In its annual Purchased Gas Cost projection filed this week with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation estimated that their gas supply charges will increase by about $85.56 per year by next August. That would mean a hike of $7.13 per month for those National Fuel calls “typical residential customers.” The…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday (Dec. 31) that significant increases in the water outflow from Kinzua Dam are planned for Thursday through Monday, January 4. Boaters, fishermen and those living along the Allegheny River should be advised that river levels will subsequently rise to even higher levels than we are seeing now. The…
P.A. Parenteau and Peter Holland both scored in a shootout on Wednesday night, giving the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in an NHL game played at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Dion Phaneuf and Jake Gardiner both scored in regulation for Toronto (14-15-7), who moved out of last place in…
The Pitt Panthers finished with a 14-2 run Wednesday night, and won their Atlantic Coast Conference opener 72-61 over Syracuse at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh. Sheldon Jeter scored seven of his eleven points during that stretch as Pitt improved to 11-1. Jamel Artis paced the Panthers with 18 points, and Michael Young added 15.…
The Penn State Nittany Lions opened Big Ten Conference play on Wednesday with a 70-64 loss at fourth-ranked Maryland. Maryland freshman Diamond Stone paced the Terrapins with 39 points, 32 coming in the second half, including 10-for-15 shooting from the floor and a 19-for-25 performance from the foul line. Melo Trimble sank back-to-back three-pointers late in…
First Night Oil City will once again be one of the nation’s many events ringing in the new year on Thursday night. The event, billed as family-oriented and alcohol-free, will start with hat and craft-making at 5:30 PM, and will run through a second fireworks display at midnight. In between, music, comedy, magic, juggling and many…
Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday used his line-item veto powers on about $700 million of budget money he says has not received spending approval. The vetoes were utilized on a $30.3 billion budget approved just before Christmas by the State Senate and House of Representatives. Wolf did authorize the release of emergency funds for public…
A Franklin man has been charged in an investigation in which police claim he scammed the pastor and members of an Oil City church out of money while claiming he needed funds for the treatments of a brain tumor. 36 year-old Matthew Wilson is also charged with forgery for allegedly signing and cashing a $300 check through an…
Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will increase by about six percent for the new year. The new rates will take effect on Sunday, January 3. The toll hikes will be used in part to repay loans for highway projects which were approved by the state legislature in 2007 and again in 2013. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission…
A Seneca man was treated Monday night for injuries sustained early that evening in a two-vehicle crash on Route 322 in Cranberry Township. State Police accident investigators say a vehicle driven by 40 year-old Anthony Andres was struck by a pickup traveling thorough an intersection near the Walmart complex. Andres was treated at UPMC Northwest…
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