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By JIM MEYER Staff Writer Forest County Coroner Norm Wimer recently unearthed a local connection to Saturday’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in…

From staff reports Several schools in Pennsylvania’s 21st Senatorial District have been awarded state grants to help improve student safety through a new program. The…

From staff reports Oil City police said they investigated an incident on Friday night in which an 18-year-old Oil City man informed officers that he…

From staff reports Mercer state police said they arrested two people on Friday afternoon in connection with a kidnapping of a 3-year-old child in New…

From staff reports A Polk Center employee is facing charges in connection with an incident involving a resident at the facility. A criminal complaint filed…

From staff reports Oil City police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Jeremy Troup, 35, of Franklin. Police said a warrant had been issued…

From staff reports A preliminary hearing scheduled Wednesday for a Franklin man accused of sending threatening letters to Venango County public officials and others has…

By SARAH TITLEY Staff writer The topic of student safety was once again brought to the floor at Monday’s Franklin School Board meeting. “I’m here…

From staff reports A Franklin man is facing several charges, including retaliation against a prosecutor or judicial official. Online court dockets say Nicholas Joel Borgia,…

SLIPPERY ROCK (AP) — State police say a trooper shot and wounded a woman authorities allege pointed a gun firearm at troopers at her western…

From staff reports The completion of a project to rebuild more than 500 feet of the Route 62/Route 8 (Allegheny Boulevard) retaining wall in Sugarcreek…

From staff reports A Franklin man has been convicted of homicide by vehicle and DUI in Venango County Court. Raymond Herold, 34, was found guilty…

The Northwest Commission, an eight-county economic development agency based in Oil City, has announced plans for a regional economic impact study focusing on the potential…

From staff reports Jacy Good and husband Steve Johnson will present “Hang Up and Drive” at 10 a.m. Saturday in Suites on Main North Theater…

HARRISBURG (AP) — Tougher penalties for repeated DUI offenders will soon become state law following passage by the Pennsylvania Legislature. The bill that received final votes in…

NEW CASTLE (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old in the fatal shooting of a man, a woman and her 10-year-old daughter in western Pennsylvania….

NEW CASTLE (AP) — The deaths of a man, a woman and a 10-year-old girl found in a New Castle home as a triple homicide,…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer Bidding for the first phase of the Cornplanter Square project in Oil City is scheduled to open at 10 a.m….

From staff reports Four people were transported from an Oil City residence to UPMC Northwest on Monday morning with possible carbon monoxide poisoning, according to…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer Venango County has received a $345,502 state grant that ensures a county-wide recycling center will be developed and…

From staff reports Franklin state police conducted a large search on Bradleytown Road in Plum Township on Tuesday in a continuing effort to locate a…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Contributing writer A recent excavation project at a home uncovered a major Oil City waterline issue that prompted City Council at…

From staff reports A Lackawanna County man accused of sending sexually explicit content to a 14-year-old Cranberry girl waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in Venango…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer The Venango County commissioners on Tuesday approved an agreement of sale for the Dotter Road Bridge in Rockland Township. The…

From staff reports The Franklin YMCA’s “Generation Y” Capital Campaign is looking to raise $600,000 for needed repairs in 2019. With construction slated to start…

By SARAH TITLEY Staff writer “For me, the whole ALICE concept is a state of mind,” Valley Grove School District Superintendent Kevin Briggs told parents…

From staff reports A Cooperstown man is facing charges for allegedly selling methamphetamine to a confidential informant in May 2017. A criminal complaint filed through…

A nonprofit organization focused on saving a portion of the former Camp Singing Hills Girl Scout facility is launching a $560,000 fundraiser campaign. Singing Hills…

From staff reports Oil City police are conducting an ongoing investigation into the attempted luring of children into a vehicle. Police said they received a…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer The day after a video was captured of Child Development Centers bus No. 111 traveling in the center turn lane…

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a stop in Erie on Oct. 10, according to the Erie Times-News’ website, GoErie.com. The president is scheduled…

Clintonville volunteer firefighters and Franklin state police work at the scene of a two-vehicle crash at about 9:20 p.m. Monday on Route 8 in Barkeyville….

From staff reports The non-profit Oil Region Alliance is the new owner of the historic William H. Scheide House at 221 N. Washington St. in…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer A Clintonville firefighter assisted in apprehending a driver who fled the scene of a two-vehicle crash after he drove east…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer An ordinance that permits the establishment and operation of a county-wide recycling center was approved Thursday by the…

From staff reports A Catholic priest from Oil City accused of sexually abusing at least two boys during his four decades in the Erie Diocese…

From staff reports An Oil City woman accused of assaulting her estranged husband earlier this month was held for court Wednesday. Jacquelyn Whitling, 37, appeared…

By MARISSA DECHANT Staff writer Franklin School District superintendent Pamela Dye said Monday no immediate measures have been taken toward hiring a school resource officer…

From staff reports A Lawrence County woman is facing charges after she was allegedly found to be driving under the influence with her 3-year-old daughter…

From staff reports A Cooperstown man wanted for the alleged aggravated assault of his fiancee was arrested Friday. A criminal complaint filed through district judge…

By SARAH TITLEY Staff writer The departure of Sugarcreek police Chief Matt Carlson on Aug. 31 drew heat over the uncertainty of the future of…

MASONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — At least five people have been injured in a Wednesday afternoon shooting outside of a judge’s office in Pennsylvania, a Fayette…

From staff reports Franklin state police said a woman was life-flighted after a crash at about 4 p.m. Thursday near Barber’s Orchard on Route 417….

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing charges after he allegedly tried to lure five children ages 10-14 into a vehicle between Aug….

From staff reports A Titusville woman died after a crash on Old Route 77 in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, at 3 a.m. Sunday. Warren…

By JUDITH O. ETZEL – Contributing writer Observing that “50 years is long enough,” Sharon Duarte, an institution within an institution, has retired from the…

By JIM MEYER – Staff writer Several residents who live along Dog Hollow Road in Irwin Township say they’ve been fighting a losing battle for…

From staff reports The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has announced the return of more than $2.4 million in licensing fees to 1,411 municipalities where licensees…

From staff reports An Oil City man accused strangling and punching a woman during a domestic dispute last week waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in…

From staff reports The Oil City Police Department is reminding city residents that if they have a “dead storage vehicle,” a label given to vehicles…