreds’ of convicted murderers could ask for release starting July 24

Without legislative action, “hundreds” of inmates convicted of felony murder could begin to request walking free in just 10 days. The warning comes from State Attorney General Dave Sunday. He urged the General Assembly to pass any of the measures pending that would reform sentencing ...

Open houses for Warren County adult diploma program planned

The Warren Forest Higher Education Council (Hi-Ed) is inviting adults who did not complete high school to explore a new opportunity to earn a Warren Area High School diploma through the Warren County Adult Diploma Program. Unlike a traditional GED program, the Adult Diploma Program allows ...

Code Purple declared by state for region’s air quality

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Purple Air Quality Alert for particulate matter (PM2.5) for Thursday for Northwest Pennsylvania, including Warren County. Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota has intensified in the listed counties and will ...