PennDOT, local municipalities gearing up for pothole season
By JON HAAG Staff writer PennDOT and local municipalities are gearing up for spring and summer roadway maintenance, including pothole repairs. PennDOT had 25 trucks…
March 2016
Video shows Google self-driving car hit bus
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Newly released video shows the moment a Google self-driving car learned the hard way not to tussle with a public bus….
Shaw leads Red Sox past Pirates
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Travis Shaw kept making a solid impression for the Boston Red Sox, homering and driving in three runs Wednesday during a…
Dos Equis says ‘adios’ to ‘Most Interesting Man’ pitchman
NEW YORK (AP) — Dos Equis is dumping the gray-haired spokesman known as the “Most Interesting Man in the World” for another actor. The Mexican…
Recent Deaths 3/10/16
Janet M. Banister, 78, of Grove City, died March 7, 2016. Louise L. Snyder, 85, of Brookville and formerly of Distant, died March 8, 2016. For…
Theft from motor vehicle
Phillies double-up Pirates
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) – Darin Ruf hit a two-run homer in the first inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on…
Police: Woman, friend stole $11,000 from charity helping her
GROVE CITY (AP) — A woman and her friend are charged with stealing more than $11,000 from a Pennsylvania charity that was trying to help…
Stolen Jeep
Wal-Mart boosts pay for Pennsylvania workers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — More than 45,000 Pennsylvania workers at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club are getting a pay raise. Wal-Mart says all associates hired before Jan….
Hit and run involving damaged property
Vehicle strikes garage
Gay announces return to Steelers
PITTSBURGH (TNS) – The Steelers struck another deal with one of their impending free agents. One day after signing safety Robert Golden and receiver Darrius…
Franklin Council OKs historic district demolitions for bank
By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer Clarion County Community Bank is planning to build a full-service bank along Elk Street in Franklin. Franklin City Council on…
Sleepy Hollow Lane burglary
Grant Street theft
Disorderly conduct and public drunkenness
ATV accident
Man accused of pointing loaded gun at woman
By E. CURTIS HANNA Staff writer An Emlenton man is accused of loading a shotgun and pointing it in the direction of his girlfriend after…
Franklin Academic Games players fare well at Tri-Bowl
From staff reports Twelve Franklin students participated in the Tri-Bowl state Academic Games competition. Sophomores Kiaran Rios, Trevor Wood, Adam Taylor, and Sam Burchfield, eighth-grade…
Man tied to Idaho pastor’s shooting arrested at White House
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A man wanted by Idaho authorities in an attack that left a church pastor seriously wounded has been arrested by…
Islanders slip past Penguins
NEW YORK (AP) – Anders Lee scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 shots before leaving late in the third…
Rapper 50 Cent: Cash in social media photos isn’t real
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent says the stacks of cash in his social media photos that drew scrutiny from a bankruptcy court judge…
Recent Deaths 3/9/16
Genevieve E. (Williams) Hildom Palko, 88, of Oil City, died March 7, 2016. Robert Vern Adams, 86, of New Bethlehem, died March 6, 2016. Anna…
Fatal crash
J.K. Rowling launching 4-part series on wizarding school
NEW YORK (AP) — J.K. Rowling has more magic on the way. The “Harry Potter” author is launching a series called “Magic in North America,”…
Locke strong in Pirates’ defeat
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Philadelphia’s Vincent Velasquez allowed three hits in three innings and the Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Priates 1-0 Monday. Bidding for the…
Vehicle rolls over several times
PA man charged in skillet attack at group home
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Police say one man beat another with a skillet when they argued about doing the dishes at a charity-run transitional housing…
Theft at TA Travel Center
German Hill Road accident
Vehicle strikes utility pole on Meadville Road
Public drunkenness
Man arrested after meth lab found in OC
From staff reports Oil City police arrested 28-year-old Daniel Lee Bailey Monday morning after an operational methamphetamine lab was discovered at a residence on Pearl…
Officials weighing Narcan availability in their schools
By SALLY BELL Staff writer Venango County school superintendents are considering whether to make the opioid reversal drug naloxone available in local schools. Naloxone is…
Game Commission considers hike in hunting license fees
From staff reports HARRISBURG – Legislation that would authorize Pennsylvania’s first hunting-license fee increase in more than 17 years was introduced Friday in the state…
Steelers sign Heyward-Bey, Golden
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Robert Golden made it in the NFL by turning himself into a special teams ace. Darrius Heyward-Bey remained in the league by…
Jury awards Erin Andrews $55M in lawsuit over nude video
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her…
Recent Deaths 3/8/16
Jada’lynn Nevaeh Williams, newborn, died March 6, 2016. Harold Earl Pletcher Jr., 74, of Clarion, died March 6, 2016. Robert Vern Adams, 86, of New…
Oil City meth lab
Mailboxes smashed
Vehicle strikes animal
Sharapova says she failed drug test; penalty unknown
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tennis star Maria Sharapova says she failed a drug test at the Australian Open. The five-time major champion took full responsibility…
Route 208 accident
States seek to stymie hiring suspected sex-predator teachers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It’s called “passing the trash”: A school suspects a teacher of sexual misconduct and forces the teacher out to protect the…
Money found
Sparta Twp. DUI
Pine Avenue criminal trespass
Take your pup to meet the Easter Bunny
Pet owners and residents can hop on over to the Park Inn by Radisson in Clarion from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 12,…