Students Solve World Crisis (Model UN)
Cranberry Chronicles staff report On Monday, April 15, Cranberry students attended the 11th annual Westminster United Nations Conference. Cranberry High School students represented one delegation….
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Erie VA Medical Center Open House
The Erie VA will be holding an open house 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Veterans, their families, and community members are invited to attend the…
Earth Day display at OC library
Natalie Cubbon, an employee at the Oil City Library, stands near an Earth Day display she set up at the library. Also shown is Austin…
Official: Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical…
Posey ends homerless drought, Giants edge Pirates 3-2
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Buster Posey kept insisting the longest homerless drought of his career wasn’t weighing on him even as days turned into weeks and…
‘The Curse of La Llorona’ reigns over weekend box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Curse of La Llorona” brought good fortune at the box office. The Warner Bros. horror film based on a Mexican…
Recent Deaths 4/22/19
Philip L. Maier, 91, of Oil City, died April 21, 2019. William (Bill) G. Rusiewicz, Sr., 69, of Oil City, died April 21, 2019. William…
Disorderly conduct at airport
Assault with weapon
Residents address feral cat problems in Oil City
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer A group of Oil City residents met Thursday to address a community problem of a different sort – too…
Franklin street sweeping will continue
From staff reports The City of Franklin street department will sweep streets next week in the following areas: Monday – Third shift: Miller Sibley Complex,…
Explosions kill at least 140 in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At least 140 people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels…
Tucker homers in debut, Pirates top Giants 3-1 in 5 innings
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cole Tucker’s day began with him frantically packing up what he could in his Indianapolis apartment in the middle of the night,…
Happy birthday: Queen Elizabeth II turns 93 on Easter Sunday
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 93rd birthday, which this year coincides with Easter Sunday. The queen is marking Easter by attending…
Hook, Line, and Nothing
By HUNTER REDFIELD – Student contributor From the time I pulled out of the school parking lot, time moved like a snail. Every tick of…
Good first day for multimedia sale
Friday was the first day of the Venango County Multi-Library Books and Media Sale at Mr. Bookman’s shop in the Gems Donation Station in Sugarcreek…
Master gardeners to provide class
From staff reports Penn State Master Gardeners of Venango County will provide a class on square-foot gardening. Participants will learn manageable ways to garden in…
Parents who starved, shackled children sentenced to life
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The eldest son and daughter of a couple who starved and shackled 12 of their children spoke publicly for the first time…
Lyles, Marte, González injured in Pirates’ win over Giants
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates right-hander Jordan Lyles expects to make his next start after an injury scare Friday night. It’s not so certain if center…
Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren dies at 92
MONROE, Conn. (AP) — World-wide paranormal investigator and author Lorraine Warren, whose decades of ghost-hunting cases with her late husband inspired such frightening films as…