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By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges following an altercation Monday night in the parking lot of Sheetz on Liberty Street…

From staff reports A Polk man is facing charges for threatening two women with a gun at a residence in Frenchcreek Township. Polk police said…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man accused of killing his girlfriend in March at their Mineral Street home and then putting her…

From staff reports The annual Greenways awards ceremony will be held Friday at Franklin’s Riverfront Park. The free event will begin at 3 p.m. beneath…

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is expected to open up about his personal health challenges as he officially returns to the…

Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of…

This month, Walmart will open a high-tech consolidation center in Lebanon, Pa. The new 400,000 square-foot facility, located at 1625 Heilmandale Road, will bring nearly…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer Recovery Is Community Northwest Pennsylvania — a grant project through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program — provided an update…

From staff reports This year, The United Way of Venango County boosted the National Night out events locally by awarding mini grants to six community…

From staff reports Sugarcreek police said they are searching for an unknown male and female after three Gerber knives were stolen from Rural King. Police…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges after being accused of assaulting three people at an Oil City residence on…

From staff reports Gov. Tom Wolf announced one member of Pennsylvania Task Force 1 (PA-TF 1) Urban Search & Rescue has deployed to Kentucky to…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Another Oil Heritage Festival has come and gone, and there remains no sign of life at an Oil City landmark…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City woman and a man from Ohio are facing firearms charges after the woman purchased seven firearms and…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer Franklin School Board members approved some principal appointments in the school district at a special board meeting this week. KC…

From staff reports The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donors. In recent weeks, a decline in donations has caused the Red…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges for threatening several people with a gun at a trailer park in Cranberry Township….

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges for pulling a gun on another man by McDonald’s in Oil City on…

Caution tape seals off a damaged area of the Franklin-Oil Region Credit Union on East First Street in Oil City on Monday morning. Oil City…

From staff reports According to Venango County 911, one person was injured as a result of an ATV crash on Rainbow Road in French Creek…

By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer There is an old saying that corn should be “knee high by the Fourth of July.” However, along the Interstate…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Titusville man is facing charges for leading police on a vehicle chase in northern Venango County while he was…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer Members of the Cranberry Economic Development Committee discussed updates involving local businesses and several other matters during their monthly meeting…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer The Venango County Economic Development Authority heard a brief update on the 100 Seneca project in downtown Oil City during…

From staff reports The Titusville Police Department is investigating incidents of suspected arson in two sections of Titusville. Police are seeking video surveillance from citizens…

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have announced an arrest in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old woman in Pennsylvania almost a half-century ago, crediting advances…

NEW YORK (AP) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin…

By MARK OLIVER City editor An Oil City business that has operated here since 1878 and spans four generations of one family has been turned…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing charges after drugs were found in his home. Pennsylvania State Police said in a criminal complaint that…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Nearly 100 people gathered in downtown Franklin late Wednesday afternoon to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that overturned…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing charges for strangling a woman at an Orange Street residence. Oil City police said in a…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City couple who were arrested in December following a raid at their West First Street home are now…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges for beating two people with a baseball bat in Franklin. Franklin police said in…

From staff reports A Pittsburgh man is facing charges in connection with a burglary at the City of Franklin Water Authority Building. Franklin police said…

From staff reports Bridge Builders Community Foundations, through its scholarship program, has assisted students in their pursuit of higher education for more than 40 years…

From staff reports The Allegheny Valley Conservancy, Allegheny Valley Trails Association and Venango Conservation District are offering a workshop on how local trails can be…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer U.S. Sen. Bob Casey stopped to visit 100 Seneca in Oil City on Monday and announced a $400,000 federal earmark…

From staff reports The City of Franklin is unveiling its neighborhood sidewalk pilot program to Franklin residents. Under the program, eligible property owners can complete…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A transient Franklin man was arraigned and jailed Tuesday on charges that accuse him of entering a woman’s apartment without…

From staff reports Franklin’s Fourth of July Festivities Week is moving into full swing, and Monday’s highlight was the popular pet show at Bandstand Park…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Ronald Dolecki, an Oil City native and Army veteran, stepped on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to receive…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer With two first floor tenants, Movie Stop and Raymond James, moving out of the old Welker & Maxwell building on…

From staff reports Venango County, in partnership with the cities of Franklin and Oil City, is preparing an application for a federally funded HOME grant…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Work at 100 Seneca in downtown Oil City was again a main point of discussion during Tuesday’s monthly meeting of…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Oil City School Board members were asked Monday to consider an alternative curriculum to several lessons on sexuality and sexual…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Franklin School District students spent the last several weeks of the school year preparing a mural to hang in Franklin’s…

From staff reports A Tidioute man has been sentenced in federal court for distributing methamphetamine in western Pennsylvania, including Venango County, United States Attorney Cindy…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Two Oil City men are facing charges for receiving illegal drugs through the mail. Oil City police said in a…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges for breaking into a woman’s home in Rocky Grove and stealing a safe out…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer A woman is facing charges for intentionally crashing her vehicle into a motorcycle in Sandycreek Township. Franklin state police said…