Jordan Murphy and Nate Mason both scored 16 points on Saturday afternoon in leading Minnesota to an 81-71 Big Ten Conference victory over Penn State. The Golden Gophers’ balanced scoring attack was aided by 15 points from Dupree McBrayer and 12 from Akeem Springs. Minnesota improved to 22-7 overall and to 10-6 in conference play.…
Justin Jackson scored 23 points on Saturday afternoon to lift 8th-ranked North Carolina to an 85-67 victory over Pitt in the Panthers’ home finale at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh. Joel Berry II added 19 points for North Carolina (25-5; 13-3 ACC), and Kennedy Meeks tallied 18. With the loss, Pitt fell to 4-12…
High School Basketball Playoff Results – Friday, February 24, 2017: District 10 “2A” Boys’ Quarterfinals Rocky Grove 67, Iroquois 48 West Middlesex 50, Eisenhower 32′ Cambridge Springs 45, Maplewood 31 Wilmington 65, Lakeview 52 “3A” Boys’ Quarterfinals Erie First Christian 57, Titusville 44 Greenville 50, Mercyhurst Prep 44 Fairview 35, Girard 23…
The discovery that a seven year-old boy had taken a marijuana pipe to his school in Pleasantville has led to the arrest of his parents, a pair of Oil City residents. State Police officials say their investigation has revealed that the pipe belongs to the boy’s father and, based on evidence police say was found…
High School Basketball Playoff Results – Thursday, February 23: District 10 Boys’ “4A” Quarterfinals Harbor Creek 55, Franklin 52 Grove City 52, Farrell 34 Sharon 58, General McLane 53 (OT) Strong Vincent 87, George Junior Republic 66 District 10 Boys’ “5A” Semifinal Cathedral Prep 55, Central Tech 43 District 9 Boys’ “1A”…
PennDOT and Oil City officials say Duncomb Street in Oil City will close again as of 12:00 noon on Monday (Feb. 27). This time, the closure will be in effect until the completion of the city’s parking ramp demolition project. The lane restrictions on both Elm and Seneca Streets will remain in effect. The previous…
The Pitt Panthers squandered a 19-point lead on Wednesday night in losing a 63-59 decision at Wake Forest. Pitt shot only sixteen percent from the floor in the second half, and fell to 4-11 in Atlantic Coast Conference play and 15-13 overall. John Collins paced Wake Forest (16-12; 7-9 ACC) with 22 points, and teammate Bryant…
An Oil City man who is still awaiting trial on an attempted homicide charge from a stabbing incident last May was convicted this week in Venango County Court on two counts of the possession of prohibited weapons. 37 year-old Ruben Craig had been convicted in Erie County thirteen years ago in an aggravated assault case,…
A PennDOT spokesman says some 15,000 man-hours have already been devoted to patching potholes in the agency’s six-county northwest Pennsylvania district. PennDOT District 1 executive William Petit says the rotating rounds of warm and freezing temperatures have produced the pothole problems earlier this year than during most winters. Petit added, “The frequent and dramatic freeze-thaw…
The winner of a Powerball Lottery jackpot with an annuity value of about $435.3 million purchased the ticket for the game in the state of Indiana. It is the only ticket which holds all of the first five numbers drawn on Wednesday night in addition to the Powerball number. Game officials had, up until the drawing,…
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