Allegheny County state Representative Frank Dermody praises the anti-price gouging legislation signed into law by Governor Rendell.
By: Mark Heim
November 1, 2006 8:53PM EST


Allegheny County state Representative Frank Dermody praises the anti-price gouging legislation signed into law by Governor Rendell. Roseann Cadau has more from Harrisburg.  

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- INCUMBANT REPUBLICAN HUTCHINSON VS. CHALLENGER DEMOCRAT GARY HUTCHISON. THE RACE FOR THE 64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICT OF VENANGO COUNTY.
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- VENANGO COUNTY SENATOR MARY JO WHITE & HER SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES & ENERGY COMMITTEE ARE TAKEN TO TASK IN AN EDITORIAL IN TODAY’S HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS.
- NEIL TODHUNTER, PRESIDENT OF UPMC NORTHWEST HOSPITAL IN SENECA, IS TAKING ON THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS INTERIM PRESIDENT OF UPMC HORIZON IN GREENVILLE IN MERCER COUNTY.
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- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE SAYSSTATE REGULATIONS TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF MERCURY EMITTED FROM COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS CANNOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE IS FINISHED WITH A REVIEW OF THE RULES.
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- VENANGO COUNTY IS SHARING IN A $27 MILLION INVESTMENT BY GOVERNOR ED RENDELL TO PROTECT THE STATE’S NATURAL RESOURCES.
- VENANGO COUNTY IS SHARING IN A $27 MILLION INVESTMENT BY GOVERNOR ED RENDELL TO PROTECT THE STATE’S NATURAL RESOURCES.
- METHAMPHETAMINE, THE SCOURGE AND THE UNDERBELLY OF CRAWFORD, FOREST AND VENANGO COUNTIES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO ARMSTRONG COUNTY.
- PENNDOT’S CRAWFORD COUNTY MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES ARE PARTNERING WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES TO ADOPT A FORMER PENNDOT INTERN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
- VENANGO COUNTY BUSINESSMAN RAY BEICHNER, NAMED AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN IN 2004, IS A DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL SUIT FILED YESTERDAY IN VENANGO COUNTY
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE IS FEELING MORE HEAT OVER HER OPPOSITION TO RULES REDUCING TOXIC MERCURY POLLUTION FROM PENNSYLVANIA’S COAL FIRE POWER PLANTS.
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- JURY SELECTION TODAY IN VENANGO COUNTY COURT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE CIVIL CASE FILED BY BUSINESSMAN RAY BEICHNER AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY.
- RAY & JAN BEICHNER VS. VENANGO PARK AUTHORITY BEGINS MONDAY IN COUNTY COURT.
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- A TUESDAY 2 CAR CRASH IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IS THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR A PITTSBURGH MAN.
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- NICK CIRELL, CHAIR OF THE VENANGO PARKS & NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, KNEW IN SEPTEMBER OF THE ALLEGATIONS BY A PRESIDENT TOWNSHIP RESIDENT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY VENANGO COUNTY BUSINESSMAN RAY BEICHNER IN 1976.
- SEEMS LIKE AGES SINCE THERE WAS ANYTHING REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIKE TRAIL BETWEEN OIL CREEK STATE PARK AND OIL CITY.
- HERE’S THE RUNDOWN ON THE 2007 VENANGO COUNTY BUDGET.
- THE 2007 VENANGO COUNTY BUDGET HAS THE BLESSING OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, RECEIVING UNANIMOUS SUPPORT YESTERDAY.
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- SPEAKING OF GUNS, LEADERS OF CHERRYTREE BORO IN SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY, YESTERDAY REJECTED A PROPOSED ORDINANCE RECOMMENDING ALL HOUSEHOLDS KEEP WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION TO PREVENT CRIME.
- THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT STRETCHING ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA WILL SPUTTER INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CLEARING OUT BY TOMORROW MORNING.
- A MEADVILLE MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A VEHICLE VS. PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT THIS MORNING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- A VENANGO COUNTY BUSINESSMAN NAMED IN A CIVIL COMPLAINT LAST WEEK ALLEGING SEXUAL ABUSE OF A FORMER FAMILY BABYSITTER IS PETITIONING VENANGO COUNTY COURT TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION.
- FORMER GOVERNOR RAYMOND SHAFER, A REPUBLICAN WHO OVERSAW TAX INCREASES TO FINANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND LATER PUSHED FOR THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, DIED YESTERDAY.
- PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROSS MCGINNIS OF KNOX WAS THE FIRST CLARION COUNTY RESIDENT KILLED IN THE IRAQ WAR.
- CLOSING STATEMENTS CAME SHORTLY AFTER THE JURORS RETURNED TO COURT ROOM ONE.
- THE ADVISORY JURY IN RAY AND JAN BEICHNER VS. VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY AGREES WITH THE BEICHNERS THEY WILL LOSE CUSTOMERS DUE TO THE TREE HOUSES PLANNED TO BE AVAILABLE AT TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK.
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- PET FOOD MAKER DAD’S PRODUCTS COMPANY INCORPORATED HAS PLANS TO MOVE INTO THE FORMER VANTAGE HEALTHCARE NETWORK BUILDING IN VERNON TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- AN EX LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT WILL GET $84,000 FOR UNUSED VACATION TIME.
- THEY’RE FINDING SOME VERY OLD BONES AT POINT STATE PARK IN PITTSBURGH.
- SCRUBGRASS GENERATING COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED IN SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY, HAS A NEW FEATHER IN IT’S CORPORATE CAP.
- AN OIL SPILL IN FOREST COUNTY RESULTING IN A TEN MILE SLICK FROM KELLETVILLE TO TIONESTA LAKE HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS ABOUT THE WHY’S AND WHENS.
- A car overtook and struck an Amish buggy, injuring a mother and baby, according to police in Center County.
- A VISIONARY LEADER. A COMPASSIONATE MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO BOTH HIS FAMILY AND HIS STATE.
- YOU MAY RECALL DURING THE SUMMER OF 2005 THE VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE CRAWFORD COUNTY FARM BUREAU ETHANOL COMMITTEE.
- AN 18 YEAR OLD MAN IS CHARGED WITH ESCAPE FROM VISION QUEST BOOT CAMP IN SANDY CREEK TOWNSHIP VENANGO COUNTY.
- A PEDESTRIAN VS. S.U.V. ACCIDENT THIS MORNING IN FRANKLIN.
- A Lawrence County woman who reached a plea deal with prosecutors last month for her role in the death of a Zelienople bicyclist more than two years ago, will be sentenced today in Butler County court.
- A FRANKLIN MAN IS CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS OF VIOLATING THE GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A BEAR IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
- NO NEW REAL ESTATE TAXES. SEWAGE & WATER RATES ARE GOING UP.
- TEN PEOPLE IN BUTLER COUNTY ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER A WEEKEND DRUG SWEEP IN THE CITY OF BUTLER AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
- AN ELDERLY WOMAN INJURED IN FRANKLIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING WHEN SHE WALKED INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING VEHICLE IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS GLORIA DONNELLY OF CHESTNUT STREET, FRANKLIN.
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- A WINDMILL TECHNICIAN IS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING AN ACCIDENT AT THE GAMESA WIND FARM IN CAMBRIA COUNTY YESTERDAY.
- ALSO IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, AN UNUSUAL BURGLARY AND THEFT.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT OF ENDANGERING CHILDREN AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
- A FRANKLIN MAN IS LODGED IN VENANGO COUNTY JAIL ON TWO BENCH WARRANTS.
- GOOD NEWS, MAYBE EVEN AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT OR 2 FOR VENANGO COUNTY CITIZENS!
- THE VENANGO COUNTY ASSESSMENT OFFICE CONTRACT IS OFFICIAL.
- YOU MAY RECALL NEWS OF A RAIL TANK CAR SPILL IN MCKEAN COUNTY LAST SUMMER.
- WHOODATHUNKIT? THE STATE POLICE ARE REMINDING US TO LOCK OUR HOMES AND VEHICLES TO PREVENT PROPERTY FROM BEING TAKEN BY THOSE WHO ARE DISHONEST.
- SPEAKING OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TRINITY INDUSTRIES MUST CLEAN UP CONTAMINIATION AT ITS FORMER FACILITIES IN MERCER COUNTY.
- AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WEBSITE OF STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE OF FRANKLIN SHOWS SHE STANDS RE APPOINTED TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY COMMITTEE.
- PENNSYLVANIA RATES WELL WHEN COMPARED WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN ALL 50 STATES.
- GOVERNOR ED RENDELL SAYS PENNSYLVANIA IS CONTINUING STRONG JOB GROWTH, SETTING NEW A NEW RECORD IN NOVEMBER.
