A former treasurer for the Chapmanville Volunteer Fire Department will serve seven years probation following her guilty pleas entered Monday in a case in which she was accused of misappropriating about $33,000 in department funds. 42 year-old Kimberly Keener entered guilty pleas in Venango County Court to charges of theft by deception and theft by failure to…
Police in Grove City are investigating the reported theft of $10,000 in cash from a residence in their community sometime earlier this month. It is believed the money was stolen on February 5 or 6 from a home on Broad Street in Grove City. Police say they found no signs of a forced entry. The…
State Police officials say a 70 year-old Tidioute man has been charged in the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl. Investigators say Lawrence McGuigan is accused of assaulting a now-17 year-old girl last November. McGuigan was charged last week with two counts of sexual assault and one count of the corruption of a minor.…
The National Weather Service reported early Monday morning that they have extended their Flood Warning for Clarion and Armstrong Counties due to flooding in Parker. The flooding is attributed to the backflow of water caused by an ice jam. Route 268 is flooded at points between Parker and Foxburg, and the NWS reported the ice…
Pennsylvania gubernatorial hopeful Max Myers has withdrawn his name from the field of candidates for the post’s Democratic Party nomination. Myers, who is a Pentecostal preacher from Mechanicsburg, said he is having a hard time securing both money and petition signatures for the campaign. With Myers’ withdrawal from the race, the list of candidates includes…
Franklin High School’s Dakota Geer ground out a 4-1 double-overtime win over Reynolds wrestler Mike Millero on Saturday to win the 170-pound championship at the District 10 “AA” Wrestling Championships at Sharon High School. Geer will be one of three Franklin wrestlers to compete at Regionals, also at Sharon, this Friday and Saturday. He has…
Second-ranked Penn State, the three-time defending national champions, closed regular season dual-meet wrestling competition Sunday with a 43-3 victory over Clarion at sold-out Rec Hall at Penn State. The Nittany Lions (15-1) will next advance to the Big Ten Championships at Wisconsin, beginning March 8. Clarion (9-15) will compete in the Eastern Wrestling League Tournament…
Following the longest rain delay in race history, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, captured the Daytona 500 for the second time on Sunday night. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kickoff event was delayed after the 38th lap for six hours and twenty-two minutes. Earnhardt becomes the 11th driver to win the race at least two times. He had…
It took five extra holes, but Australian golfer Jason Day outlasted Victor Dubuisson, from France, to win the World Golf Championships’ Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona. Day birdied the 23rd hole to win the tournament, and will move to number-4 in the World Golf Rankings. He earned $1.53 million. Day was 3-up through…
Okaro White scored 22 points, and Ian Miller added 19 on Sunday night as Florida State stopped Pitt 71-66 at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Pitt (20-7; 8-6 in ACC) has lost three games in a row and five of their last seven. Aaron Thomas added 14 points for the Seminoles (16-11; 7-8). Lamar Patterson…
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