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From staff reports The Oil Region Alliance and eight neighboring counties are celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week starting Sunday and continuing through next Saturday….

From staff reports The Franklin Gardeners Association has been hard at work planning for this year’s May Garden Mart in downtown Franklin. The area’s premier…

From staff reports A preliminary hearing for an Oil City man accused of killing a woman whose body was found in early March at the…

From staff reports A former Venango County man who had been a teacher and administrator at schools in Venango and Clarion counties has been sentenced…

From staff reports Work will begin soon to rehabilitate the bridge that carries Tarklin Road (Route 2004) over Tarklin Run in Cranberry Township. Work will…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A second joint public meeting of Oil City and Franklin’s city councils to discuss regionalization and funding opportunities for fire…

From staff reports A total of $500,000 in state funding from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program has been awarded to Oil City to continue ongoing…

From staff reports United Way of Venango County, along with UPMC Health Plan, is inviting small community committees to apply for a mini-grant to hold…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Franklin state police are investigating the discovery of human remains that were found in Oil Creek State Park. The skeletal…

By LUKA KRNETA News editor No one was hurt in a Sugarcreek area house fire on Friday evening in which eight fire departments were dispatched,…

From staff reports Cranberry Township supervisors were told Thursday that nine zoning permits have been issued in the township since last month. Eric Heil, the…

Wilson Excavating employees work on Walnut Street, at its intersection with East Second Street, in Oil City as gas line replacement for a five-block area…

From staff reports In the tri-county area, Venango County is the only county where this week’s average price of gasoline is below the average western…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer Cranberry Township resident Randy Spencer has been ordered to pay the township more than $275,000 for code violations on five…

By LUKA KRNETA News editor A little more than a year after a fire burned down the Log Cabin Restaurant, the popular Seneca business is…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Sugarcreek Borough Council members approved the purchase of a used dump truck during the panel’s meeting Wednesday. One of the…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer Cranberry High School seniors are getting a lesson in the local economy by using The Derrick’s Business Review and Forecast…

ERIE (AP) — One student was injured when multiple shots were fired Tuesday morning in a high school in northwestern Pennsylvania, and a person of…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer A Franklin man is facing several charges after admitting to stealing a truck when he was found to be sleeping…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer News in recent weeks that a couple of significant employers in Venango County will be ceasing operations here has sparked…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing drug and firearms charges after a three vehicle-crash Monday in Sugarcreek Borough. Sugarcreek police, in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Cooperstown man accused of harassing and threatening to kill a woman in Oil City and her children was held…

From staff reports The Oil City Police Department is asking residents and business owners in the city to help the department solve crimes by sharing…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges for breaking into a residence by the bike trail in Cranberry Township on Monday….

From staff reports State police said a Titusville man who has been charged with several vehicle thefts has been apprehended. According to police, Zachary Thompson,…

By BRAD LENA Staff writer Rumors that had spread in and around Franklin “for years” this week became reality — the Honeywell facility will be…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing charges for raping a 14-year-old girl near Polk and in Irwin Township. Franklin state police said in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer The family of Peter Spencer, the Jamaican immigrant who was shot to death at a camp in Rockland Township in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Cooperstown man is facing charges for harassing and threatening to kill a woman in Oil City and her children….

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Valley Grove School Board members discussed the school district’s Pre-K program during the panel’s meeting Monday. The board approved advertising…

From staff reports A former Venango County man has been found guilty in Venango County Court of more than 30 charges that accused him of…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges after being accused of removing police tape from the scene of a homicide…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer A 53-year-old Franklin man is facing several charges after Franklin police said he placed another person in danger. Police, in…

From staff reports PennDOT and the City of Franklin have announced that work will begin in early April on the Liberty Street Streetscape Project in…

FRANKLIN (AP) — A man who fatally shot a guest at his cabin in Venango County nine times did so out of self-defense, a county…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A transient Franklin woman is facing charges for refusing to leave Sheetz in Franklin Sunday morning. Franklin police said in…

By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Local chamber of commerce leaders are preparing for the impact that rising energy costs will have on local businesses. “No…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges for firing a firearm that he is not permitted to have in the direction…

By LUKA KRNETA News editor Plaintiffs and defendants in the case involving the planned closure of both Polk and White Haven state centers met March…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges for breaking into a house on Norman Street in Franklin last week. Franklin…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Three more people are facing charges in connection with the overdose death of an Emlenton woman about a year ago….

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer Looking for a dress for prom? Or a bridesmaid dress? Maybe a dress to wear to a wedding? Hope 21…

From staff reports A Titusville woman pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing charges for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy in Cranberry Township. Franklin state police said in a…

From staff reports State police in Franklin said they are searching for a missing/runaway female juvenile from Cornplanter Township, who was last seen at 7:25…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Two men, both from Butler, have been charged in connection with the overdose death of an Emlenton woman last March….

From staff reports An Oil City man has been sentenced in federal court to 200 months in jail, lifetime supervised release, and ordered to pay…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Several topics were addressed during Thursday’s long, wide-ranging Oil City Council meeting, including potentially reserving some parking on the North…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges for repeatedly kicking Oil City police officers and struggling with them when they…

From staff reports A Grant Street home in Franklin was severely damaged by fire on Wednesday. No one was injured in the blaze as the…