- AN EXPANDING SINK HOLE NEAR HOUSERVILLE IN CENTER COUNTY MAY THREATEN AN UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCE SUPPLYING RESIDENTS OF COLLEGE TOWNSHIP AND PENN STATE.
- A MERCER COUNTY MAN BEING HELD ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES WANTS OUT OF JAIL UNTIL HIS CASE IS RESOLVED.
- FROM AROUND THE STATE COMES NEWS OF A SMALL PLANE THAT CRASHED ON A RUNWAY AT THE JOHNSTOWN AIRPORT, KILLING TWO PEOPLE.
- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
- A COYOTE CARCASS IS UNDERGOING TESTING FOR RABIES IN NORTHHAMPTON COUNTY.
- NEAR HOUSERVILLE IN CENTER COUNTY MAY THREATEN AN UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCE SUPPLYING RESIDENTS OF COLLEGE TOWNSHIP AND PENN STATE.
- CLEANUP CONTINUES TWO WEEKS AFTER AN OIL SPILL NORTH OF TIONESTA IN FOREST COUNTY.
- YOU MAY REMEMBER THE STORY OF A NINE MONTHS PREGNANT WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A SHALLOW MUDDY GRAVE IN ERIE COUNTY THIS PAST FALL.
- BUTLER CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE APPARENT DOUBLE MURDER=SUICIDE CARRIED OUT CHRISTMAS DAY.
- SPEAKING OF HIWAYS AND ACCIDENTS HERE’S A FRIENDLY REMINDER FROM PENNDOT AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE.
- CLARION STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A JACK KNIFED TRUCK CRASH.
- A MERCER COUNTY BOY IS DEAD FROM COMPLICATIONS OF E. COLI.
- FORMER PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR RICHARD THORNBURGH REMEMBERS PRESIDENT GERALD FORD. THORNBURGH WAS U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHEN FORD CHOSE HIM TO HEAD THE FEDERAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS CRIMINAL DIVISION FOLLOWING THE WATERGATE SCANDAL.
- THE ALLEGHENY DEFENSE PROJECT IS INVITED THOSE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST TO TOUR A PROPOSED ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TOMORROW.
- EARLIER THIS WEEK I TOLD YOU ABOUT A COYOTE PUT DOWN IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY FOR FEAR IT HAD BITTEN 3 PEOPLE.
- THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT IS UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE STATE’S FETAL HOMICIDE LAW.
- THE INVESTIGATION BY OIL CITY POLICE INTO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT EAST FIRST AND CENTRAL CONTINUES IN WHICH AN ELDERLY OIL CITY WOMAN WAS KILLED CONTINUES.
- STATE POLICE AT THE FRANKLIN STATION ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A FRIDAY AFTERNOON ONE CAR CRASH IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP IN WHICH THE DRIVER WAS APPARENTLY FOUND DEAD.
- A STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHALL IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL NEW YEAR’S DAY FIRE IN BUTLER COUNTY.
- TWO MONTHS AFTER THEIR SURPRISING PICKUP OF 8 SEATS IN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEMOCRATS GO INTO TUESDAYS VOTES FOR SPEAKER WITH A MAJORITY THAT MAY NOT GIVE THEM MUCH MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE CHAMBER THAN THEY HAD DURING 12 YEARS IN THE MIN
- A CLARION COUNTY MAN IS BEING TREATED AT UPMC PITTSBURGH FOR A GUN SHOT WOUND FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
- AN INDIANA COUNTY MAN DIED AFTER HIS ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER SATERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR BRUSHVALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.
- CLINTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS SPENT MOST OF SATERDAY AT THE SCENE OF TWO FIRES ALONG WITH TEN OTHER AREA FIRE COMPANIES IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS.
- BUTLER STATE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN LAST WEEK’S HOLD UP AT THE SUBWAY SANDWICH SHOP IN HARRISVILLE.
- STATE POLICE ARRESTED A CLINTONVILLE WOMAN FOR DRUG POSSESSION LATE LAST MONTH.
- FROM CAMERON COUNTY, OFFICIALS WILL MEET LATER THIS MONTH TO DO SOMETHING NO OTHER COUNTY IN THE COMMONWEALTH HAS EVER CONSIDERED.
- FRANKLIN STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
- VENANGO COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SCRAP METAL THEFT BELIEVED TO BE WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
- WHILE AN OIL CITY WOMAN REMAINS LODGED IN VENANGO COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BOND CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL ACCIDENT FRIDAY, WE ARE LEARNING SHE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A RECORD.
