Warren News

Nikolai Giles Briggs, 26, of Chapman Dam Road, died suddenly in a workrelated accident on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Relay for Life will be holding a Turkey Party on March 15 at the Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall.

The Starbrick Community Church, 168 Weiler Rd., will have a special program at the 10 a.m. service on March 16, entitled "Spring, a Time of Change."

The Downtown Warren Partnership hosted the most recent Leadership Warren County group and Dan Glotz, county planning director, at a Wednesday morning meeting held at Vita Bella Italian Caffe.

Connelly has accepted a position as the forest supervisor of the Pike and San Isabel national forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands in Pueblo, Colo.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, Nikolai G. Briggs, 26, was pronounced dead at the Irvine Run Road accident scene by Warren County Deputy Coroner Stan Taydus.

"He's used to walking into the pool and being one of the tallest guys here," said Warren swim coach Jeff Walters.

State Rep. Kathy Rapp, R-Warren, announced her plans to seek the Republican nomination for re-election in Pennsylvania's 65th Legislative District.

During a brief regular meeting Monday, Youngsville Borough Council approved two measures and heard updates on a handful of ongoing issues.

Michael Schumacher is showing "small, encouraging signs" that he may awake from his coma, his agent said Wednesday, more than two months after a ski crash left the Formula One champion with severe head injuries.

Kneeling, a South African police officer on Wednesday swung a cricket bat at a toilet door erected in the courtroom at Oscar Pistorius' murder trial, using two key pieces of evidence to partially re-enact the night the athlete killed his girlfriend by shooting her through the same door more than a year ago.

For every harrowing story, every anecdote of a terrible time, there are thousands, tens of thousands, that will never be written, never be told.

I suggest all the people that expressed their opinion to keep the brick streets should drive Onondaga Avenue between St Clair Street and Biddle Street after the snow melts.

Russell United Methodist Church Daycare's Pre-Kindergarten's 100th Day of School featured several activities.

The ninth installment of the CASA Senior Basketball Classic will be held Thursday at Warren Area High School.

According to owner Nick Brunecz, after opening in May of 1994, the store will hold its last normal business day on April 5. Beginning on March 18, Brunecz said he will be working to reduce inventory until April 5 before holding a final liquidation auction on April 12. "I'll be offering reduced prices to reduce inventory," he said on Tuesday.

It looks like a scene out of a movie, but it's real - and definitely not to be confused with "role playing."

Woman's Club program chairman Sioux Cole introduced Tina West who, along with partner Alan Chapel, own Allegheny Cellars Winery.

Once, the leaky roof and uneven bricks that are now nothing but rubble surrounded a vibrant cultural center of the Warren community.

By Wednesday - the third and final day of the meetings - a number of proposals could be sent to the competition committee for consideration.