Injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash outside of Emlenton late Sunday afternoon are believed to be minor. State Police officials identified the bike operator as 56 year-old Kevin Jordan, from Emlenton. Accident investigators say Jordan lost control of his motorcycle just before 5:30 PM Sunday on Airport Road, near the intersection with Whitehall Road in…
Yough won a 1-0 “if necessary” game over Back Mountain on Monday to capture the Pennsylvania Junior League Baseball State Tournament hosted by Cranberry Area Little League. In taking the title and advancing to the Junior League East Regional In Freehold Township, New Jersey, Yough (6-1) won six consecutive games after having fallen 16-5 to…
The Powerball Lottery jackpot will be reset at $40 million for Wednesday night’s drawing after someone in New England purchased a ticket that contains all of the numbers drawn in Saturday night’s game. The jackpot had been estimated to reach $487 million. Game officials say the lone winning ticket was sold at a supermarket in…
The new start date for a project to replace waterlines underneath Plummer Street in Oil City is now tabbed as Monday, August 8. Ruptured lines last fall caused an upheaval in the street leading up a North Side Hill to Grandview Road. Oil City Street Department crews have three times since then made temporary fixes…
A Rocky Grove man whose leg had become trapped underneath a rotor of his car was freed early Friday afternoon with the aid of his mailman. The 34 year-old victim, whose identity was not released, had been trying to replace the brakes of the vehicle when the a car jack let go and the man was…
National Fuel Gas has submitted to the state’s Public Utility Commission a plan that would raise the gas supply charges it passes on to their customers by 41 percent, which would become effective August 1. The company says “the main driver of the increase is projected higher natural gas supply charges,” which have been abnormally…
Junior Guerra (7-2) threw a near-complete game on Friday night in Milwaukee as the Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1. Guerra worked eight-and-two-thirds innings, allowed only four hits and gave up only one run – on a ninth-inning ground ball by Andrew McCutchen. He struck out three batters and walked only one. Guerra faced the…
The Franklin Junior League All-Stars managed just four hits in a second-round game at the Pennsylvania Junior League Baseball State Tournament in Cranberry on Friday, but squeezed them all into a four-run fourth inning in a 4-3 victory over Kennett Square KAU. The victory puts Franklin, the District 25 and Section 1 champions, into the…
The Franklin man who police say shot himself following a police chase through Sugarcreek Borough on Monday has died. State Police officials said Thursday that 18 year-old Marcus Luce died late Wednesday night in a Pittsburgh hospital. In the incident late Monday afternoon, police had stated that Luce raced away from an attempted traffic stop…
The state House Policy Committees announced Thursday that the first of eight hearings statewide meant to tackle Pennsylvania’s growing opioid drug problem will be held Monday (Aug. 1) at the Courtyard Conference Room at UPMC Northwest in Cranberry. Earlier this month, it was announced that Venango County would be the site of the first hearing…
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