The annual Oil Heritage Festival resumes in Oil City on Friday morning with a children’s pool party (9:30 AM until 3:30 PM), the Oil Valley Quilters’ Guild’s Fabric Bazaar in the parlor of Trinity Methodist Church (9:00 AM until 6:00 PM) and the start of the Oil Heritage Artisan and Fine Craft Festival (10:00 AM…
No injuries were reported in a fire that broke out Wednesday night in Oakland Township. Four fire companies responded to the blaze around 10:45 PM on Deer Lane. Fire officials did not immediately detail the extent of the blaze, or speculate on the origin. Oakland, Cooperstown, Utica and Rocky Grove Fire Department officials responded.
A charge of the promotion or encouragement of prostitution against a Cranberry Township man was withdrawn this week in Venango County Central Court, but the man will face trial on other counts after he waived his preliminary hearing on the charges on Wednesday. 53 year-old Charles Barnes was arrested early this month based on activity…
A new study shows how many families are making adjustments to cope with the rising costs of a college education. The research by Sallie Mae and Ipsos finds more families are leaning on grant money and scholarships. Borrowing is now the number-three source of funds for college. Sarah Dusich, of Sallie Mae, told Radio PA News…
Francisco Liriano battled Stephen Strasburg into the eighth inning Wednesday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates struck for three ninth-inning runs in the Bucs’ 4-2 victory over the Nationals in Washington, D.C. The win was the fourth in a row for Pittsburgh (60-39), and the loss was the sixth straight, and the 11th in 13 games,…
The annual Oil Heritage Festival kicks off Thursday (July 25) with numerous events throughout the day and the evening. The popular four-day event will conclude on Sunday. Thursday’s activities begin with the OHF Junior Olympics at the Oil City High School track. Registration starts at 8;30 AM, and the event will begin at 9:00 AM.…
Pedro Alvarez hit his 25th home run of the season, Russell Martin recorded three hits, and rookie Gerrit Cole threw seven innings of two-hit baseball for his fifth Major League win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates (59-39) captured their third straight contest, defeating the Nationals 5-1 in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night. Cole (5-3; 3.51 ERA) allowed…
The Chief of Police in Oil City in a statement released Tuesday reminded citizens that the investigation into the shooting death of an Oil City woman by a city police official last week is being conducted, at his request, by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Venango County District Attorney’s office. The transfer of investigative…
Heavy storms late Tuesday afternoon caused flooding in the Edinboro area, led to an unconfirmed report of a funnel cloud near Waterford, and prompted the National Weather Service to issue a tornado warning and a flood watch for Crawford County and a severe thunderstorm watch for the general northwestern Pennsylvania area. Most of Venango County…
Local law enforcement officials say a man wanted in the assault of a woman in a Franklin parking lot early Sunday morning is also a suspect in an attack on a woman in an Oil City lot early Friday. And now, police say they are also looking for the man’s wife. A search began in Franklin…
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