Police / Fire

A Rimersburg woman died Thursday evening in a structure fire in Toby Township. Clarion County Coroner Dan Shingledecker identified the woman as Mary Chandler, 78….

Mark Redfield, a 62-year-old Oil City man, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for the May 2023 killing of April Michelle Dunkle, 40, during a dispute…

Officials are still investigating skeletal remains that were found last month in Cornplanter Township. The remains are continuing to be analyzed by Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat…

Todd Shoffstall, 52, is facing multiple charges after leading police on a car chase early Wednesday morning in Franklin, Pennsylvania. The incident began when state…

State police in Meadville said they are searching for a missing man who was last seen on Tuesday morning at Sheetz on Liberty Street in…

Stephanie King, a 25-year-old Oil City woman, is facing new charges for missing a court appearance in June related to four prior cases. After waiving…

Franklin police responded to a report of a suspicious package near Fountain Park on Saturday morning, prompting precautions despite it later being deemed non-threatening. A…

Two Titusville residents, Adam J. Crispin, 34, and Kiley L. Johnson, 26, died in a motorcycle crash on Route 6 in Le Boeuf Township, Erie…

A federal grand jury in Johnstown has issued a superseding indictment against John “Herm” Suplizio, 64, and Roberta Shaffer, 59, both from DuBois, Clearfield County,…

A 24-year-old Franklin man, Brandon Johnson, is facing several charges after allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend while driving on Interstate 79 in Mercer County. According…

Sugarcreek Borough police have warned residents about a new scam called “brushing.” In this scam, people receive unsolicited packages with items they didn’t order, accompanied…

This STAT MedEvac helicopter landed Friday morning in the parking lot of the Oil City municipal swimming pool in Hasson Heights to airlift a man…

An Oil City man, Charles “CJ” Gilbert, 18, was charged with burglary, trespassing, and theft after entering a home in Sugarcreek Borough and stealing personal…

An Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation has led to charges against 26 individuals involved in a regional drug trafficking network spanning Erie and…

Joshua Andrew Jack, 34, from Franklin, is facing aggravated assault charges following an incident on Friday at Two Mile Run County Park, where he allegedly…

Benjamin Bodimer Jr., 42, from Emlenton, is facing charges after an incident on Saturday night in Rockmere where he allegedly disturbed the Cranberry Township community…

A Franklin woman, Kimberly Ace, has been charged with stealing over $117,000 from an elderly woman for whom she served as power of attorney. The…

Logan Miller, a 26-year-old from Seneca, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault, and DUI, in connection with the death of…

A fire broke out in the attic of a home on Elk Street in Franklin on Saturday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. Firefighters quickly…

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries while battling a fire at a Victorian home on Reed Street in Oil City on Saturday afternoon. The fire, which…

A Seneca couple, Alexandra Benel and Robert Rumburd, were arrested Thursday night after being caught driving a stolen motor home. State police stopped them on…

Two women, Virginia Knox of Titusville and Seippel of Franklin, have been charged after state police observed a drug transaction involving seven ounces of cocaine….

A Titusville man, Kenneth Amon, 60, was held for court in Venango County after being accused of assaulting a state police trooper. The incident occurred…

Skeletal remains were discovered Monday evening in a wooded area of Colonial Village in Hasson Heights, Venango County. Most of the skeleton was intact, and…

A 61-year-old Pittsburgh man, John Vorous, is facing multiple charges after a high-speed chase with police in Emlenton. Vorous initially stopped for a state trooper…

Anthony Martinez Young, 31, of Pleasantville, has been held for court on charges including attempted homicide and aggravated assault in connection with a May 1…

An Oil City woman, Rachael Renee Knight, 36, is facing multiple charges, including eight counts of aggravated assault, after causing a disturbance in Cranberry Township….

Quinton Pinkins, a 39-year-old resident of Farrell, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking operation in Mercer…

An Oil City man, Robert Beggs, 67, is facing charges after allegedly assaulting three nurses at the UPMC Northwest emergency room. The incident occurred around…

A man from Oil City, Thomas Butryn, 54, is facing charges after allegedly attacking two firefighters who were responding to a call about his seizures…

Four men, three from Philadelphia and one from Butler, were arrested after a traffic stop on I-80 in Scrubgrass Township led to the discovery of…

A fatal two-vehicle crash occurred on Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Route 322 and Sugarcreek Drive in Sugarcreek, involving a 75-year-old Cooperstown man and…

A 20-year-old inmate, Zachary Sutley, was found dead Sunday morning in a cell at the Venango County jail. The county coroner, Christina Rugh, has not…

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…