With the exception of some counties in southeastern Pennsylvania where the activity began two weeks ago, the state’s trout season begins Saturday morning (April 13) at 8:00 AM. The season will run through Labor Day, and potential anglers must possess not only a fishing license but a Trout-Salmon Stamp to fish for trout. The Pennsylvania…
Terry Funk, the principal of Main Street School, was honored Thursday night as the Citizen-of-the-Year by the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce. Funk has been an educator in the Titusville Area School District for 34 years. Friday was declared “Terry Funk Day” by Titusville’s Deputy Mayor Bill Adelman. At their annual banquet, the chamber also…
A Titusville-area man was charged Thursday after he allegedly tried to rob a woman in the parking lot of a Titusville supermarket at about 7:30 AM Thursday morning. 21 year-old Tyler Smith is accused of demanding money from a woman sitting in her car at a store on South Martin Street. When the woman refused, Smith…
Drake Well Museum will host Family Day this Saturday beginning at 1:00 PM. Activities will include a special storytelling workshop. Storyteller Bill Stumpf will regale visitors with stories from the oil fields. He will also include information on how to craft your own storytelling skills. Drake Well Museum, on Museum Lane, is located off Route…
An investigation has begun into a fire that destroyed a home in Reno early Wednesday evening. There was apparently no early indication as to whether the fire was related to Wednesday’s severe storm activity, but the blaze broke out around 6:30 PM, just as storms accompanied by lightning were passing through the area. At least three…
The Arizona Diamondbacks (6-3) jumped on Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jonathan Sanchez for six runs over the first two innings Wednesday afternoon, and avoided being swept in the three-game series with the Bucs with a 10-2 win in Phoenix. Sanchez (0-2; 12.96 ERA) left the game after just 3-and-a-third innings, having allowed nine runs and eight…
Strong winds that accompanied late afternoon thunderstorms on Wednesday resulted in damaged buildings, closed roads, downed power lines and electric outages. The community of Emlenton was especially hard hit with several homes and at least one business having been damaged by downed trees. The director of the Venango County Emergency Management Agency was assessing the…
Accident investigators are blaming a fatal accident on Interstate 80 early Wednesday morning on a tractor-trailer rig which was traveling with three deflated trailer tires and no rear trailer lights The State Police say 55 year-old Karl Holder, from Lansing, Michigan died after his minivan slammed into the rear of the trailer. The incident happened around…
PennDOT announced Wednesday they will transfer money through savings realized in the successful bid for the Emlenton Hill road realignment job to numerous paving projects in the Oil City area. It is expected the work will actually be done next year. A PennDOT release issued Wednesday listed the Oil City streets slated for milling, paving, curb…
A Pennsylvania appeals court has denied the appeal of a Sharon man who claimed his jail sentence in a Mercer County morals case was excessive. 48 year-old James Kopan was sentenced to 27 months to seven years in state prison after his “no contest” pleas in Mercer County Court to charges of disseminating obscene materials…
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