- AN EAU CLAIRE MAN IS CHARGED BY THE STATE POLICE WITH ALLEGEDLY CHOKING A WOMAN AT AN EAU CLAIRE RESIDENCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
- A NEW STATE LAW ALLOWS YOU SOME CONTROL OVER WHO SEES YOUR CREDIT REPORT SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEF.
- .CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON OF PLEASANTVILLE IS JOINING WITH OTHER RURAL COLLEAGUES IN INTRODUCING A FOREST COUNTY (WITH A SMALL F) PAYMENT BILL IN THE NEW 110TH CONGRESS.
- VENANGO, FOREST, CLARION, CRAWFORD, ERIE AND WARREN COUNTIES ARE ALL INCLUDED IN GOVERNOR ED RENDELL’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF $5 MILLION FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING AND STRONGER PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESSES.
- A TOUCH OF WINTER RETURNS TO VENANGO COUNTY TODAY.
- AN ARMED ROBBERY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN SAEGERTOWN, CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- IN CLARION COUNTY ON FRIDAY NIGHT STATE TROOPERS REPORT EMILY REND OF PUNXATAWNEY WAS TRAVELING EAST ON BIGLEY ROAD IN PAINT TOWNSHIP.
- A COUPLE OF ROLL OVER ACCIDENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT. THE FIRST IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF MOISERTOWN ROAD AND TOWNSHIP 371 IN HAYFIELD TOWNSHIP SATERDAY AFTERNOON.
- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IS THE CRIME UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CLARION STATE TROOPERS IN RED BANK TOWNSHIP, CLARION COUNTY.
- STEVEN HOCKMAN OF FRANKLIN IS IDENTIFIED AS THE INJURED MAN IN THE EXPLOSION OF A VULCANIZING UNIT AT TIRE FACILITY IN FRANKLIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- VENANGO CO SEN MARY JO WHITE CHAIRS THE SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES COMMITTEE, LEADING A CONTROVERSY OVER TOUGHER STATE MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION RULES FOR COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS.
- DEPENDING WHO’S WEATHER FORECAST YOU PAY ATTENTION TOO, THERE IS A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR VENANGO COUNTY.
- A FUGITIVE WANTED ON VARIOUS CRIMES AND ESCAPE CHARGES IS IN CUSTODY IN MERCER COUNTY.
- BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS CAME NEWS OF SOME LAYOFFS AT THE CONAIR PLANT IN FRANKLIN.
- VENANGO COUNTY SENATOR MARY JO WHITE AND SUPPORTERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL INDUSTRY FAVOR WEAKER FEDERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION AT THE STATE’S COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS.
- THE SHEFFIELD RAILROAD IS RAISING FUNDS TO CONVERT THE TRAIN STATION BUILT IN 1880 INTO A MUSEUM SHOWCASING THE HISTORY OF SHEFFIELD.
- A BUTLER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ENDORSING CREATION OF A TAX FREE ZONE SO WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY CAN EXPAND ITS NUCLEAR BUSINESS.
- A NEW PROPOSAL FROM A LEADING STATE HOUSE DEMOCRAT WOULD HOLD EMPLOYERS MORE YCCOUNTABLE IF A WORKER IS HURT ON THE JOB.
- VENANGO COUNTY’S CONGRESSMAN ARE DIFFERING IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THE ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT BUSH REGARDING IRAQ POLICY ON TELEVISION LAST NIGHT.
- A CRAWFORD COUNTY MAN FACES AT LEAST FIVE YEARS IN JAIL AND FINES OF AT LEAST $50,000 FOR HIS CONVICTION OF MAKING OVER 95 GRAMS OF METH.
- A TOTAL OF $113,516 IS COMING TO THE VENANGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AS PART OF A STATE WIDE $20 MILLION GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED TO COUNTIES TO AID VICTIMS OF CRIME.
- DRAKE WELL MUSEUM, LOCATED IN CHERRY TREE TOWNSHIP, VENANGO COUNTY, COLLECTS, PRESERVES AND INTERPRETS THE FOUNDING OF THE OIL INDUSTRY.
- SPEAKING OF THE ROUSEVILLE BORO BUILDING, THE BUSINESS OF THE BORO IS BEING CONDUCTED IN AN OLD QUAKER STATE WAREHOUSE BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS SHUT THE BUILDING DOWN.
