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Fuel prices show dip in last week

Gas prices are seven cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.637 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Prices in Warren County are around $4.70 per gallon. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline dropped 11 cents over the past week to $4.36. This follows a record-setting September at the pump. The monthly average was $4.33, 50 cents higher than the previous September record of $3.83 set in 2023. Crude oil prices have dipped back into the $90 per barrel range, lowering the national average, but overall gas prices remain the highest ...

Shots from the past

Whether you are a seasoned collector or a tenderfoot, a significant antique collection of arms to admire will be on display this Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Wilder Museum of Warren County, 51 Erie Avenue, Irvine. This unique historic collection comes from Brad Bogart, a historian and ...

Kinzua Heritage Folk School plans Saturday lesson

The organizers of the Kinzua Heritage Festival have offered artisan and skills workshops to the public at various venues over the years. With improvements and the addition of a new building to the grounds, the group is now ready and able to offer these workshops and more, in one central ...

Warren man sentenced to prison in drug case

One of the two Warren men accused of using the U.S. Postal Service to receive illegal drugs has been sentenced to between 4 and 8 years in prison. Kevin L. Campbell, 35, of Warren, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy - manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver in August while charges of felony manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver; felony criminal attempt - manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, felony conspiracy - criminal use of a communication facility; and misdemeanor charges of ...

Lawmaker proposes hunters to vote on start of deer season

A state lawmaker wants to take the debate over the start of hunting season out of the state Capitol and put it back into the hands of hunters. Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Somerset, is preparing to introduce legislation that would give Pennsylvania hunters and trappers the opportunity to ...

Senate panel backs bill to ensure medical cannabis access for terminally ill

Ryan Bartell was 40, a teacher who worked with autistic children, when he entered a hospital experiencing severe but undiagnosed pain. He learned he had Stage IV pancreatic cancer. He lived seven more weeks before his death in Seattle in April, 2018. During that time, his father said on Thursday, it was medical cannabis that allowed Ryan Bartell to live with a dignity he would not have had otherwise. The Pennsylvania Senate Law & Justice Committee heard a statement from Jim Martell on Tuesday - and he reiterated major points in a phone interview on Thursday - supporting a bill to ...