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From staff reports Venango County Election Board members met Friday to begin canvassing all the votes from Tuesday’s primary election. Sabrina Backer, the county’s elections…

From staff reports A Michigan man pleaded guilty Thursday to hacking UPMC human resources databases and stealing personal information for tens of thousands of employees….

From staff reports A $1.8 million resurfacing project on more than five miles of Route 428 in Dempseytown is scheduled to start Monday, according to…

From staff reports The driver of a vehicle where a Titusville man was fatally shot in Erie in March is now facing charges. The Millcreek…

From staff reports Kittanning state police confirmed the body of a 20-year-old man who was reported as endangered after his vehicle was found on the…

By KARA O’NEIL and RANDY BARTLEY Staff writers Election officials in Venango and Clarion counties say things are on track at their offices in preparation…

By DILLON PROVENZA Staff writer As the wildfire season comes to a close, a forester with the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says…

From staff reports A Rocky Grove man is facing charges after his two-year-old son was found wandering in the middle of the road with no…

From staff reports A transient Franklin man already accused of stealing a woman’s gun and forcing her to give him a ride in her vehicle…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing charges for repeatedly contacting a woman at her place of employment in Sugarcreek Borough over three days…

From staff reports The state Department of Labor & Industry’s announced its next phase of the unemployment compensation customer service improvement initiative began Monday, with…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Titusville man is facing 834 charges related to animal abuse after nearly 200 rabbits, chickens, quail and chinchillas were…

From staff reports A new scholarship has been created to help local youths attend the Scenic Rivers YMCA’s summer day camp. The Fred McIlhattan Camp…

From staff reports Free food boxes will be given to families in the Oil City Area School District through a “Farmers to Families” program. The…

From staff reports A former Oil City man currently incarcerated at the SCI Fayette state prison has been charged with breaking into a house in…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing a felony charge for entering a woman’s residence in Oil City on Sunday without her permission. Oil…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing charges for assaulting two women and strangling one of them as well as pouring gasoline on…

From staff reports The state’s new Move Over Law took effect Tuesday, and PennDOT is reminding motorists the law requires drivers approaching an emergency response…

By DILLON PROVENZA Staff writer A Clintonville volunteer firefighter has a “long road to recovery” after being injured while responding to a pileup crash last…

From staff reports Clarion state police released information on the initial nine-vehicle pileup crash that occurred Thursday morning along the Emlenton Bridge. Police said William…

From staff reports Clarion state police are continuing to release details about the pileup Thursday morning on the Emlenton Bridge on Interstate 80 that involved…

From staff reports A new shoe store has opened in Cranberry, and two other businesses have moved to new locations in Seneca. Shoe Sensation, located…

From staff reports The Franklin General Authority has received nearly $1 million in state grant money as part of a massive investment in water infrastructure…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Venango County Regional Planning Commission members gave conditional approval Tuesday to land development plans for a solar farm in Cherrytree…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Edinboro man is facing multiple charges for sexually assaulting a young girl in January in Cherrytree Township. Franklin state…

From staff reports The state Department of Health announced the tri-county area reported 109 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional virus-related deaths over the…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer It’s spring, and the Oil City Library has just put in a new garden. However, it doesn’t contain vegetables or…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing charges that accuse him of having methamphetamine in his possession in Franklin. Franklin police said in a…

From staff reports A Seneca man who was arrested last week for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Seneca is now facing more charges in…

From staff reports The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday it has filed a lawsuit against a Cooperstown couple alleging sexual harassment and retaliation toward…

From staff reports A transient man is facing charges for holding a woman at gunpoint in Oil City and forcing her to give him a…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults beginning Tuesday, nearly a week ahead of schedule, state officials…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer It’s spring, and the Oil City Library has just put in a new garden. However, it doesn’t contain vegetables or…

By LAURA O’NEIL Staff writer On Friday, the UPMC Northwest vaccination clinic at the Cranberry Mall opened as the regional clinic to serve people from…

By DILLON PROVENZA Staff writer Venango County Coroner Christina Rugh has identified the man who died in a brush fire Tuesday near Two Mile Run…

From staff reports The Oil City Main Street Program has issued an updated version of its business resource guide, “Opportunity: Oil City.” Main Street manager…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing an additional criminal charge in connection with a “corrupt organization” distributing heroin and fentanyl in Venango County…

From staff reports The state Department of Health over the weekend announced a combined 16 additional cases of COVID-19 were reported from Venango and Clarion…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer UPMC Northwest’s vaccination clinic at the Cranberry Mall will serve as a regional clinic for a 10-county area, the state…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Parker man is facing charges for leading a Venango County sheriff’s deputy on a vehicle chase in the southern…

From staff reports Interstate 80 eastbound and westbound travel will be restricted to one lane from Exit 35 (Route 308, Clintonville) to the Venango-Mercer County…

From staff reports A Clarion man is facing charges for breaking into a house in Emlenton and struggling with a man who lived in the…

From staff reports The state Department of Health over the weekend announced 20 new cases of COVID-19 from the tri-county area. Among the 7,178 new…

By DILLON PROVENZA Staff writer A local junkyard owner’s appeals against litigation filed by Cranberry Township were rejected Wednesday by state Commonwealth Court judges in…

By A.J. TITLEY Staff writer A Crawford County man was arrested Friday on charges relating to criminal acts at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6….

By DILLON PROVENZA Staff writer A Victory Township family escaped injury from a fire that destroyed their home Thursday. Clintonville Fire Department Chief Grant Rea…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court has delivered a victory for natural gas exploration firms, ruling that the state attorney general’s office doesn’t have…

The University of Pittsburgh’s former director of emergency management stole more than 13,600 face masks meant for school employees and students and sold them online…