Oil City’s Ben Koyack recorded his first five NFL receptions on Thursday night in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 36-22 loss to the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. Koyack’s catches, all on one scoring drive, helped set up a touchdown throw from Blake Bortles to Bryan Walters. The Jags’ tight end finished with 41 receiving yards. Bortles completed…
Jerod Evans threw for a career-high 406 yards and two touchdowns on Thursday night as visiting Virginia Tech defeated Pitt 39-36 in an ACC showdown at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Isaiah Ford caught ten passes for 143 yards and a score, while teammates Bucky Hodges (145 yds.) and Cam Phillips (109 yds.) both topped 100…
The Pittsburgh Penguins scored three times in the third period on Thursday night to forge a 4-2 home victory over the New York Islanders. Sidney Crosby, playing in just his second game of the season, recorded the game-winning goal, breaking a 2-2 tie with 2:25 remaining in the game. Patric Hornqvist, Evgeni Malkin and Phil…
A Rimersburg woman was injured Wednesday night in a rollover accident on Route 322 in Rockland Township. State Police accident investigators say 27 year-old Shelly Short was traveling west when her car traveled off the left side of the road just north of the intersection with Route 38. The vehicle went over a bank and…
Most communities in this part of the Oil Region have opted to schedule their trick-or-treating hours for the traditional hours of October 31, but a couple of townships have opted to go with a Saturday Halloween. Listed here are the trick-or-treat hours for most local communities. Saturday, October 29 Plum Township 4:00 PM –…
Oil City’s Center Street Bridge reopened to traffic on Thursday after seven months of extensive rehabilitation work. A community ceremony held at noon to commemorate the reopening of the span was moved inside nearby Trinity United Methodist Church because of Thursday’s inclement weather. The bridge closed for the work in late March, and the project forced many…
The Chicago Cubs used strong pitching and timely hitting to defeat the Indians 5-1 in Cleveland on Wednesday night, tying the World Series at one game apiece. Game three of the best-of-seven championship will be played Friday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Chicago starter Jake Arrieta threw five innings of no-hit baseball before leaving…
State lawmakers did not pass pension reform legislation despite efforts from supporters in the final hours of the current legislative session on Wednesday. In an attempt to overhaul Pennsylvania’s indebted state pension system, lawmakers in the Republican majority had put forward a plan that would change public sector benefits for newly-hired public school employees and for…
A bill that would have extended the statute of limitations in cases of child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania died in the state legislature when the current legislative session ended on Wednesday. The bill did not become law because of a disagreement over the constitutionality of a provision that would have given past victims of abuse…
Local governments in Pennsylvania will not be prohibited from imposing a tax or surcharge on plastic grocery bags following the defeat of legislation in the state House this week. Plastic bags may be a convenience, but they are also a cause for concern when they end up in landfills or waterways instead of being recycled. …
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