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From staff reports Venango County 4-H announced Pennsylvania has chosen its two leaders, both from Venango County, to send to the 4-H Salute to Excellence…

From staff reports The state is encouraging residents, local leaders, businesses and organizations to join in cleaning up their communities as part of the Pick…

From staff reports The ice boom on the Allegheny River in Oil City was in the process of being removed by the city’s public works…

From staff reports Franklin state police are asking for information on a robbery that took place at Arby’s in Barkeyville on Sunday evening. At about…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Venango County Economic Development Authority members discussed the proposed development by the Verland company to house former Polk Center residents,…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges after suspected drugs and paraphernalia were found in his vehicle. Franklin state police…

From staff reports A former resident of Franklin pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of receipt and possession of material depicting the sexual…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A civil lawsuit stemming from the death of a Cranberry woman who suffered fatal injuries when she fell down the…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Valley Grove School District Superintendent Kevin Briggs said during Monday’s school board work session that the district has been receiving…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Oil City Council heard more about the upcoming closure of Veterans Bridge as well as plans for street paving in…

MEADVILLE (AP) — The husband of a pregnant Amish woman killed inside her rural Pennsylvania home late last month testified Friday that his two young…

This one-vehicle rollover crash occurred at about 5 p.m. Wednesday on Deep Hollow Road just outside Oil City. The crash caused a section of the…

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….