The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE) has responded to the threat of a strike by the union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania’s fourteen state-owned universities. Following a rally by about 300 people, including union members, outside the State System’s Board of Governors meeting on Thursday morning, the PSSHE warned that a strike would only hurt…
Police were searching Thursday for a man who robbed a Grove City bank in broad daylight. Grove City police say the robber entered a bank on South Broad Street shortly before 11:00 AM Thursday and fled with an undisclosed amount of money. Police say no weapon was detected in the incident. Investigators were looking for…
The Valley Grove School Board on Thursday hired a new superintendent of schools. Kevin Briggs will begin his job on November 29, following the school district’s Thanksgiving vacation. He replaces Jeff Clark who announced his retirement after fifteen years on the job back in May. Briggs has most recently served as a principal in the…
A Franklin High School graduate was one of two people honored this week as winners of the Pennsylvania Municipal League’s Senior Essay Scholarships. Nicole Way was honored along with Elizabeth Neslund, from Carlisle, on Thursday morning at the PML’s Annual Summit held in Lancaster. Nicole earned the second-place scholarship of $1,000 in a contest in which the…
The city of Franklin’s 34th annual Applefest weekend begins Friday, October 7. The event’s organizer, the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce, works for more than half the year on the city’s biggest attraction and tourist draw. The Chamber’s executive director, Jodi Lewis, told 96.3 KQW that average Applefest attendances are estimated at between 75,000 and…
The union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania’s fourteen universities rallied outside the State System of Higher Education in Harrisburg on Thursday morning. Radio PA News now estimates that close to three hundred faculty members, students and other labor supporters marched outside of the State System’s Board of Governors’ meeting, calling for a fair contract. Educators…
The former warden of the Crawford County Jail was sentenced Wednesday to eight-to-23 months in the county jail in the case of the disappearance of more than $123,000 from a social club in the Cochranton area. 53 year-old Timothy Lewis, from Meadville, entered a guilty plea in August to a single count of theft by…
The five newest members of the Franklin High School Hall-of-Fame will be inducted in an event scheduled for this Thursday, October 6 at the Quality Inn and Conference Center in Franklin. The event, which has become associated with the start of the city’s Applefest weekend, will begin at 6:00 PM. Two of the inductees will…
The man who died on Tuesday afternoon when his motorcycle struck a piece of heavy equipment has been identified as a Cranberry Township man, 55 year-old William Moon, Jr. State Police officials tell 96.3 KQW that Moon was operating his motorcycle on Bredinsburg Road in Cranberry Township shortly before 3:00 PM Tuesday when he slammed…
A one month-old girl who was involved in a two-vehicle crash in which her mother died has also passed away. Little Dixie Snyder, from Tionesta, survived for just six days following the crash which occurred on Route 36 in Eldred Township in Jefferson County, and she died in a Pittsburgh hospital. Police had reported that a…
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