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City man pleads guilty to prison contraband charge

A Warren man already serving a sentence at the Huntingdon Correctional Facility has pleaded guilty to a felony charge filed in February 2025. Joseph A. Krall, 42, was charged Feb. 21 by Warren City Police with second-degree felony contraband/controlled substances in a prison. Krall pleaded guilty to the charge recently in the Court of Common Pleas during an appearance before President Judge Gregory Hammond. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 28. Warren County Prison staff had requested an officer to report to the facility for controlled substances. According to the affidavit of ...

Ball’s Jamestown connection, churches part of tours

JAMESTOWN — Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown and lived in various places returning to Jamestown in her teen years. Learn about her downtown Jamestown stories on the tour that begins at the Fenton History Center at 10 a.m. Saturday. The tour guide is Joni Blackman, executive director of the Fenton History Center. The other tour on Saturday is of three churches in Jamestown. Beginning at the Jamestown Free Methodist church on 515 E. Seventh St. and traveling to the First Congregational and First Presbyterian churches. The tour begins at 10 a.m. and the tour guide is Cindy Dustin, a ...

Electrovaya announces energy storage system, built in Ellicott

The newest offering from Electrovaya’s Ellicott manufacturing facility has been announced. The ElvaPulse 1,500 is a high-power energy storage platform for data center and other power applications that offers 3 megawatt hours of energy with up to 7 megawatts of continuous power for demanding data center, artificial intelligence infrastructure and other power applications. Initial deliveries are targeted to begin in the second quarter of 2027 from Electrovaya’s Ellicott facility. The new development will support 48E Investment Tax Credit eligibility, a technology-neutral federal tax ...

Four home care workers charged in man’s 2023 death

Four home care workers face felony charges after allegedly failing to provide care to a patient who passed away in 2023 in Conewango Township. The man was referred to only by his initials in the Affidavit of Probable Cause. Gregory S. Stanbro, 48, of Pittsfield, was charged with ...

Dose of prevention

For the first time ever, the Commonwealth is making school-level vaccination data available online through a new interactive tool created by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). At a time when misinformation and ...

Grand Valley man charged with rape of a child

A Grand Valley man has been charged with three first-degree felonies, including rape of a child, by the State Police at Warren. Robert L. Bloom, 40, was charged first-degree rape of a child, first-degree statutory sexual assault - 11 years older, first-degree felony involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, two counts of third-degree felony corruption of minors - defendant age 18 or above, third-degree felony indecent assault person less than 13 years of age, misdemeanor indecent assault person less than 13 years of age and misdemeanor indecent exposure. Charges were filed ...