Warren News

After hearing "You ought to write a book" over and over, Steve Sorensen finally gave in.

Donna Mae Johnson, 82, of East Woodcrest Drive, Warren, Pa., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at the John and Orpha Blair Hospice House.

According to Warren County Visitors Bureau Board President Karen Sobkowski, votes Tuesday evening by the supervisors in Farmington and Sugar Grove townships bring the municipalities voting against the commissioners' resolution over the top.

Penn State's Warren County Extension Office will be offering a chance for farmers market vendors to get up to speed on state regulations.

Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL.

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association announced its classification ranges last week for the upcoming two-year high school sports cycle, and the updated figures could make for a few notable changes for Warren County high schools.

State Rep. Fred Keller of Union County has a good idea: Mark all materials and websites produced with public funds with the statement "prepared or compiled using taxpayer resources."

Teresa Dawes Smales, 86, of Warren, Pa. died Tuesday morning, December 3, 2013 at Warren Manor Nursing Home after an extended illness.

Between boys' and girls' basketball, wrestling, and competition cheerleading, there isn't much spare time to be found at a typical high school during the winter.

Funeral and committal services for Julia A. Shaffer, 65, of Warren, who died November 27, at St. Vincent Health Care Center, Erie, was held on December 3 at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc., with the Rev.

The fire was not serious, but the Youngsville, Starbrick, and Pleasant departments were called because many firefighters could not quickly respond.

Dan Ristau demonstrated holiday floral arranging at the November meeting of the Warren Garden Club.

Decorating the halls of Warren General Hospital on Monday were volunteers from the WGH Auxiliary and a large group of young volunteers who gave up their day off school to assist.

The first was a resolution to state that the interim financing for the wastewater treatment plant upgrades is non-electoral debt.

In agreement with "Learning from Mistakes", 11-26-2013 letter to the editor, let us examine the matter in a larger context.

The owners of the injection wells near Bear Lake in Columbus Township have submitted a request to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to relocate existing water tanks and increase capacity at the injection well site.

A woman charged with killing a fellow Alabama fan after the end of last weekend's Iron Bowl football game was angry that the victim and others didn't seem upset over the Crimson Tide's loss to archrival Auburn, said the sister of the slain woman.

Robert W. Erickson, 85, of Warren, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013, after a three year stay at the Rouse Home in Youngsville.

Margaret B. Gilson, 89, a resident of the Rouse Warren County Home, died there Sunday, December 1, 2013 after an extended illness.

"Anybody who hunts should spend at least a day in a facility that processes deer," Jim Seder, of Seder's Meat Cutting and Farm Butchering, said on Monday afternoon.