Josh Cotton

Staff Reporter at Warren Times Observer

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Articles

‘Homes are primary’: 1960 editorial on Kinzua property drew sharp criticism from residents

Oct 13, 2024 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected]“Now I ask you, are we supposed to go into debt for the rest of our lives just so a few business tycoons can sit on easy street from our great sacrifices not to mention the old people who live here in Kinzua who are living on small pensions or Social Security and will not receive enough for their homes to even build them a one room home?”One of the joys of writing these stories each week is stumbling into things I never knew to look for.
Three guilty pleas entered, two charges withdrawn at preliminary hearings

Jul 18, 2024 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected] guilty pleas were entered while charges were withdrawn against two during preliminary hearings held Wednesday at the Warren County Courthouse. The following defendants entered guilty pleas:Joshua S. Haskins, 28, Warren, to possession of drug paraphernalia. Miranda N. Roberts, 37, Russell, to possession of a controlled substance.
Russell man held for court on homicide charge

Jun 24, 2024 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected] Russell man facing a criminal homicide has been held for court in the wake of a preliminary hearing. The case against Mark E. Saullo, 62, 322 Gouldtown Road, was bound over to the Court of Common Pleas in the wake of a Thursday preliminary hearing. He faces a single count of criminal homicide in connection with the killing of Keith R. Haskins, 55, Russell. At this stage of the criminal process, he continues to be charged with that single count.
‘Colossally stupid’: Burham jail accomplice sentenced to state prison

Mar 22, 2024 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected] man who helped Michael Burham escape from the Warren County Jail was sentenced to state prison Friday morning. George A. Flasher, 22, Warren, was sentenced by President Judge Maureen Skerda. Flasher’s attorney, Elizabeth Feronti, said her client’s “colossally stupid” conduct is what brought him here. Charges were filed back in October by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
Game land rancor: New state property in Spring Creek draws ire from some in community

Jan 11, 2024 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

Jan 12, 2024 Josh Cotton Staff Reporter [email protected] By JOSH COTTON [email protected] A 2,195-acre property transfer that went through last month sets the stage for the creation of new state game lands in western Warren County. The Times Observer reported in October the transfer was part of a 2,195 acre land-for-oil deal between the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania General Energy. Terms of the transfer saw the Spring Creek Tract, referred to as the “Glen Dorn...
Four sworn in on council, Flasher to be vice-president

Jan 3, 2024 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

Jan 4, 2024 Josh Cotton Staff Reporter [email protected] By JOSH [email protected] youngest member of Warren City Council has been elected its vice-president.
Pleas entered at preliminary hearings

Dec 28, 2023 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected] guilty pleas were entered while charges were withdrawn against one during preliminary hearings held Wednesday at the Warren County Courthouse. The following defendants entered guilty pleas:— Jonah E. Kirkpatrick, 20, Warren, to false reports. A count of disorderly conduct was withdrawn. — Jason M. Peterson, 45, Spartansburg, Pa., to possession of a controlled substance. A count of flight to avoid apprehension was withdrawn.
Communal struggle: Newspapers tell the story of the Brown Sisters

Dec 8, 2023 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected] do the young and the fair and the gifted die? Why are those for whom life opens so full of promise and pleasure and usefulness, suddenly taken “over there,” while the poor and the old and the infirm, to whom life is already a burden, linger along for years “weary and heavy laden?”We pretend not to tell. Some time the veil may be parted and we shall know. Those were the opening lines of a story in the Warren Mail on Sept. 24, 1878.
Ahead together

Oct 2, 2023 | timesobserver.com | Josh Cotton

By JOSH [email protected] does the future of Warren County look like? It’s a question with no clear answer. It would seem collaboration would be key but what does that look like? The Warren County Chamber of Business and Industry is taking a stab at answering that question. They’ve called it the Warren Worx initiative and it’s part of the county’s comprehensive plan that was approved by the commissioners earlier this week.
Gov. Josh Shapiro stops in Warren County to meet family, dog who found escaped convict

Jul 26, 2023 | sungazette.com | Josh Cotton

“We’re just really grateful.”That’s the message that Gov. Josh Shapiro brought to Ron and Cindy Ecklund, the individuals who called in the tip that resulted in the apprehension of jail escapee Michael Burham. Shapiro stopped at their Jackson Run Road home on Tuesday afternoon. In addition to meeting the couple and seeing where they encountered Burham, Shapiro presented the $10,000 reward. “You deserve every penny of it,” he said.