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Warren Announces 2026 Leaf Collection Schedule

The City of Warren Department of Public Works will begin its annual leaf collection program Monday, Oct. 12. City crews will collect leaves throughout Warren each day, with collection efforts concentrated in areas with the greatest need. Residents are asked to place leaves on the lawn or along the curb, but not in the street. Piled leaves will be collected using the city’s leaf vacuum machines, while bagged leaves will be picked up separately by another city truck. The city also reminds residents that the collection is for leaves only. Limbs, branches and other yard waste should ...

Health Department notes potential measles exposure at Jamestown hospital

JAMESTOWN -- The Chautauqua County Health Department is notifying the community about possible measles exposures at the UPMC Chautauqua Emergency Department, 207 Foote Ave., Jamestown. People who tested positive for measles were at the hospital during these times: Saturday, September 26, from 9:00 p.m. through Sunday, September 27, at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The people who tested positive for measles do not live in Chautauqua County. The Chautauqua County Health Department is working with UPMC Chautauqua Hospital to identify and notify people who ...

School board advances proposed policies on generative AI, drones

The Warren County School District is moving forward with proposed policies governing the use of generative artificial intelligence and unmanned aircraft systems, also known as drones. The two policies were presented Monday during the district’s Committee of the Whole meeting as informational items. Board members indicated they will advance both policies to first and second readings at the board’s meeting in two weeks. The proposed generative artificial intelligence policy would establish rules for the use of AI tools by students, employees and other authorized users throughout the ...

ROCKtoberfest presented Saturday by Band Aid of Warren County

The seventh annual Band Aid of Warren County, PA will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pellegrino’s Creekside, 449 Conewango Ave., Warren, from noon until 7 p.m. The Community Movement of Warren County, PA to Help End Cancer As We Know It returns to celebrate survivors and caregivers, in ...

UPDATE: Sheffield man sentenced to additional five months confinement after parole violation

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED A Sheffield man has been found guilty of violating his probation and has had his sentence lengthened by five months. Tyler Ordiway, 26, had been sentenced in 2021 by former Judge Maureen Skerda in the Court of Common Pleas to 10 to 30 months incarceration, $2,025 in fines and fees, sex offender treatment and submission of a DNA sample on a count of third-degree felony child pornography. Online court docket information shows Ordiway was released in October 2025 from SCI Smithfield, with the conditions of his probation set with the Warren County Adult ...

ANF donates fire engine to Cherry Grove VFD

The Allegheny National Forest has donated a fire engine to the Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department. The transfer, made possible through the Federal Excess Property Program, places surplus federal equipment into the hands of local emergency responders to support public safety and wildfire ...