- ROUSEVILLE BORO COUNCIL MEMBER MARK MCCLINTOCK IS NEARLY A NON MEMBER OF THE BORO COUNCIL.
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- A PITTSBURGH COMPANY WILL BUILD A NEW PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER IN CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF PENNSYLVANIA’S DELEGATION TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WERE NOT AMONG THOSE CONGRESSMEN VOTING IN FAVOR OF A BILL ON STEM CELL WORK.
- THE OWNERS OF 2 OIL & GAS DRILLING COMPANIES OPERATING IN FOREST COUNTY & IN & AROUND THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST ARE TARGETED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT .
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON IS STANDING STRONGLY AGAINST HOUSE LEGISLATION TO IMPOSE NEW GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ON THE MEDICARE PART D DRUG PRESCRIPTION BENEFIT
- A GROVE CITY MAN IS RECOVERING FROM A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE STOMACH IN ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
- A MERCER COUNTY WOMAN WILL SPEND UP TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR THE DUI ACCIDENT RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND A YEAR AGO NEW YEARS DAY.
- A LAWRENCE COUNTY MAN IS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HIS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A TEENAGED GIRL.
- GOVERNOR ED RENDELL, EAGER TO AVOID THE LABEL OF LAME DUCK FOLLOWING HIS NOON TIME INAUGURATION TO A SECOND TERM, PLANS TO UNVEIL A MAJOR HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE TOMORROW.
- EARLIER THIS WEEK, DEMOCRAT JAN BEICHNER, A VENANGO COUNTY BUSINESSWOMAN, ANNOUNCED FOR A SEAT ON THE COMMISSIONERS BOARD.
- GARY HUTCHISON, INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS HE’LL BE ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT IN MAY SEEKING PARTY ENDORSEMENT FOR A SECOND TERM.
- GOVERNOR ED RENDELL OUTLINED HIS AGENDA FOR PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS DURING HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS YESTERDAY.
- REMEMBER BUCKY PHILLIPS, THE NEW YORK STATE FUGITIVE WHO LED POLICE ON A MONTHS LONG MANHUNT AFTER SHOOTING AND KILLING A NEW YORK STATE TROOPER LAST YEAR?
- Frank M. Aiken Jr.
- PRESCRIPTION FOR PENNSYLVANIA IS THE GOVERNOR’S NAME FOR A PACKAGE OF SWEEPING LEGISLATION TO MAKE HEALTH CARE COSTS MORE REASONABLE FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
- MARIE VEON, VENANGO COUNTY’S REPUBLICAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IN THE RUNNING FOR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
- THE SOLUTION TO PROVIDING DENTAL CARE TO THE UNDERSERVED OF VENANGO COUNTY, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, LIES IN PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION.
- NEW U.S. FOREST SERVICE CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW BRADFORD RANGER STATION AND WAREHOUSE IN THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT RECENTLY.
- A STATE LAW MAKER SAYS ONE WAY TO REDUCE HEALTH CARE COSTS IS TO MAKE SURE THERE’S ENOUGH FAMILY DOCTORS
- KRISTAL CLARK, OF FRANKLIN, IS FREE ON $10,000 BOND UNTIL MAY WHEN SHE WILL BE SENTENCED IN ERIE FEDERAL COURTH FOR EMBEZZLING OVER $3 MILLION FROM CLIENTS PARKER HUNTER IN OIL CITY FROM 1995 TO 2005.
- FROM THE POLICE REPORT CLIP BOARD COMES WORD THE TROOPERS IN TIONESTA ARE INVESTIGATING A TRAFFIC INCIDENT IN WHICH A MOTOR VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY.
- THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE ADOPTED THIS YEAR BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE.
- OIL CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION YESTERDAY OF REMOVAL OF 2 OLD WATER PIPES SPANNING THE ALLEGHENY RIVER
- STATE HOUSE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON IS NOW A COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN FOR HIS PARTY DURING THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
- WALKER WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN VENANGO COUNTY COURT
- SWIFT REACTION TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BUSH FROM CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON OF PLEASANTVILLE.
- SPEAKING OF VENANGO COUNTY, IT IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEANWAYS, A GROWING GRASSROOTS NETWORK.
- VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SUE SMITH, LARRY HORN AND GARY HUTCHISON RECENTLY JOINED WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO UNVEIL THE 2007 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
- EPANTHAMIE BARKER, CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED DECEMBER FATAL HIT AND RUN REMAINS LODGED IN THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL AFTER WAIVING HER RIGHT TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING YESTERDAY ACCORDING TO A PUBLISHED REPORT.
