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$100 supplemental LIHEAP payments to help with utility bills

Local News July 31, 2026

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (PA DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh announced that eligible households will receive a $100 supplemental payment from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). PA DHS will issue the $100 supplemental payments for households that both received LIHEAP during the 2025-26 season and include at least one family member who has a disability, is age 60 or older, or is a child under the age of six. Approximately 193,000 households will be automatically issued a supplemental payment to the same utility vendor who received their cash grant ...

Briefs

Community July 31, 2026

Allegheny Outdoor Club To Meet Sunday On Sunday, Aug. 2, members of the Allegheny Outdoor Club will take part in the Oakland Cemetery walking tour. The opening remarks will be at 2:15 p.m. at the Oddfellows Circle. There will be a tour of the newly restored Sally Metzger Memorial Chapel. Guides stationed at various locations around the cemetery will share stories about some of the people who helped shape Warren and Warren County. Club members will meet at 1:50 p.m. at Musante Street, Warren, and carpool to Oakland Cemetery, 37 Mohawk Ave. Warren, or meet at the Oddfellows Circle at 2 ...

District reports success with in-person summer school

Local News July 31, 2026

Warren County School District administrators say the district's decision to return to in-person middle school summer school continues to produce positive results, with most participating students successfully completing their coursework. During this week’s Committee of the Whole meeting, district officials shared the results of the second year of the in-person summer program, which was reintroduced after virtual summer school proved ineffective for many middle school students. According to administrators, 31 middle school students were identified as needing summer remediation after ...

Two county efforts win health funding from state

Local News July 31, 2026

Two Warren County efforts are part of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services first qualified projects to receive a portion of $42 million in funding as part of Pennsylvania’s $193 million Rural Health Transformation Plan (RHTP). Overall, 66 projects were authorized to support ...

Warren man’s motion to withdraw guilty plea denied

Local News July 30, 2026

A Warren man’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea entered in May in relation to three felony charges related to a missing New York teenager has been denied. Michael J. Bundy III, 25, pleaded guilty in the Court of Common Pleas on May 7 to one count of second-degree statutory sexual assault: 8-11 years older, one count of second-degree felony aggravated indecent assault – forcible compulsion and one count of third-degree felony corruption of minors – defendant age 18 or over. The rest of the remaining 13 charges were not prosecuted. After the plea, according to online court ...

On The Record

Cops & Court Report July 30, 2026

C. WARREN COUNTY – DISTRICT JUDGE RAYMOND ZYDONIK Public drunkenness. Robert G. Culbertson, 43, of Warren was charged with public drunkenness and similar misconduct July 23 by Warren City Police after an alleged incident July 7 in Warren. Procuring a weapon as an inmate. Richard L. Sweet, 53, of Warren was charged with procuring, making, etc. a weapon as an inmate, institutional vandalism of an educational facility and criminal mischief - damaging property July 24 by Warren City Police after an alleged incident July 21 in Warren. Disorderly conduct. Kain M. Colburn, 20 of ...