Enough is enough. It’s time to play hardball with the miscreants who wreak havoc on school districts here and across the country by making threats of shootings or bombings. Almost every time, the threats turn out to be unfounded and were simply an attempt to disrupt the educational ...

The Warren City Council didn’t really change its policy regarding tobacco use in city parks recently. Smoking in parks has been illegal for years. It includes, by the way, cigars, pipes or other tobacco products in any manner or in any form - so yes, e-cigarettes and vaping devices are ...

There’s good and bad in the food truck regulations being discussed by Warren officials. It’s good to reduce licensing requirements by accepting a state license rather than requiring a separate city license for food trucks. That was one of the main complaints raised by one food truck ...

We agree with state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, and appreciate his leadership on an important — though, perhaps not colorful or controversial enough to frequently capture voters’ attention — issue. Stream cleaning. “As elected officials, we are responsible for putting forth ...

There’s been a lot of disagreement over some downtown redevelopment efforts. People on both sides of some development projects have a vision of what downtown can be and, despite disagreements, are making the case for projects that make downtown Warren a destination. There are other ways ...

Young people’s return to their classrooms each fall usually is a routine, uneventful exercise, even for young men and women transitioning from high school to a college environment. They’ve gone through the proverbial ritual of clothes-buying over the latter part of the summer, as well as ...