Summer fun heats up at Miller-Sibley Pool (2024)

The enforcement of Title IX amendments that have drawn vehement dissent from many in the community has officially been put on hold in almost all public schools in Venango County.

A referendum to increase the number of supervisors in Cranberry Township from three to five that will be on township election ballots in November is creating quite a stir.

This year’s Franklin High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony is approaching, and the Hall committee is looking forward to honoring the new inductees, including members of the undefeated 1971 and 1972 Knights football teams.

Venango County voter registrar Laura Anna says voters should be aware of an election scam that is making the rounds.

The annual Music in Oil Country marching band festival will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Oil City High School athletic complex.

To avoid a complete collapse of the community mental health system, all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties had called for a significant investment in services for the 2024-25 fiscal year — an increase of $250 million above current funding levels, according to the County Commissioners Association …

Seven 14- and 15-year-olds have been charged in connection with a series of burglaries at Oil City businesses earlier this month, including the Villa Italia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden, looked up information about explosives over the last five years and eyed the campaign rally in Butler where he opened fire last month a…

Motorists have been experiencing delays this week as traffic has been repeatedly backed up on Route 322 in Cranberry Township.

Clarion County commissioners recognized the growing problem of hunger in the county at their meeting Tuesday, and they moved to declare September as Hunger Action Month and also Foodstock Month in the county.

The first reading of a set of policy changes that have raised disquiet throughout the area was tabled in Valley Grove on Monday, after the Valley Grove School Board heard froma resident of the school district who attended the board's regular meeting on the behalf of two parents in the schoo…

Cranberry School Board members on Monday approved U.S. Department of Education amendments to federal Title IX regulations that will be implemented in the school district.

Children poured from school buses into the sunny August morning Tuesday as students in the Oil City, Valley Grove and Cranberry school districts kicked off their new year.

A classic saying — “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it — is one that resounds with The Great Stoneboro Fair, Mercer County’s oldest attraction.

It was a day of new beginnings for many area children Monday as the Franklin School District and St. Stephen Elementary School in Oil City welcomed new and returning students to start out the school year.

Several proposed revisions to the Franklin Area School District’s policies relating to Title IX failed to pass on first reading at the board meeting Monday, after the revisions died on the table when none of the board members introduced a motion to approve them.

Two Oil City murder cases from 2023 are continuing to wind their way through the Venango County court system.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair will now last more than eig…

In 2024, Oil City is projected to receive $308,436 in Community Development Block Grant money.

Although the federal government said poverty in Oil City has decreased by about 5%, the margin of error in its survey is 22%, leaving some Oil City Council members skeptical.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said around 100 warplanes launched airstrikes targeting thousands of rocket launchers across southern Lebanon to thwart an imminent Hezbollah attack.

It’s only been two months since Tim Alex took over as Oil City Fire Department chief, but he has established some long-range plans in that short time.

An Oil City man who was on parole was found with a large quantity of psilocybin mushrooms and other drugs, as well as thousand of dollars in cash, at a house in Oil City on Wednesday.

With their current building in poor condition, Larry Bowers, treasurer of the Oil City American Legion Post 32, requested that the city donate a piece of land to build a new home for the legion during Oil City Council’s Thursday meeting.

TITUSVILLE — Since the Titusville Redevelopment Authority began purchasing in the late-1990s a sprawling industrial complex on the east end of the city, vacated by the exodus of Cytemp Specialty Steel, the stated goal has been to rehabilitate the viable buildings and get them back into priva…

Friday’s weather provided a perfect bit of sun for kids looking to enjoy the James A. Nelles Memorial Swimming Pool’s penultimate day of the year.

Street paving schedules and the Days Inn Hotel demolition contract were just a few of the many topics brought before Oil City Council at their Thursday meeting.

In response to an unexpected interpretation earlier this year, the Venango County Regional Planning Commission voted to clarify the meaning of “non-voting member” in its bylaws during the panel’s meeting earlier this week.

CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris called on Americans to join her to “chart a new way forward” as she accepted the Democratic nomination on Thursday, arguing her personal story and prosecutorial background made her uniquely qualified to protect their interests and beat Republican D…

A petition circulating in Cranberry Township to increase the number of supervisors from three to five has now received enough signatures to appear on the ballot for the November election.

CLARION — Clarion County Commissioner Wayne Brosius on Wednesday confirmed Dan Blose, after about five months on the job as Clarion County Jail warden, has resigned from his post.

A 45-day period for public comment on the updated Venango County Comprehensive Plan has now opened, according to a news release from the Venango County Regional Planning Commission.

After countless meetings, community input sessions and deliberation, the extensive final draft of the new Venango County Comprehensive Plan was unveiled during the Venango County Regional Planning Commission meeting earlier this week.

When loss strikes, people learn to cope with it in many ways. One of those ways is to honor their lost loved one by doing something to honor their memory.

CLARION — Clarion County Commissioner Wayne Brosius on Wednesday confirmed Dan Blose, after about five months on the job as Clarion County Jail warden, has resigned from his post.

The Environmental Protection Agency has deployed larger booms and the use of a containment and vacuum system to help contain the oil leak on the Allegheny River that was reported Friday, according to Bob Jamison, emergency management coordinator for Sandycreek Township.

TITUSVILLE — In an effort to improve safety, the Titusville Area School Board, during its Monday meeting, officially approved a plan to terminate the school “bus hub” around the high school in favor of bussing students directly to their schools.

MARIENVILLE — Taylor and Hailee Oliver looked at other communities and asked why their hometown did not have Hometown Hero banners honoring veterans?

The Valley Grove School Board, ahead of its Monday evening work session, was provided with the content of the first reading of Policy 103 — which provides gender and sexual identity protections — and were advised during the meeting to approve the amended policies.

The portion of Allegheny Boulevard between Liberty Street in Franklin and Front Street in Sugarcreek is closed due to a crash, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.