Lottery officials estimate that the annuity jackpot in the MegaMillions Lottery will reach $200 million by the next drawing scheduled for Friday night. The MegaMillions kitty last passed the $200 million mark in June. The one-time cash jackpot for Friday is being estimated at $120 million. No one who purchased a ticket in Pennsylvania for Tuesday’s…
An Oil City man has been sentenced to 17-and-a-half to 35 years in prison on charges related to the possession and distribution of child pornography. The sentences on a dozen counts came in an investigation begun in 2013 into the downloading by wireless Internet of images of sexual activity involving children who prosecutors believe were…
Starling Marte, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has won the Gold Glove award for National League left fielders. Marte made only one error in 1,186 innings in 2015, recording a .995 fielding percentage, and leading all NL outfielders with 16 assists. That number was the most by any Pittsburgh outfielder since Jose Guillen tallied 16 in…
Governor Tom Wolf says many details in a proposed state budget compromise remain unfinished, but he is hopeful that the spending plan can be completed and approved by the state legislature by Thanksgiving. The word from Harrisburg this week has been that the Governor has agreed to back off on a severance tax for Marcellus…
A Tionesta-area man faces at least six charges after he allegedly had unlawful contact with a juvenile victim, and then tried to give the alleged victim twenty dollars to keep mum about the incident. State Police officials say the incident occurred in July at the suspect’s home in Kingsley Township. The alleged victim, who according…
Police in Oil City say a Seneca man will be charged in connection with the Saturday night incident in which a vehicle crashed into a house in Oil City. Police say 23 year-old Brandon Melat was the driver of a vehicle that hit a house on Spruce Street shortly before 11:30 PM Saturday. Reports indicate…
Fire and police crews responded early Tuesday morning to Interstate 80 in Clarion County to a tractor-trailer fire which destroyed an entire load of – pineapples. The fire broke out shortly after 12:30 AM in a rig headed west in the Clarion and Shippenville areas. Somehow, the rear of the trailer caught fire, and the…
A Shippenville man faces charges in three different drug-related cases, including one in which he is accused of taking the ingredients to make a drug into the Clarion County Jail. 27 year-old Andrew Barr is charged with at least fifteen counts. Barr allegedly is also accused of selling a controlled substance from his home in…
The annual Veterans Day events in Oil City, hosted by the city’s American Legion and VFW posts, will be held this Wednesday, November 11, Veterans Day. A processional beginning at Justus Park at 11:00 AM will cross the Veterans Bridge to the South Side’s Central Avenue Plaza, pausing on the bridge for a salute to the Navy.…
Franklin City Council will be addressing a $5.04 million budget which would include a one-mill real estate tax increase. The initial steps toward enacting a spending plan for 2016 were put into place on Monday night. Other plans for next year would include increases in parking fees, parking fines and parking permits, and numerous paving,…
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