- A STATE LAWMAKER SAYS PRELIMINARY CHANGES TO STATE HUNTING REGULATIONS REAFFIRM PENNSYLVANIA’S REPUTATION FOR GREAT HUNTING.
- BACK IN SEPTEMBER, SHAWN HARMON OF CRANBERRY PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE DEATH WHILE DUI OF A STATE POLICE DISPATCHER IN MARCH 2005.
- IN MCKEAN COUNTY, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS CONSIDERING FILING NEGLIGENCE IN THE JUNE 30 NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRAIN DERAILMENT.
- THE STATE POLICE AT THE FRANKLIN STATION ARE INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT BETWEEN A KNOWN INDIVIDUAL AND JUVENILE FEMALE STUDENTS AT FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
- two state lawmakers from the kqw listening area are sounding off regarding their proposed and historic new welfare reforms
- DETAILS ARE SPARSE, BUT INFORMATION FROM BUTLER COUNTY INDICATES A LATE NIGHT SNOWMOBILE CRASH KILLED ONE PERSON.
- THAT LITTLE FURRY WEATHER PROGNOSTICATOR LIVING IN PUNXATAWNY ALREADY HAS STATE TROOPERS SENDING OUT FRIENDLY REMINDERS TO BEHAVE YOURSELF IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING THE ANNUAL GROUND HOG DAY EVENT.
- THE PUBLIC BUS ROUTES IN CRAWFORD COUNTY SERVING TITUSVILLE AND MEADVILLE MIGHT VERY WELL CHANGE IN A MATTER OF MONTHS.
- A 61 YEAR OLD BUTLER COUNTY WOMAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A SNOWMOBILING ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE OBJECTS TO THE ELEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTRUSION IN THE REGULATION OF PERSONAL BEHAVIOR WHEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSING A POSSIBLE STATE WIDE SMOKING BAN IN PUBLIC PLACES.
- the federal spending blue print for 2007 approved by the u.s. house of representatives is on its way to the senate.
- A CLARION COUNTY MAN STANDS GUILTY OF THIRD DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A MAN FROM KENTUCKY NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.
- IN AN EFFORT TO DECREASE DRUNK DRIVING ON SUPERBOWL SUNDAY, PENNDOT IS WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE STATE TO STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
- TWO KNOX BORO RESIDENTS ARE LODGED IN THE CLARION COUNTY JAIL THIS MORNING ON $10,000 STRAIGHT BAIL IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF THEFTS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.
- IF THERE IS ANY REALLY GOOD NEWS TO REPORT IT IS THAT WHICH IS HAPPENING IN CONNECTION WITH THE VENANGO COUNTY DENTAL TASK FORCE.
- congressman phil english says in a statement regarding the presidents blueprint budget for 2008 that the pro growth policies enacted by congress have proven to be the lifeline of the american economy
- folks in foxburg are getting reading for ground breaking on a new bridge over the allegheny river.
- 2 lawrence county residents are dead following a four vehicle accident yesterday on route 422 near I 79.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE SAYS GOVERNOR ED RENDELL’S BUDGET WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPACT BOTH FAMILIES AND THE PENNSYLVANIA JOB MARKET.
- NEW TAXES WILL FUEL GOVERNOR ED RENDELL’S $27.3 BILLION BUDGET.
- HERE’S THE GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET IN BRIEF FOR THE 2008 FISCAL BEGINNING JULY FIRST .
- FEDERAL OFFICIALS QUESTION WHETHER A PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERSTATE 80 INTERCHANGE TO GIVE TRUCKS ACCESS TO A LANDFILL PROPOSED IN WESTERN CENTER COUNTY FITS WITH REGIONAL LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
- TAKE PRIDE WITH CARING HABITS WORKS HARD TO BE READILY VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- STANDING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL CORBETT THIS AFTENOON WERE OIL CITY POLICE CHIEF ROBERT WENNER AND VENANGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARIE VEON
- AN OIL CITY MAN IS CHARGED WITH FALSE IDENTIFICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, RESISTING ARREST, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION FOLLOWING A FOOT PURSUIT VERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
- Congressman Phil English plans to introduce legislation that will expand programs to help U.S. companies and their workers adjust to changes in the global market.
- Leaders of the Republican-controlled state Senate say they want to give some of the millions of dollars the legislature holds in a reserve fund back to Pennsylvania taxpayers.
