PennDOT announced shortly before 10:00 AM Thursday that Route 322 near the bottom of Victory Heights Hill in Cranberry Township was closed due to a disabled oversized tractor-trailer. The incident happened at the Route 322 intersection with Deep Hollow Road. Details about the incident have not yet been released, and at one time the highway was…
Despite the amount of rain that fell in the Oil Region late Wednesday night, some residents may be expressing surprise that the storms were not as severe as many weather experts had been predicting. All that aside, the National Weather Service still advises that more rain is expected on Thursday, especially during the morning hours, and…
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday passed and sent on to the state Senate a $28.3 million budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The vote on the Republican-led spending plan fell along party lines — 108-to-92. Many Democrats said more money is needed for public education, but backers said the budget provides the most…
A Venango County Court jury on Wednesday convicted a Seneca man on five counts, including the rape of a child, for two reported sexual assaults on an 11 year-old girl. After only an hour-and-a-half of deliberations, the jury found 53 year-old Stuart Proper guilty of the charges against him in connection with allegations stemming from…
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday that e-mails sent out earlier in the day, purporting to be from the A.G., are not from whom it may appear. Officials say someone else is apparently using the name “OAG” to distribute spam e-mails. The Attorney General’s spokesperson advised against viewing the e-mail, or clicking on to any…
An Oil City woman was sentenced in Venango County Court to nine months to two years in jail in a case prompted by the discovery of injuries sustained by a one year-old child nearly two years ago. 33 year-old Christine Silvis was also sentenced to three years probation following her guilty plea to a charge of…
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Wednesday that they have given head coach Dan Bylsma a two-year contract extension. The announcement was made by team general manager Ray Shero just five days after the Penguins had been eliminated from the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Boston Bruins in a four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference finals.…
Officials connected with the annual Thurston Hot Air Balloon Classic in Meadville say their event will now officially be started with the annual Night Glow on Thursday night. The Thurston Classic was to have started Wednesday evening with the launch of a hydrogen gas balloon, one of the units which does not require a flame and…
Governor Tom Corbett expressed a bit of frustration with Pennsylvania’s budget approval process, but he told Radio PA News this week that he does expect another on-time state spending plan. Corbett has signed two-consecutive on-time budgets. The end-of-the-fiscal-year deadline is June 30. In addition to a new budget, he says he wants pension reform, a…
The San Antonio Spurs set a record for any game in the NBA championship series by hitting sixteen 3-point shots on Tuesday night in their 113-77 romp over the defending champion Miami Heat. Danny Green sank seven of the treys, and finished with 27 points, and Gary Neal connected six times and scored 24 points,…
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