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From staff reports Pennwest Homes and its union workers recently arrived at an agreement on a new contract. Representatives with both the Emlenton-area company and…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer A Oil City man and woman are facing child endangerment and drug charges after suspected drugs were found to be…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Some of the documents in the court proceedings involving the Oil City man accused of murdering Suzette Nellis along the…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer A Seneca man is facing charges that include terroristic threats for causing a disturbance in his neighborhood Thursday morning and…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer About thirty-five people turned out for a Cranberry Township conditional use hearing regarding a kennel and dog grooming business in…

From staff reports There were no reported injuries in a trailer fire that broke out a little before 7 a.m. Monday on Community Road in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A walk in remembrance of Oil City woman Suzette Nellis has been planned for March 27, one year to the…

From staff reports A Centerville woman is facing charges of aggravated assault by vehicle and DUI in connection with a multi-vehicle crash in Pinegrove Township…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer Three Oil City residents are facing drug charges, and one of them is additionally facing charges of resisting arrest, after…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer Two Oil City residents are facing drug charges and charges of endangering the welfare of children after a welfare check…

From staff reports Venango County Coroner Christina Rugh said tentative results of an autopsy on Oil City resident Michael Austin, who was found in Sage…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges of fleeing an officer and evading arrest on foot, as well as several…

From staff reports A body was found at about 11 a.m. Saturday in Sage Run, near Pumphouse Road in Oil City, according to a news…

By LUKA KRNETA News editor For about the past three months, word had spread that both Franklin and Cranberry Township had seen an influx of…

From staff reports A Seneca woman is facing a child endangerment charge for leaving her granddaughter alone and unsupervised with her husband, who is a…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A York County man who police say was one of two men who broke into a Polk Borough home in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Venango County commissioners were reminded at their monthly meeting Tuesday about the closure of Polk Center about a year ago….

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Oil City Council is looking for high school students living in Oil City to apply for council’s new junior council…

From staff reports No one was injured in a fire early Wednesday evening at a shack in the 800 block of East Second Street in…

From staff reports Mercer state police said they are looking for a white male who committed an armed robbery at convenience store E & E…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Three more Franklin residents are facing charges in connection with a break-in last month at a Rocky Grove residence. The…

From staff reports The state Department of Human Services has issued a warning of a potential scam targeting individuals who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Venango Catholic High School in Oil City will close at the end of this school year. The news was announced…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Firefighters responded to Sugar Valley Lodge on Friday afternoon for reports of a room full of smoke that was caused…

From staff reports Deputies from the Venango County sheriff’s office have arrested four people this month on warrants. Benjamin Bakker was arrested on Route 157…

No one was injured Tuesday evening after this rig missed a turn into the industrial pull off near the entrance to Two Mile Run Road…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer No injuries resulted from a seven-and-a-half hour structure fire that broke out late Monday evening at 1285 Stone Springhouse Road…

From staff reports Venango County 911 said that Polk police, and Polk and Sandycreek fire departments responded to the scene of a fatal vehicle rollover…

From staff reports A Seneca man is facing numerous charges for possessing and creating child pornography over the past eight years. A criminal complaint filed…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing charges for inappropriately touching a juvenile girl as well as exposing himself in front of her. Franklin…

By AUSTIN GRAY Staff writer An Oil City man and woman are facing charges that include forgery and identity theft for having credit cards and…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Warren, Ohio, man was sentenced last week in Venango County Court to a life prison term for sexual offenses…

From staff reports The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has awarded nearly $11 million in grant and low-interest loan funding to two sewer projects and…

From staff reports The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville’s Education and Training Hub has received two grants totaling $9,930 from Bridge Builders Community Foundations in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Milan Adamovsky has been cited again for neglecting to repair one of his five properties in Oil City. This time,…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Valley Grove School Board members heard a report from certified public accountant Mark Turnley about the district’s financial records for…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Nature seems to have been the force chiefly at work during 2023 on five buildings in downtown Oil City owned…

From staff reports A Franklin man was sentenced in federal court to 40 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, U.S….

Nobody was injured in a back porch fire that broke out at 6 p.m. Monday at 254 Park Ave. in Cornplanter Township. Cornplanter fire chief…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer Locked entrances and a handwritten sign greeted visitors to the Venango County Co-op in the Cranberry Mall on Thursday, after…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer The Office Bar in Franklin has opened its doors again in Franklin under new management. After being closed for a…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer A replacement light controller for the traffic light at the intersection of 13th and Elk streets in Franklin has been…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Social media posts that spread the word of a potential dissolution of the Sugarcreek Borough Police Department led to a…

From staff reports Two Franklin residents are facing charges in connection with a domestic dispute on Christmas Day. Franklin police said in a criminal complaint…

From staff reports A Titusville woman is facing charges for resisting arrest and assaulting police earlier this week at her boyfriend’s residence in Cherrytree Township….

By LUKA KRNETA News editor Oil City Police Chief Dave Ragon advised residents to ensure their parked vehicles are locked after multiple vehicle break-ins were…

From staff reports Venango County Coroner Christina Rugh told The Derrick on Saturday night that a 61-year-old Oil City man was found deceased inside a…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer The Liberty Street Ale House, located in the Quality Inn and Conference Center in Franklin, closed its doors for the…

From staff reports An Irwin Township man is facing aggravated assault and resisting arrest charges following an incident Thursday. Franklin state police said in a…

By MICHELLE INCIARRANO Contributing writer Strategically placed volunteers have rung in great tidings for Venango County’s Salvation Army, as the nonprofit has surpassed this year’s…