Warren News

Warren junior D.J. Fehlman and Youngsville senior Jaykup Durlin each received first-team all-region honors, and five other county wrestlers were given second-team nods after outstanding efforts on the mat this season.

With the first day of spring right around the corner and a late winter storm forecast for the next two days, I was very pleased to get a glimpse of my snowdrops, the first flowers of the 2014 gardening season.

The sets are designed, the actors have hit their marks, and the house lights are ready to come down for the 12th all county junior musical production of "The Little Mermaid" on Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m., Friday March 21, at 7 p.m., and Saturday March 22, at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Struthers Library Theatre.

The Kiwanis Club of Warren will hold its Annual Blood Screening program on Saturday, April 26, at St. Joseph's School.

Registration for the 2014 Warren County Summer Music School opened Friday for a session slated to run from June 12 through 27. Classes will run Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Registration is open to individuals ranging from those entering grade five through adulthood and applications and payments are tentatively due by April ... (more)

Frederick C. Tyers, 85, of Youngsville, PA, formerly of Conneautville, PA passed away peacefully at his residence.

In the history of presidential campaign books, Theodore H. White's "The Making of the President" series in the 1960s set the standard for inside-the- campaign books to follow.

How did Adam Lanza go from being "just a normal little weird kid," in his father's words, to someone who "couldn't get any more evil"? Peter Lanza made the comments in a magazine story about his son, who slaughtered 20 children and six adults in a 2012 rampage at a Connecticut school.

Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of tundra swans nearly filled a section of the Allegheny River in Starbrick.

What if a student studies abroad for a semester, and is awarded district credit.

Students at Warren Area High School wanted to start a Random Acts of Kindness group, so Guidance Counselor Matt Menard and two other WAHS teachers decided to volunteer their time to help.

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.