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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…

From staff reports All four lanes of Route 8 between Reno and Oil City were reopened by Friday afternoon, according to PennDOT. PennDOT press officer…

By JIM MEYER Staff writer Oil City police arrested an Oil City woman in connection with thefts last month at a residence on High Street….

By JIM MEYER Staff writer Whether local voters were riding the blue wave or standing firm with the GOP, it was clear that President Donald…

The Associated Press Election Day in Pennsylvania is under way amid expectations for relatively high midterm election turnout. Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and…

From staff reports Titusville police said two Titusville men were arrested on drug charges after one lead officers on a foot chase at 9:44 p.m….

From staff reports Matric Limited of Seneca celebrated its recent Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence in a ceremony Friday at the company’s facility. The…

By JIM MEYER – Staff writer The manner of death of a former Franklin woman has been ruled as undetermined by the Erie County coroner….

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…