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Sunflower Festival set for weekend

Wilds Sonshine Factory will welcome visitors for its fourth annual PA State Sunflower Festival from Friday to Sunday for a celebration of Pennsylvania’s rich agricultural heritage, rural communities and the growing economic impact of rural tourism. The event will be at 3480 Route 6, West Kane. What began in 2023 as part of Wilds Sonshine Factory’s Grand Opening has grown into a much-anticipated annual event that continues to draw thousands of visitors to the area. The inaugural festival welcomed approximately 2,000 people over three days. In 2024, attendance tripled to roughly ...

Pennsylvania Family Physicians urge vaccination for measles

The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) is urging Pennsylvanians to stay up to date on recommended vaccinations following the deaths of two Lancaster County residents from measles, the first measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania in 35 years. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports that both individuals were unvaccinated. The state has confirmed nearly 400 measles cases this year, including 185 in Lancaster County and 41 in Chester County. The Department of Health has administered more than 3,600 measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations through 85 pop-up clinics ...

Northwest Bank moving corporate offices to new Ohio site

One of the leading employers with strong ties to Warren County continues to make major investments in Ohio. Northwest Bank this week announced plans for its new corporate headquarters to be in suburban Columbus in Dublin, Ohio, located in Bridge North. It will be a new mixed-use development ...

Major milestone

Chapman State Park will be hosting a celebration for its 75th Anniversary on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park at 4790 Chapman Dam Road, Clarendon. The event will be filled with fun events, educational activities, vendors, and plenty of memories. The main area of the event will be ...

Board moves toward cell phone restrictions

The Warren County School District is moving closer to adopting a districtwide policy governing student cell phone use, with school board members Monday night signaling support for stricter limits but calling for different expectations based on grade level. The board reviewed draft Policy 9951, “Student Use of Electronic Devices,” along with two possible sets of procedures. One would prohibit student cell phone use from bell to bell, while the other would allow phones during non-instructional periods such as breakfast, lunch and class transitions. After discussion, administrators ...

State Attorney General files suit over ‘compulsive’ site

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the filing of a lawsuit against Snap, Inc. — owner-operators of Snapchat — regarding the social media giant’s failures to warn users of platform addictiveness and protect children from compulsive use. In a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief filed this week in Philadelphia County Court, the Office of Attorney General seeks honesty from Snapchat in how its platform appears in app stores, and demands the company take steps to protect child users from becoming addicted to the app. The complaint alleges that Snapchat ...