Police / Fire

Franklin firefighters said no one was injured when a large tree came down on the 15th Street Hill, near Buffalo Street, soon after 3 p.m….

The Philadelphia Courts issued a statewide fraud alert Sunday warning residents about a scam text message claiming to be from the Traffic Division of Philadelphia…

A Franklin woman was fatally injured Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash on Route 62 in Mercer County. Kimberly Lawson, 60, of Franklin was driving…

Two Erie County men, Aaron Hertel of North East and Michael Brown of Erie, were each sentenced to six years in federal prison, followed by…

Sugarcreek Borough Police have identified Joshua Munoz, 38, as the second driver injured in a Wednesday morning crash on Allegheny Boulevard that claimed the life…

An Oil City man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Allegheny Boulevard in Sugarcreek shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to Sugarcreek police. Venango…

A Franklin man, Chester J. Sibble, 41, has been charged with multiple felony offenses after police say he exposed himself to and inappropriately touched an…

A Franklin woman, Brianne Frazer, 30, is facing multiple charges after police say she abandoned her three-month-old child last September and later fled from authorities….

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is warning residents about scam messages posing as municipal courts, often the Philadelphia Municipal Court, demanding immediate payment for tickets…

A 49-year-old Polk man, Joseph Buckley, is facing multiple charges after allegedly trying to hit his son with a vehicle while the boy waited for…

A Rimersburg woman, Rhonda Steele, was sentenced in Clarion County court to 60 months of probation, including 12 months of house arrest and 50 hours…

A Rimersburg man, Michael Leroy Shaffer, was sentenced in Clarion County court to six months of probation, including four months of house arrest and 75…

A video of an Oil City man allegedly abusing a dog has lead to charges for cruelty to animals following police investigation. According to a…

Two men, cousins Corey Scott of Monroe County and Arden Scott of New York, are facing felony charges for trafficking cocaine across Pennsylvania into Erie…

A Cranberry Township woman is facing multiple charges after a home on Tippery Road burned down Saturday, with state police alleging the fire was intentionally…

A vacant residence at 69 Grove Ave. that had been used by the Oil City Fire Department for training caught fire Saturday morning, prompting a…

A Franklin man, 66-year-old Larry Boocks II, has been charged with 50 felony counts of child sexual abuse material after investigators say two electronic devices…

A jury has convicted an Oil City woman on charges of cruelty to animals following a trial in Erie County. The charges were first filed…

The river search that began Wednesday night following a report that an individual had fallen from Oil City’s Wye Bridge into Allegheny River has been…

Officials are asking Oil City residents to avoid the Allegheny River area between the Wye Bridge and the sewage treatment plant as multiple agencies continue…

A Franklin man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly terrorizing four people at a residence in Sugarcreek Borough over several months. According…

State Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that an inmate at SCI Forest has been charged after allegedly soliciting another inmate to arrange a home-invasion robbery…

A winter storm that moved through the region Friday, bringing snow, strong winds and plunging temperatures, led to dozens of traffic incidents in Venango County…

The preliminary hearing for 34-year-old Chase Steigerwald, the Clarion man who faces a homicide charge in connection to the Nov. 5 death of 45-year-old Rachel…

Jugraj Singh, 32, of Indianapolis, has been criminally charged in Clarion County in connection with a July 7 Interstate 80 crash in Richland Township that…

James Speth, a former Sugarcreek Borough Council member and current assistant borough manager, has been charged with misdemeanor DUI following a Nov. 26 traffic stop…

A Michigan man, Noah De La Vergne, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, and drug offenses following the 2024 death of his 2-month-old…

A Utica man, Collin Stone, 28, was charged after game wardens learned he had been hunting deer and other wildlife despite his hunting privileges being…

On Nov. 25 at 3:19 p.m., Franklin state police was dispatched to 474 Upper Sage Run Road in Cranberry Township for a motor vehicle crash….

A 68-year-old Grove City woman has died as a result of injuries she suffered after being struck by a vehicle on Wednesday afternoon, according to…

State transportation and safety officials are urging motorists to buckle up, stay sober, and avoid distractions as Operation Safe Holiday continues. The campaign, which includes…

There were no injuries in a semi-tractor trailer rollover on Rocky Grove Avenue that took place at about 2:03 p.m. Wednesday, according to Venango County…

Jonathan Alexander Masters, a 28-year-old Oil City man, was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison on child pornography charges after pleading guilty to…

Three former Primary Health Network executives — ex-CEOs Drew Pierce and Jack Laeng, and former facilities manager Mark Marriott — pleaded guilty in federal court…

A 35-year-old Franklin man, Benjamin Donaldson, has been charged with multiple felonies including rape and sexual assault after a girl under 16 reported being assaulted…

Clarion State Police and Clarion Borough Police are investigating a serious incident that occurred around the 300 block of Main Street in Clarion. Police and…

A Pittsburgh man died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Forest County. The crash occurred at 7:09 a.m. when a vehicle, driven by Joseph…

An Oil City couple, Jose Libreros, 27, and Kimberly Andino-Vazquez, 42, have been charged with kidnapping a young girl and holding her at their Jefferson…

Two Meadville-area vape and tobacco shops were raided Thursday after public complaints led to the discovery of illegal drugs being sold, according to the Meadville…

One person was flown from the scene by medical helicopter Monday morning after a two-vehicle crash with severe injuries shut down State Route 257 in…

An investigation is ongoing into Monday’s fire at Main Street Market in Polk, which thankfully resulted in no injuries. Polk Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom…