Around The County

By Saxon Daugherty  Staff Writer The grace period for Pennsylvania students in kindergarten through 12th grade to comply with immunization requirements will be drastically shortened…

Arnita Force will be the featured artist at Graffiti Gallery’s annual spring show. The exhibit opening will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today….

The Venango County Relay For life is planning two events to generate awareness of the mission to end cancer. A kickoff event, Paint the County…

Ives Gonzalez, 16, of Chester, and other students from the Abraxas residential facility at Marienville helped place 331 pinwheels in front of the Venango County…

The fifth annual Titusville PEEPshow will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Titusville YWCA. The show will feature many marshmallow…

Noah Turk and other students from Venango Technology Center have built and placed a small box garden prototype along Front Street in Oil City across…

From staff reports A Little Free Library will soon be placed outside the Wesley Grange building at 601 Old Route 8 in Harrisville, and it…

From staff reports The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission has been busy stocking area waterways in anticipation of the first day of trout season. Statewide,…

Girl Scout Troop 26242 members (from left) Paige Roess, Rilee Donahey, Kara Riley, Breann Clark, Alaina Franklin, Lauren Caralla and Audrey Frazier form the gates…

From staff reports The Venango Chamber Orchestra is marking its 25th year. The group will present its annual spring concert Sunday, April 9, and will…

Several Easter egg hunts have been scheduled in the region. Information on Easter events may be sent to goodtimes.thederrick@gmail.com. Emlenton The Emlenton Echoes 4-H Club…

The well-known progressive soft rock band Ambrosia will perform Saturday, April 8, at the Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin.  The concert will begin at 7 p.m….

  Franklin Area High School students Savanna Carr, Steven Barr and Paige Ferry, along with their advisor, Debra Grove, will attend the Future Business Leaders…

By SAXON DAUGHERTY Staff writer The first installation phase of the Center Street Bridge illumination project in Oil City is expected to be underway in…

From staff reports Clarion University, Venango SEED club members recently participated in Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge and went to Valdosta, Georgia, where they built…

Franklin Middle School K’Nex STE(A)M Design Challenge team members Erin Janidlo, Christine Chen, Joshua Brenan, Joe Martin, and Carson Hittle (not pictured) show off their…

By MARISSA DECHANT Staff writer Valley Grove School District students stepped outside their classroom wall boundaries last week to learn about and live among wildlife….

By SAXON DAUGHERTY Staff writer King’s Family Restaurant announced Sunday it is closing five locations in western Pennsylvania, but the chain’s two sites in Venango…

The first Franklin Library Gala event, Between the Bookends, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Quality Inn in Franklin. Anne Bakker,…

Registrations are being accepted for the Officers Down 5K Glow Run which will be held Saturday, June 17, in Oil City. The event time is…

From staff reports Pennsylvania State Police and more than 206 municipal police departments are conducting an aggressive-driving enforcement wave that continues through April 30. In…

From staff reports A local organization called In Support Of (ISO) is hosting several events in Venango County in conjunction with April being Child Abuse…

By SALLY BELL Staff writer Cranberry Township residents would like to see some big box stores like Target and Kohl’s come into the community along…

From staff reports The Oil Region Alliance will begin accepting photos for the Oil Heritage Region Photography Contest on Saturday, April 1. The contest will…

From staff reports David Wilson, owner of FrontSight Firearms and Training in Pleasantville, teamed up with police academy friend and owner of Stonehouse Armory of…

From staff reports Construction for the Route 427 or Bradleytown Road bridge which spans a tributary to Sugar Creek in Plum Township, Venango County, is…

By JON HAAG Staff writer The Franklin Area School District board was given a peek at what some of the district’s most gifted students have…

Nearly 40 businesses have signed up for Cranberry Township’s Open House at the mall on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Businesses are planning food…

A spring craft fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at Rocky Grove fire hall, 29 Shuffstall St., Franklin….

Tickets are on sale for the “Oil City Uncorked” Spring Wine Walk. The walk will be held from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 28,…

“Clarion River Band” performs at Hasson Family Art & Music Night. The event, which took place Thursday night, brought together students, their families and faculty for…

From staff reports Charitable Deeds, a Knox-based, all-volunteer organization that assists those in need in Venango, Clarion and Forest counties, is marking its 15th anniversary….

Lori Hugar’s first-grade students at Sandycreek Elementary are celebrating healthy eating. They shared their favorite foods on “GO FOR GREENS” day during their language arts…

Jack and Therese Moran, of Lakeland, Florida, formerly of Franklin, are enjoying there time at Bike Week in Daytona Florida. Jack is 92 years old and Therese will…

From staff reports Venango County and PennDOT will display plans and architectural renderings for the construction of the county’s new multimodal transit facility from 5…

From staff reports The PPC Violence Free Network of Family Service and Children’s Aid Society is hosting three self-defense classes and other events in April…

From staff reports Girl Scouts and members of the public may attend a meeting at 4:15 p.m. Sunday at the Masonic Lodge on East First…

The Cranberry High School Drama Club holds a dress rehearsal for Walt Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast. The students will be bringing Belle, Beast, Maurice…

From staff reports HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s buck harvest increased 9 percent, and the overall deer harvest was up 6 percent, in the 2016-17 seasons, which…

Local author and historian, Carolee Michener, will present a program about the exciting days of early aviation in Venango County on Thursday. Sponsored by Franklin…

TITUSVILLE — Entry registration for the fifth annual Titusville PEEPshow is underway. The show will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April…

Franklin Area School District’s elementary schools held their third annual canned food drive to benefit local charities. Over a two-week time period, students at Central,…

From staff reports Pennsylvania departments of transportation and environmental protection are seeking volunteers for this year’s Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania that runs through May…

By SAXON DAUGHERTY Staff Writer Efforts to make beer available throughout its chain of stores in Pennsylvania has prompted Altoona-based Sheetz Inc. to acquire liquor…

The Aldi’s store in Cranberry Township is undergoing the early stages of a facade demolition in preparation for an expansion project this spring. A crew…

From staff reports The Oil City Salvation Army’s dental center is preparing for its annual Give Kids A Smile Day which will be held Thursday,…

From staff reports Work to replace the bridge that carries Route 157 (Fryburg Road) over a tributary of Wolf Creek in Cranberry Township is scheduled…

From staff reports TITUSVILLE – Screening of video entries for a contest sponsored by the Titusville YWCA and NWPA Tobacco Control Program will be held…

From staff reports The Dancer’s Studio Junior and Senior Competition Dance Team of Clarion won a number of awards at the Fierce National Dance Competition…

From staff reports Charitable Deeds and Services, an all-volunteer group that provides services and assistance to residents in Venango, Clarion and Forest counties, has launched…