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Police are searching for three teens who escaped from Pathways Adolescent Center in Oil City and are facing charges of aggravated assault, theft, and escape….

Oil City police are searching for four male teenagers, described as African Americans, between the ages of 15 and 17, who escaped from Pathways Adolescent…

A Titusville woman, Buffey McIntyre, 53, is facing charges for fraudulently using another woman’s credit card to make 81 transactions totaling $5,864 between November 2023…

An Oil City man, Marcus Scurry, 35, faces charges after attacking a woman early Sunday. According to a criminal complaint, police responded around 2:15 a.m….

Michael Daniels Jr., a 43-year-old man from Sugarcreek Borough, was captured by U.S. Marshals in Detroit, Michigan, after fleeing the state. Daniels, accused of being…

Shaundel Young, 48, of Franklin, waived preliminary hearings this week in Venango County Central Court for two drug-related cases. Young faces multiple charges, including drug…

Sebastian Baker, a 17-year-old inmate at the Venango County jail, has been held for court on charges including a felony count of aggravated assault and…

Shasta Vantassel, a 40-year-old woman from Tionesta, is facing neglect and endangerment charges after her elderly mother, Ruth Vantassel, was found dead in deplorable conditions…

Julie Anderson and Kevin Zenker are facing multiple drug-related charges after state parole agents and Venango County sheriff’s deputies discovered drugs and paraphernalia in their…

Joshua Marshall, a 33-year-old man from Knox, faces multiple endangerment charges after an incident involving his pregnant girlfriend and her two young daughters. On July…

Aaron Ray McClelland, a former resident of Franklin, has been sentenced to seven years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered…

Cassandra Smith, a 29-year-old Clarion woman, faces multiple drug charges following an incident early Sunday in Richland Township, Venango County. Police found Smith passed out…

An Ohio woman has been identified as the person who jumped to her death Wednesday afternoon from a bridge in the area of Deer Creek…

An Oil City couple, Emma Lou Pepper and Christopher Joseph Mozurak, are facing drug charges after being found with drugs in their vehicle on February…

Clarion County Coroner Dan Shingledecker confirmed to the newspaper that he was called to the area of Deer Creek and Beaver Furnace Road in Beaver…

A fire occurred late Friday night at a residence on 107 East Second Street in Oil City, resulting in no injuries but displacing four adults…

Shaundel David Young, a 48-year-old Franklin resident, was arrested on multiple drug-related charges following a nearly year-long investigation by Sugarcreek Borough police and the state…

Route 27 near Titusville was closed for over 12 hours on Tuesday due to a two-vehicle crash involving a tanker, which resulted in an oil…

A man and woman from Erie, Jamario Martin and Teana Thomas, are facing charges for attempting to deposit fake checks at banks in Cranberry Township…

Mercer state police have identified DaShawn Watkins, a 29-year-old Sharon resident, as a suspect in the homicide of 14-year-old Paul A. Likens Jr., whose dismembered…

Shawn Michael Latchaw, a 29-year-old man from Franklin, has been sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for aggravated indecent assault and an additional…

Nicole Jones, a 41-year-old woman from Oil City, is facing multiple charges, including aggravated assault, for attacking and biting a teenage girl, and kicking a…

Thomas Cain, 82, from Franklin, is facing charges after pointing a cocked, loaded revolver at his neighbors and threatening them during a visit at his…

John Beighle, 34, from Butler, faces multiple charges, including aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and DUI, after crashing his vehicle into a ditch in Irwin Township….

A fire broke out at 5:15 p.m. in the basement of a residence at 312 Sixth St. in Franklin on Wednesday. The Franklin Fire Department…

Brookville police have warned the public about a scam where individuals impersonate law enforcement officers using spoofing applications to mimic local police department phone numbers…

Eric Lawson, 33, from Franklin, was arraigned on charges related to a police chase and subsequent drug possession. On June 18, Franklin police arrested Lawson,…

A crash in Monroe Township on Saturday morning resulted in the death of Norman T. Mitchell, 32, of New Bethlehem, and serious injuries to his…

A Franklin woman, Emily Vanzandt, 43, faces charges including ethnic intimidation for refusing to leave a man’s property and threatening him with a racial slur….

Sugarcreek police have alerted residents about a new scam involving fraudulent rental car websites. Scammers are creating fake internet links with 1-800 and 1-888 numbers,…

Franklin state police reported a fatal crash involving Wayne A. O’Hara, 81, from Cranberry Township, at the intersection of Route 322 and Van Road. On…

Two men, Julian James from the Bronx and Oluwakayode Ajayi from Moon Township, were charged with attempting to fraudulently withdraw money from a bank in…

A New Bethlehem man died in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Route 66 and Old Route 899 in Jenks Township on Sunday afternoon,…

One person died as a result of a crash on Monday at the intersection of Route 322 and Van Road in Cranberry Township, according to…

Franklin state police say they are searching for 37-year-old Kathryn Sloan, an Oil City-area resident who has not been seen since late December. Police said…

Two individuals, Michael Daniels Jr. from Detroit and Shirley Mosier from Franklin, have been charged for their involvement in a drug trafficking ring transporting illegal…

An Oil City man was arrested and arraigned Monday after large quantities of methamphetamine and crack cocaine were found in his Washington Avenue home during…