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Country music singer-songwriter Deana Carter took the Struthers Library Theatre stage last weekend performing a short concert to an exuberant audience. Taking concert-goers on a trip down Carter’s memory lane the crowd laughed as she thanked her husband, Jim McPhail, for accompanying her ...

Pay to play

The time has come for the city of Warren to pay to play. The Society of European Stage Authors and Composers or SESAC has put the city on notice that they are required to obtain licensing fees for music played at all City sponsored events including Music in the Park, Christmas parade, ...

NY men sentenced to probation in separate incidents

Three Chautauqua County, N.Y., residents have been sentenced to probation after three separate incidents in Warren County. All three men were sentenced Friday by Judge Maureen Skerda. Michael S. Lockerbie, was sentenced to five years probation with credit for 149 days time served after ...

Education trust fund proposed to replace school property taxes

A new solution for Pennsylvania’s perennial struggle over education funding began circulating in the Legislature on Wednesday. This time, Republican Rep. Jason Ortitay, who represents a district southwest of Pittsburgh, wants to establish the Pennsylvania Education Endowment Fund using ...

Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed. And ...