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John Denver tribute to perform Friday in Warren

Ted Vigil can’t help but speak of the late John Denver in the first person. Vigil, who will bring his tribute performance to Denver to Warren on Friday, is one of those who keeps Denver’s music alive - and with it, a piece of the late artist as well. “What a special, wonderful human ...

Man jailed after exposing himself outside church

A Warren man faces charges after standing naked outside a Pennsylvania Avenue church on Monday. Justin L. Morley, 42, of Warren was charged with aggravated assault - attempts to cause or causes serious bodily injury to designated individuals, resisting arrest/other law enforcement, disorderly conduct: hazardous/physically offensive, open lewdness and public drunkenness and similar misconduct Tuesday by Warren City Police after an alleged incident Monday. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed by Warren police, a passerby called police at 4:57 p.m. Monday to report a man ...

Post announces annual essay winners

The Clarendon VFW and AMVETS Post 314 are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Marshall Larsen Scholarship. Meea Irwin and Julia Schultz, both of Warren Area High School, and Emma Jameson of Eisenhower Middle High School have been selected to receive the scholarship in ...

U.S. Brig Niagara sets sail for Erie from Maine

ERIE — The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has announced that the U.S. Brig Niagara is officially underway. At daybreak on Saturday, June 6, the Commonwealth’s flagship cast off her lines at Bristol Marine’s Sample’s Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, marking the successful completion of her year-long, $6.9 million restoration and refit to ensure the Niagara is structurally sound and fit to sail for decades to come. The vessel is currently navigating the 2,000-nautical-mile transit via the North Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence Seaway. She is scheduled ...

Lt. Gov. Davis says administration will ‘halt’ ICE facility plans

During a speech at an annual gathering of progressives last week in Philadelphia, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis assured attendees that a pair of proposed ICE detention centers would not be built. “We're going to use our power to halt the plans for the proposed ICE warehouse detention centers in Berks and Schuylkill counties from moving forward,” Davis said. “Because our immigrant communities shouldn't have to live in fear - fear of going to work, seeking medical care, picking up their kids from school.” His remarks were made at Netroots Nation’s annual conference on Friday ...

Setting an agenda

Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity outlined her vision for the commonwealth's future during a campaign stop in Warren County, focusing on economic development, energy policy, data centers and rural health care. The Republican governor candidate stopped in Warren County for an oil and ...