- Jury selection got underway this morning in the trial of an Armstrong County woman accused of trying to cut the fetus out of the womb of her pregnant neighbor.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A SNOW MOBILER.
- CITING THE DESIRE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY, DEMOCRATIC VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER GARY HUTCHISON IS BOWING OUT OF THE RACE FOR RE ELECTION.
- AN ARMSTRONG COUNTY JUDGE WILL NOW DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF GUILT FOR A WOMAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY YESTERDAY TO ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING FOR TRYING TO CUT AN UNBORN CHILD FROM HER PREGNANT NEIGHBORS’WOMB
- 3 STRATEGIC DRIVING STRATEGIES ARE POWERING THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE COUNTY’S BUSINESS CLIMATE.
- AS A PARTNER IN THE PENNSYLVANIA GREAT LAKES REGION, BETTY SQUIRES OF THE OIL REGION ALLIANCE AND MARIE RAINEY ARE REPRESENTING THE OIL REGION AT THE ALLEGHENY SPORT AND OUTDOOR SHOW IN MONROEVILLE .
- A COCHRANTON MAN IS CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC THREATS AGAINST THE UPMC NW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT ACCORDING TO FRANKLIN STATE POLICE.
- SPEEDING IS APPARENTLY THE CAUSE OF A CRASH ON INTERSTATE 80 INVOLVING A CAR AND A TRACTOR TRAILER.
- GLENN O. HAWBAKER INC OF STATE COLLEGE IS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER ON AN INTERSTATE 80 PAVING PROJECT IN CLARION COUNTY.
- WHILE I’M ON THE SUBJECT OF DUI’S, A FRANKLIN STATE TROOPER, WITH THE AID OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY A CITIZEN APPREHENDED A DRUNK DRIVER WHO WAS ALSO IN VIOLATION OF PROBATION.
- A COUPLE OF OIL CITY RESIDENTS ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN ONE CAR CRASH SATERDAY AFTERNOON IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- SPEAKING OF FIRES, SEVERAL BUTLER COUNTY CHURCHES ARE OFFERING THEIR WORSHIP SPACES TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE mCKEE cHAPEL uNITED mETHODIST cHURCH.
- state police fire marshals are investigating a fatal fire in forest county.
- Unidentified skeletal remains found almost a half-century ago — nicknamed "Mr. Bones" by police — won't be buried anytime soon because Bedford County prosecutors still contend that they contain evidence of an unsolved crime.
- It took 46 hours of nonstop dancing, but students at Penn State raised $5.2 million over the weekend to help children with cancer.
- boats, classic cars , motorcycles and forklifts were destroyed in garage fire in clarion county
- AND WHILE SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOLS ARE GETTING THEIR TEETH ATTENDED TOO, THE REST OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL LOOK FORWARD TO NEW STATE OF THE ART BOILER SYSTEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPLEX.
- THE MOBILE DENTIST PROGRAM IN VENANGO COUNTY IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ITSELF KNOWN IN EVER WIDER CIRCLES.
- THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE OF 2 MILE RUN COUNTY PARK IS UNKNOWN.
- FRANKLIN STATE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE FINDING OF A FUNCTIONAL NON OPERATING METH LAB IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP MONDAY AROUND 6 P.M..
- A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS SATURATED AIR MOVING ACROSS SNOW COVERED GROUND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF DENSE FOG INTO MID MORNING.
- A NEW YORK CITY MAN IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUGS FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CLARION COUNTY YESTERDAY.
- JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY MORNING IN FRANKLIN, CITY POLICE CHARGED ANOTHER FRANKLIN MAN WITH POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
- ABOUT AN HOUR AND HALF PREVIOUS TO THE BELLERIVE, KIMBALL INCIDENT, FRANKLIN CITY POLICE WERE AT THE SAME RESIDENCE ON THE UNDERAGE DRINKING REPORT.
- TWO FRANKLIN MEN ARE IN THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL ON $25,000 STRAIGHT CASH BAIL CHARGED WITH A DRUG ACT VIOLATION.
- A STATE APPEALS COURT YESTERDAY REVERSED PENNSYLVANIA’S APPROVAL OF A 2005 MERGER BETWEEN TELEPHONE GIANTS VERIZON AND MCI SAYING STATE REGULATORS FAILED TO PROTECT RATEPAYERS.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON WAS A PARTICIPANT IN WILLIAMSPORT YESTERDAY IN THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF HEARINGS PLANNED ACROSS THE STATE BY THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE.
