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Shapiro earns re-election, one-party control of legislature

Voters handed Gov. Josh Shapiro four more years in office early Tuesday night. By the time the dust had settled, voters had handed Shapiro and the Democratic Party control of both houses of the state Legislature, too. The Associated Press called the race for Shapiro shortly after the polls ...

Rapp wins re-election, receives 67.34% of vote

State Representative Kathy Rapp secured another victory in the race for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' 65th Legislative District, defeating Democratic challenger Destiny Howard in the districtwide vote. According to unofficial election results from the commonwealth, Rapp received 14,531 votes, or 67.34% of the total, while Howard received 7,048 votes, or 32.66%. In Warren County, Rapp also led the race, receiving 8,916 votes (65.40%). Howard received 4,716 votes, representing 34.60% of the Warren County vote. The 65th Legislative District includes Forest and Warren ...

Sunday urges passage of Online Safety Act for youth

Attorney General Dave Sunday joined a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), legislation aimed at strengthening online protections for children and teens. The letter calls on Congress to establish stronger nationwide protections for children online, including establishing minimum safety standards for social media and gaming platforms while preserving states’ authority to enact and enforce laws protecting children from online harms. Sunday has been committed to protecting children online from ...

Sixth measles death reported in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that an unvaccinated resident of Jefferson County tested positive for measles and has died. This was the sixth confirmed measles-associated death in Pennsylvania. The death was reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and added to Pennsylvania’s measles dashboard. The number of confirmed measles cases stands at 1,467 across 45 counties so far in 2026. Warren County’s number of confirmed cases is now at 19. State health center staff have administered more than 6,800 MMR vaccinations at 241 pop-up ...

‘Bye Bye Birdie’ kicks off Warren Players 96th year Thursday at Struthers

The comedic and lively musical about celebrity, young love, changing times, and the 1950s rock-and-roll era, “Bye Bye Birdie” will be performed at the Struthers Library Theatre beginning Thursday. The nation’s teens go wild when rock idol Conrad Birdie is called up for Army service, ...

Charges filed in road rage incident in Sheffield

A Frewsburg, N.Y., man was briefly jailed last week after allegedly pointing a firearm at a driver on Route 6 on Thursday during a road rage incident - with both drivers blaming the other for the incident. Timothy J. Prince, 67, was charged with two counts of second-degree felony aggravated assault - attempts to cause or causes bodily injury with a deadly weapon, two counts of misdemeanor terroristic threats causing serious public inconvenience, two counts of misdemeanor simple assault and two counts of harassment on Thursday, Oct. 29, after the State Police at Warren responded to a ...