Around The County

Hasson Heights Community Church’s Moving With Purpose runners are headed to the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 1. The runners include the marathon relay team of Sue Flockerzi-Clark…

From staff reports The Oil City Main Street Program is seeking vendors for the Oil City Farmers’ Market. Vendors who sell locally grown fresh fruit,…

From staff reports VA Butler Healthcare started a new group program for women veterans recovering from mental health illnesses this week. The program is called…

From staff reports The owner of Specialty Fabrication and Powder Coating and president of Specialty Fitness Systems has plans for the former Franklin Press building…

The threatening skies Friday afternoon didn’t keep Kobe Goodman from playing a little catch with his friend Jayson Weilacher in a field just off Carroll…

By SAXON DAUGHERTY Staff writer Oil City’s youth have an opportunity to gear up for summer next Saturday at a bike rodeo organized by PennDOT,…

From staff reports The world famous Harlem Wizards will face off against the Hasson Hornets at 6 p.m. Monday at Oil City High School. The…

From staff reports The Venango Youth Choir will perform a musical titled “Mother Goose Rhymes” at 4 p.m. Sunday at Good Hope Lutheran Church, 800…

From staff reports The Crawford Health Improvement Coalition (CHIC) plans a screening of the documentary, “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic,” Wednesday at Colestock Auditorium….

From staff reports Venango Catholic High School won the annual Venango-Forest County Teen Driver Competition on Wednesday at the Rocky Grove Fire Department building. Eighteen…

Cornplanter volunteer firefighters Dave Corle and Jamie Carson soak the ground around a brush fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Sharon…

Oil City and Franklin GEMS clubs took a field trip to Slippery Rock university to visit the Computer Science Dept, learn about robots, and explore…

From staff reports Franklin High School students (from left) Ben Nettles, Amy Mook, Tyra McGarvie and Damon Lewis were escorted to the National Honor Society…

By SALLY BELL Staff writer A Franklin youngster is back in school after a two-month hospitalization for a brain tumor. Jessica Bookwalter, 6, started back…

A plea was put out on Facebook on Monday night by Jamie Bimber Kase about a cat who had been stuck for 3 days on…

From staff reports  Former Marine and Titusville native Davey Lind will speak at 7 p.m. today at the Bruce Shorts Post 5958 Veterans of Foreign…

From staff reports Clarion PAWS posted a Facebook message for help for several cats. “As happens so often, a couple cats get ‘dumped’ on someone’s…

West Forest 4th grade students and 10th grade Academic Science students had the opportunity to stock trout on Wednesday, April 13, 2016.  The students spent…

Thirteen Boy Scouts from Troop 111 in Seneca took advantage of the beautiful weather Sunday, April 17, 2016, to clean up their section of Route…

Chris Duffy returns to this area every year for opening day of Trout season. The Pittsburgh native now lives in Greenville, South Carolina, but says…

By JON HAAG Staff writer Droves of Oil City residents flocked to a set of screenings in the Rhodes Auditorium on the Venango College Campus….

By JON HAAG Staff writer Barry L. Mitchell of Oil City has amassed a massive collection of roughly 5,000 license plates in the past 12…

Andy Bell plays the tuba during the second practice of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band in the band room on the second floor of Franklin’s…

By RICH JACKSON Staff writer A decision is expected before April 21 on the lawsuit Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Producers have filed against the state. The…

By E. CURTIS HANNA  Staff writer Franklin High School will again be the site of First Presbyterian Church’s Connect2Christ Spring Jam – a night of…

By SALLY BELL Staff writer A new mental health treatment program for adolescents has come to Venango County. The Regional Counseling Center of Oil City…

By JON HAAG Staff writer The Focus on Our Future Collaborative Board heard a series of presentations from local agencies Thursday during a gathering at…

From staff reports The Oil City High School music department presents its sixth annual Night of A Cappella at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the high…

Area families are taking advantage of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Mentored Youth Trout Days program. The program takes place before the traditional rush of…

From staff reports Friends of the Franklin Public Library has events coming up. Orders are being accepted for Andrea’s Pastries until April 29 with delivery scheduled…

From staff reports Jordan Kostenbauder (left) and Zander Black are pictured engaging in the Salvation Army’s new Digital Learning Program, which was launched recently in…

From staff reports Venango Youth For Christ/Campus Life will host an overnight event next week for teens in grades 6-12. The RIOT – Ridiculous Incredible…

From staff reports PASSAGES, Inc. and the Clarion VDay Project hosted Clarion University’s third Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Men…

From staff reports MARIENVILLE – The Allegheny National Forest’s Marienville Ranger District has received a proposal from the Marienville Volunteer Fire Department to renew its…

From staff reports CLARION – The Clarion Free Library has formed Friends of the Clarion Free Library, a member-supported nonprofit organization that advocates, raises funds…

By SALLY BELL Staff writer Fatal drug overdoses in Venango County will continue to be classified by coroner Christina Rugh as accidents, not homicides. Rugh…

Students at East Forest High School were inducted into the Karl P. Seiffert chapter of the National Honor Society at an April 7 ceremony. Induction…

From staff reports CLARION – The Clarion Rotary Club is accepting applications for the Rotary Clarion University Scholarship and the Amy Davis Scholarship. Offered annually, requirements…

From staff reports The Pittsburgh Section of the American Welding Society had its award ceremony at the Carnegie Science Center March 29. The actual welding…

What a difference each day will make this week. According to the National Weather Service today will be mostly sunny with a high near 41…

From staff reports The Oil Creek Classic fishing tournament has turned into quite the catch. Entering its third year, the fly fishing competition will bring…

From staff reports Sarah Sargent, program manager for Bird Conservation at Audubon Pennsylvania, will present a program on how to help the birds of our…

Koen Carnahan, Kayden Carnahan, Matthew Raymond, Eva Raymond and Matthew Raymond were part of a group that met Thursday, April 7, 2016, at the Clarion…

Members of the Friends of Clarion Free Library are celebrating National Library Week, which is April 10-16, in the Book Cellar, the library’s used book…

Oil City is looking for qualified lifeguards to work at the municipal swimming pool this summer. Anyone interested can apply by picking up an application…

From staff reports Members of the 4-H group Electrotechs will showcase their newest robot creation, “Panzer,” at an open house from 6 to 9 p.m….

TRAVEL ALERT: Bully Hill Road in Venango County is open to traffic, according to PennDOT. A portion of the road was closed due to work…

From staff reports FOXBURG – An Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School student art exhibit will open Saturday with a students artists reception from 11 a.m. to…

From staff reports HOLeY Jeans will mark its 20th year with a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin. And this…