A Mifflin County man was charged this week in two cases involving physical assaults on two different women. Charges against 18 year-old Tyler Rhodes, from Lewistown, include multiple counts of strangulation, simple assault, unlawful restraint, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and harassment and one count of making terroristic threats. University Police say Rhodes is charged in…
The United Way of Venango County has announced that their annual fundraising campaign raised more than $318,000, topping their goal of $300,000. The total marks about a 7.7 percent increase over last year’s figure of just under $286,000. The United Way says the average donor gave $340, up from $291 last year. The United Way…
A Mercer man faces a dozen charges following an early morning police chase last weekend in Clarion Borough. State Police officials say the chase began with 23 year-old Braden Flinspach backing into a police cruiser, and then taking off going the wrong way on a Clarion Street. Flinspach was later arrested in a Clarion parking…
North Carolina scored the title game’s final eight points on Monday night, defeating Gonzaga 71-65 in the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament championship contest played in Glendale, Arizona. Justin Jackson’s three-point play with 1:40 to go gave the Tar Heels a 66-65 lead. Isaiah Hicks added a fall-away jumper. Transition baskets on steals by the…
The Boston Red Sox scored five times in the fifth inning over Pittsburgh starter Gerrit Cole, and went on to win the teams’ season opener 5-3 in interleague action on Monday afternoon at Fenway Park in Boston. The rally began with a two-out triple by Jackie Bradley, Jr., and was highlighted by a three-run home…
School officials have confirmed that Vice President Mike Pence will be the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies for Grove City College on Saturday, May 20. The Mercer County school with an enrollment of about 2,500 students is a private, Christian liberal arts college in Grove City. Details on the time of the Pence speech and…
Jake Guentzel, Scott Wilson and Conor Sheary all scored Sunday evening as the Pittsburgh Penguins won their second game of the weekend, edging Carolina 3-2 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and moving back into second place in the NHL Metropolitan Division. Matt Murray (30-10-4) earned the win with 33 saves in 35 opportunities, becoming…
Russell Henley made ten birdies Sunday, overcame a four-stroke deficit, shot a final-round 7-under-par 65 and won the PGA’s Houston Open by three shots over Sung Kang at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. Henley’s four-day total of 20-under-par 268 (67-67-69-65) was worth $1.126 million. Kang closed with an even=par 72. Rickie Fowler…
Brad Keselowski passed Kyle Busch with 43 of 500 laps remaining on Sunday and went on to win the checkered flag at the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. The victory was the second of the year for Keselowski and the 23rd of his career, but his first at Martinsville. Kyle Busch, who led…
A Cooperstown man who was wanted in connection with a child sexual assault investigation turned himself in to face criminal charges on Friday. 20 year-old Kyle Heffern stands accused of engaging in sex with a fourteen year-old boy. Heffern was arraigned Friday in Cornplanter Township on four charges. He was then lodged in the Venango…
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