South Korean news agencies are reporting that Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang has been cut by his team in the Dominican Winter League. Kang was batting only .143 in 24 games, and had struck out 31 times. Sources, including the Yohap News Agency, have reported that Kang was released by team Aguilas Cibaenas. Kang…
The annual Christmas Past weekend in Oil City will begin Thursday (Nov. 30) with caroling and the lighting of the community Christmas tree at 5:30 PM on the city’s North Side, and a 7:00 PM Christmas concert at the Free Methodist Church on Wilson Avenue. Friday’s activities will include Santa’s Playland at Christ Episcopal Church…
The Pennsylvania State Police say four deaths and 209 injuries were recorded in the 981 crashes their troopers investigated during the five-day Thanksgiving travel period from last Wednesday through Sunday. The numbers represented fifty more crash investigations than during the same travel weekend last year, but two fewer fatalities. The PSP says 85 of the…
The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed starting goaltender Matt Murray on the injured reserve list with a “lower body imjury.” Murray appeared to have injured his right leg in the second period of Pittsburgh’s 5-4 overtime victory over Philadelphia on Monday night. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan referred to Murray’s status as “week-to-week.” The Pens have recalled…
A State Police fire marshal was investigating the cause of a Tuesday morning fire that caused substantial damage to a beer distributorship on Route 322 in Cochranton. Seven fire companies responded to the scene shortly before 7:00 AM Tuesday. Officials say it appeared that the fire began in a garage and spread toward the roof…
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s preliminary report indicates that the state’s four-day bear season brought in 1,796 bears this year, a thirty percent decline from last year when the fifth-highest total ever was recorded. Officials say extensive rain on the opening day of the season led, in part, to the drop. The 2017 data does not…
Effective Friday (Dec. 1), a ten-ton weight restriction will be in effect for Merrick Street in Pleasantville. PennDOT officials say the move will be permanent, and is not a seasonal restriction. Such postings are made after traffic and engineering studies determine a road could be damaged by vehicles exceeding ten tons. An identical restriction will…
An Indiana man was charged Monday in Clarion County after he was accused of stealing the money from a donation box at a Clarion convenience store – a theft that apparently would have netted the man all of $10.86. 24 year-old Matthew Wiles was charged with theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, disorderly conduct…
An Oil City man was sentenced Monday to just under two years in the Venango County Jail on his guilty plea to a conspiracy charge stemming from a heroin overdose in Siverly last December. In a plea bargain, three other charges against 34 year-old Timothy Stahlman were dismissed. Stahlman was one of two men charged…
Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal on Monday night lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 come-from-behind overtime victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. The winning score came 1:48 into the extra period of a game in which the Penguins lost starting goaltender Matt Murray to an unidentified leg injury. Murray was replaced in goal by rookie…
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