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By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Valley Grove School Board members heard from parent Jill Harry at their meeting this week, and she encouraged the school…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer A local business is stepping in to help fill a void and starting to sell fabric by the yard. Cris-Cross…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer The sale of the Cranberry Mall hasn’t been finalized, but it is still in progress, according to the broker handling…

From staff reports Two Franklin men are facing charges of retail theft after one of them created a diversion while the other stole items from…

From staff reports A 13-year-old juvenile was stabbed by a 15-year-old juvenile during an altercation in Polk Borough Wednesday evening, Polk police chief Ed Sharp…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City man is facing charges for entering a house on Colbert Avenue and then trying to break in…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer The Franklin Elks Club is partnering with the local chapter of the Set Free Movement to host a presentation about…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Two murder cases are continuing to wind their way through the Venango County court system. Brandon Wells, 46, of Oil…

By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Cranberry Township supervisors reviewed results of a public hearing held Feb. 23 regarding a proposed zoning change. At the hearing,…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Coraopolis man is facing charges for having a variety of drugs in his possession in the parking lot of…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A search is underway for a new warden at the Venango County jail, but in the meantime, former warden Major…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A magistrate judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently granted the state’s motion to decertify the class action aspect…

Nate Simmons and Jared Fremer of Jewell Electric work on putting in an electrical outlet outside the new LIFE Northwestern PA facility at 800 Grandview…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A man from Reno and a Warren woman are facing charges after being accused of stealing almost $10,000 of items…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Three women and a man were charged this week with stealing scrap metal from several properties in the southern part…

By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer Cranberry School Board members on Monday considered approval of a resolution to increase the district’s non-electoral debt through the issuance…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin woman who had been facing charges for abusing her infant son has taken a plea deal in the…

By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer The sale for the Cranberry Mall property still hasn’t closed. Mall manager Jeff Clark told the Cranberry Township Economic Development…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing charges for endangering his nine-month-old son when he and the child’s mother got into a…

From staff reports An Oil City teenager who went missing Sunday evening has been found safe. Oil City police chief Dave Ragon confirmed Friday that…

From staff reports The City of Oil City will begin conducting demographic surveys today for a street reconstruction project on a part of Hasson Avenue…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer An Oil City man is facing aggravated assault, burglary and other charges for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s parents’ house and…

From staff reports Oil City police and Franklin state police are investigating the disappearance of an Oil City teenager. Sophia Steinman, 17, has been missing…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer Two Oil City women are facing drug and child endangerment charges after they were found passed out in a vehicle…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer COVID-19 has resulted in an unusual job market as it seems that windows in every business reveal a “now hiring”…

From staff reports An Oil City man is facing 244 child pornography charges as well as other charges stemming from his involvement with an underage…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Five inmates at the Venango County jail and an Oil City man are facing charges in a case in which…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Rocky Grove man is facing charges for frequently striking three children who lived in his house and smoking marijuana…

From staff reports A Utica man is facing charges for stealing copper wire and brass from a Central Electric substation in Mineral Township. Franklin state…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A number of candidates are starting to make their intentions known for some key local races in the 2023 election…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer Franklin City Council members approved several streets for paving funded by liquid fuels money at the panel’s monthly meeting this…

From staff reports A Franklin man pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Cochranton man is facing a number of charges in connection with two recent incidents. Sugarcreek Borough police said in…

From staff reports Luke Pentz of Emlenton, a drummer, was the first-place winner in the Celebration of Talent competition Saturday at the Barrow-Civic Theatre in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Oil City Redevelopment Authority members had many railroad-related questions for Carl Belke, retired president of the Western New York &…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer An Oil City woman is facing child endangerment charges for leaving her young children unsupervised while she was passed out…

By HELEN FIELDING Staff writer An Erie County man is facing drug and assault charges in connection with an incident early Tuesday morning in Pleasantville….

From staff reports An Oil City couple have been charged with endangering the welfare of three children in their care. Oil City police said in…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer The second motion for a preliminary injunction brought by plaintiffs in their lawsuit against the state to stave off the…

From staff reports A Seneca man is facing kidnapping and other charges for threatening his former girlfriend with a BB gun. Oil City police said…

By MAKAYLA KEATING Staff writer Valley Grove School Board members awarded contracts Monday for upcoming construction projects at Rocky Grove High School. Board members heard…

By RANDY BARTLEY Staff writer The current ambulance service crisis in the region was the focus of discussion during a forum Wednesday at Grove City…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Three men and a woman are facing drug related charges after state police were called Monday morning to Sheetz on…

From staff reports After a two-year hiatus as a result of the pandemic, Venango County Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the Oil City Arts Council…

From staff reports A Meadville man was killed and two Titusville residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday morning at the intersection of Route…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer Oil City Council awarded a nearly $5 million contract Thursday for the upcoming major project on East Second Street. S.E.T….

From staff reports The Wolf Administration on Thursday announced nearly $1.5 million for nine conservation projects in northwest Pennsylvania through the Department of Environmental Protection’s…

From staff reports President Biden has signed legislation that will reauthorize northwest Pennsylvania’s Oil Region National Heritage Area for the next 15 years along with…

By KARA O’NEIL Staff writer A Franklin man is facing numerous charges, including homicide by vehicle, in connection with a crash last year in Mercer…

From staff reports No one was injured in a fire at a home at 110 Hone Avenue in Oil City that broke out a little…