Kyle Larson earned his second NASCAR Cup victory of the season on Sunday, holding off Chase Elliott on a restart with five laps remaining for the victory at the Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Larson also has five runner-up finishes and a second-place in the recent All-Star race, an event…
A school in Cranberry has reported being the victim of access device fraud. State Police officials say an employee of Cranberry Elementary School spotted a total of four purchases made illegally on the school district’s commercial account and immediately reported the thefts to the account provider. Initially, investigators do not have a suspect, and they…
An Oil City man was arrested this week after he was accused of physically assaulting a woman during an argument at a residence on Bissell Avenue in the city. Oil City Police say 35 year-old Lucas Donze stands accused of attacking a woman who had asked him to leave her home. He is alleged to…
PennDOT has announced three upcoming road improvement projects – two of which will affect motorists on Oil City’s North Side. First, though, beginning Monday (June 19), a milling and repavement job will be undertaken on Route 157 from the border of Cranberry and Pinegrove Townships to the intersection with Coal Hill Road. No detours are…
A pair of former local high school baseball stars were drafted by Major League Baseball teams on the second day of the annual MLB draft. Left-handed pitchers Dylan Cyphert, from Cranberry, and Adam Bleday, from Titusville, both learned of their respective draft decisions on Tuesday. Cyphert, a two-time Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference MVP, was taken…
Ian Desmond homered on Wednesday night, and Raimel Tapia went 4-for-4 with three runs scored as Colorado defeated the Pirates 5-1 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The Rockies’ win ended a four-game Pirates winning streak, and prevented the Bucs from sweeping a three-game series. The only run scored by Pittsburgh (30-36) came on a sixth-inning…
City officials estimate that some 650,000 people – more than half the population of suburban Pittsburgh – turned out to celebrate the Pittsburgh Penguins’ fifth NHL Stanley Cup championship win on Wednesday. The Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators 4-games-to-2 in the Stanley Cup final, clinching the cup for the second straight season with a 2-0…
Multiple charges against a Franklin man were withdrawn this week after prosecutors said the alleged victim who was to be a witness in the case “was unavailable.” 34 year-old Albert Schmidt IV had been charged with four counts of false imprisonment, three counts of endangering the welfare of children, and single counts of strangulation, making…
Andrew McCutchen homered twice on Tuesday night, and Gerrit Cole threw seven innings of three-hit ball as the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their winning streak to a season-high four games with a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. McCutchen, Jordy Mercer and David Freese all recorded a pair of hits for the Pirates, and John Jaso…
A Grove City man drowned Tuesday morning after he inadvertently drove a riding mower into a pond and could not escape from the vehicle. The incident occurred on the grounds of the American Legion post in Findley Township in Mercer County. State Police investigators identified the victim as 65 year-old John Walochik. The victim’s body…
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