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From staff reports Franklin state police are investigating how a 70-year-old Polk Center resident was seriously injured at the facility last week. Police said they…

From staff reports A routine traffic stop by Titusville police Tuesday morning led to felony drug charges against two people. The two were identified as…

From staff reports Oil City police have arrested a man who is accused of trading an air rifle for methamphetamine. Police said Steven M. Spence,…

The Associated Press Due to the government shutdown, a thinly staffed Internal Revenue Service can’t currently issue any refunds. As tax season begins to roll…

SAXONBURG (AP) — Police say a western Pennsylvania high school student has been arrested after posting a Snapchat video of himself shooting a gun with…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer How lovely early spring is with occasional rain but no snow, cool but not frigid temperatures and cloudy but…

From staff reports An Oil City man was arrested Thursday on felony drug-related charges. Oil City police said they received information Wednesday that a firearm…

From staff reports A Rouseville man waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in a child pornography case in Venango County Central Court. Decoda Ray Hawk, 20,…

NEW CASTLE (AP) — Authorities say a fast-moving house fire in western Pennsylvania has killed a man and his dog. The fire at the two-story…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing charges after allegedly evading police during a traffic stop Thursday in Sugarcreek Borough. Sugarcreek police officer…

HARRISBURG (AP) — The legal consequences for repeatedly driving under the influence in Pennsylvania have become much more severe under a new law that just…

From staff reports The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced plans for six Clarion County bridges under its Rapid Bridge Replacement program. One of those bridges…

By ROSEMARY FIELDING Staff writer A local funeral home’s call for generosity has succeeded in bringing in a record number of Christmas stockings, stuffed to…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer A group of dogs rescued nearly two weeks ago from a life of hunger, confinement and neglect have been placed…

From staff reports A Union City man was fatally shot by undercover state troopers during a controlled purchase of a stolen chainsaw on Wednesday afternoon,…

From staff reports Former Roman Catholic priest David Lee Poulson will learn his fate on Jan. 11. Poulson, a former Oil City resident who had…

From staff reports A Mercer County man has been arraigned on two counts of homicide by vehicle after an accident in April in Highland Township,…

From staff reports The Venango County Economic Development Authority approved a contract with Imperial Construction Services, which will act as project manager for the pre-construction…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a woman in his vehicle Friday. Police said Jason Blauser, Sr., 41,…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer Standing in front of a group of engineers, emergency response coordinators and environmental experts, all shivering in the cold…

From staff reports Two Oil City residents were charged with felony drug-related offenses Thursday after Venango County Probation and Parole officers located multiple items indicative…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing several charges for assaulting a woman in a car near a business on Riverside Drive. Franklin…

From staff reports A garage at 608 Buffalo St. in Franklin sustained severe damage in a fire Wednesday. Franklin firefighters responded to the scene at…

From staff reports Franklin state police said a Rimersburg man died following a two-vehicle crash at about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday on Route 322 near Van….

From staff reports Oil City police said a North Carolina woman was arrested on Friday night for carrying a pistol without a concealed weapon permit….

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer Oil City Council gave its tentative stamp of approval to the city’s 2019 budget package at a meeting Thursday,…

From staff reports One of the suspects in a shooting that left a man critically wounded in Meadville on Thursday morning is in custody, according…

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania is expanding efforts to make the anti-overdose medication naloxone available to the public with a statewide distribution day next week. Officials…

From staff reports An Erie man accused of rape and other charges waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in Venango County Central Court. Dyquan Bailey, 20,…

From staff reports An Oil City man was arrested Saturday on felony drug charges after Oil City police were sent to an Orange Street residence…

From staff reports An Emlenton man is facing charges for making moonshine in a camper behind his College Street residence in Emlenton. Emlenton police became…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer An old school has claimed the allegiance of hundreds of students and faculty a short distance away in a…

From staff reports Franklin state police said a Franklin man was arrested on a bench warrant after crashing his car and was later found to…

From staff reports Oil City police are looking for a man wanted for an assault during a domestic dispute on Hoffman Avenue. Police were told…

From staff reports Kristina Anderson, one of the most critically injured survivors of the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech University, will speak at 6 p.m….

HARRISBURG (AP) — A report released Wednesday warns that Pennsylvania’s fire and rescue services face a crisis, saying the number of volunteers continues to fall…

By SARAH TITLEY Staff writer Franklin City Manager Tracy Jamieson has outlined details of the four-year contract between the city and the Franklin Fire Department’s…

HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission says preliminary figures indicate hunters killed more than 2,400 bears across the state this year. Officials say the…

HARRISBURG (AP) — Thanksgiving is over but for many around Pennsylvania Monday marks the start of an unofficial holiday: the opening of deer rifle season….

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer The buzz spilling out of Trisha Dixon’s classroom and into the hallways at Cranberry High School is a sure…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer A shed and 20-foot mobile home were a total loss after a fire Monday afternoon in Clinton Township. Clintonville deputy…

From staff reports A winter storm on Thursday that brought sleet, freezing rain and snow into the region also brought down trees and power lines,…

From staff reports Mercer state police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Jeremiah Kloos, 21, of Grove City. Kloos is wanted for a violent…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer Oil City Fire Department personnel played a key role in Tuesday’s rescue of a woman in the Allegheny River. Oil…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer A woman was rescued from the Allegheny River along Colbert Avenue in the Siverly neighborhood of Oil City shortly before…

MEADVILLE (AP) — If it takes seven minutes to fill an 80-gallon tub with just the cold tap open and eight minutes with just the…

By ROSEMARY FIELDING Staff writer Valley Grove School Board members will vote next week on a proposal to assign school resource officers to patrol the…

By LUKA KRNETA Staff writer Fire companies from seven municipalities responded to a storage barn fire in the 1200 block of Mercer Road in Frenchcreek…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL-Contributing writer Cranberry Township property owners got some good news this week. Preliminary figures for the 2019 township budget show no property…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL-Contributing writer A longtime manufacturing company in Pleasantville has been sold to Roser Technologies Inc. (RTI) of Titusville. Vertical Seal Company, a…