The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Texas Rangers 5-2 in Arlington, Texas on Monday night, winning a game #163 tiebreaker to claim the American League’s second wild card playoff slot. The Rays will meet the Indians in the one-game AL wild card playoff on Wednesday night in Cleveland. 2012 Cy Young Award winner David Price (10-8)…
Drew Brees threw for 413 yards and four touchdowns on Monday night, and led the New Orleans Saints (4-0) to a 38-17 Monday Night Football victory over the previously unbeaten Miami Dolphins (3-1). Brees threw TD passes of 43 and 27 yards to Jimmy Graham, and added scoring tosses to Darren Sproles and Benjamin Watson. Sproles, who…
Police officials say two Oil City-area men who were arrested early Monday morning in the parking lot of a Polk-area church are their suspects in as many as six church burglaries in Pleasantville and in Crawford County. State Police officials responding to a burglar alarm at a church on Raymilton Road in Mineral Township at about…
An Oil City man has been sentenced to nine months to two years in the Venango County Jail for physically harming a 13 month-old boy last June. 22 year-old Dustin Irwin must also serve three years probation and pay restitution. Irwin entered guilty pleas in August to charges of simple assault and endangering the welfare…
The Venango Area Chamber of Commerce lists November 15 as the deadline for the receipt of nominations for their Outstanding Citizen Award. Nominations are available at the chamber’s website, venangochamber, org. The annual award goes to a Venango County resident who demonstrates a “well-rounded and deep-rooted commitment to family and community.” Nominees should be local volunteers…
Pennsylvania’s Match 6 Lotto game made news Monday by seeing its jackpot reach a record high of seven million dollars. Pennsylvania Lottery officials now say the jackpot for Monday night’s Match 6 game cannot be claimed, and the jackpot for Thursday night’s drawing will be worth at least $7.3 million. No one has been able to claim…
NFL Results – Week 4 Thursday San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11 Sunday Minnesota 34, Pittsburgh 27 Cleveland 17, Cincinnati 6 Buffalo 23, Baltimore 20 Denver 52, Philadelphia 20 Seattle 23, Houston 20 (OT) Arizona 13, Tampa Bay 10 San Diego 30, Dallas 21 Detroit 40, Chicago 32 Tennessee 38, NY Jets 13…
State Senator Scott Hutchinson’s first-of-its-kind “telephone town meeting” is scheduled for this Tuesday, October 1 at 6:45 PM. The Senator’s office calls it an opportunity for the constituents of the 21st District to participate in a discussion about state government and current issues without leaving their homes. Although it won’t be feasible to allow everyone…
Prompting quarterback Ben Roethisberger to proclaim, “Right now, you could say we’re the worst team in the league!”, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost a 34-27 decision to the previously winless Minnesota Vikings (1-3) on Sunday in front of 84,000 international fans at Wembley Stadium in London, England. With the loss, the Steelers fell to 0-4 for…
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end L.C. Greenwood died Sunday at a Pittsburgh hospital. Greenwood was 67. The earliest reports did not indicate a cause of death. Greenwood was a member of the famed “Steel Curtain” defense, and played on the first four Steeler Super Bowl championship teams. A 10th-round draft pick from Arkansas A&M in…
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