- A CLARION COUNTY MAN IS BEGINNING THE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER TWO CAR CRASH ON ROUTE 66, REDBANK TOWNSHIP LATE LAST NIGHT.
- Clarion-based State Police detained five Mexican residents believed to be in the country illegally late Friday night.
- Whatever shortcomings the valentine’s day storm may have revealed about state govt, the sharpness of gov ed rendell’s political instincts is reaffirmed.
- A WARREN COUNTY MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER , A SOLDIER FROM SHEFFIELD WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM WILL GET HIS RIGHTFUL RECOGNITION.
- This next story is worth only a few bucks, but money is money, especially if you live in the Queen City, Titusville, in Crawford County.
- A MORNING THREE ALARM FIRE IN MERCER COUNTY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
- AN 18 YEAR OLD MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN OVER NIGHT CRASH IN BUTLER COUNTY.
- FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL PARENT LEADERSHIP MONTH. HERE IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- THEN THERE WAS THE 1ST EVER CONGRESSMAN PETERSON COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD TO O R A CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD JACK CRAWFORD FOR HIS PATIENT & TIRELESS WORK IN HELPING TO ESTABLISH A STRONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION VENANGO COUNTY.
- VENANGO COUNTY ELECTIONS CHIEF DENISE JONES SAYS ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS IN VENANGO COUNTY HAVE UNTIL MARCH 16TH TO GET THOSE ACT 1 BALLOT QUESTIONS APPROVED AND BACK TO THE COURTHOUSE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE BALLOT.
- THEY’RE COMING IN DROVES FROM SMALL TOWNS AND CITIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES, CLUTCHING WALLETS AND PURSES STUFFED WITH CASH AND NURSING A COMMON DREAM: HITTING THE JACKPOT.
- pennsylvania is 1 of only 3 states RECEIVING special funding through the national highway traffic safety administration to strengthen seat belt law enforcement according to penndot.
- THE VENANGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS THE FOLLOWING THREE PEOPLE WERE APPREHENDED BY DEPUTIES YESTERDAY:
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN E. PETERSON, REPUBLICAN 5TH DISTRICT OF PLEASANTVILLE, IS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE ANNUAL LINCOLN DAY DINNER OF THE VENANGO COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE tomorrow NIGHT AT CROSS CREEK RESORT.
- BIG CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE STATE HOUSE. ROSEANN CADAU HAS MORE FROM HARRISBURG.
- ONE PENNSYLVANIA STATE TROOPER IS WOUNDED AND ANOTHER IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING A CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
- FROM PENN STATE COMES NEWS OF A NEW YOUTH FOREST EDUCATION PROGRAM.
- A Mercer County woman, missing since Valentine Day, is dead.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE SAYS GOVERNOR ED RENDELL’S PROPOSED 2% INCREASE IN STATE FUNDS TO PENN STATE FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR IS NOT AN INSULT TO PENN STATE.
- THERE’S ANOTHER HAT IN THE RING FOR VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A THEF T FROM THE SAEGERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
- A CAR CRASHED INTO A HOUSE IN CLARION COUNTY IN THE PREDAWN OF SATERDAY.
- A CAR CRASHED INTO A HOUSE IN CLARION COUNTY IN THE PREDAWN OF SATERDAY.
- A MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY AND OTHER DEFENDANTS ARE AGREEING TO PAY $5.3 MILLION TO THE FAMILY OF A BABY WHO SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES WHEN A VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO AN AMBULANCE CARRYING THE CHILD 4 YEARS AGO.
- THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRANKLIN CITY COUNCIL TOOK PLACE ONCE AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF FRANKLIN CITY HALL.
- CONGRESSMAN PHIL ENGLISH IS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
- CAMBRIA COUNTY PROSECUTORS ARE ACCUSING THE MAYOR OF THE TINY BORO OF LILLY WITH ILLEGALLY ISSUING 3 PARKING TICKETS.
- ALSO SPEAKING TO THE NORTH SIDE ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT WAS JOANNE WOODARD OF VENANGO REAL ESTATE.
- THERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE KQW LISTENING AREA THIS MORNING.
- THE GOOD NEWS FOR OIL CITY IS REAL ESTATE IS STILL A GOOD INVESTMENT.
- ONE PERSON IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A 3 CAR PILE UP YESTERDAY ALONG ROUTE 8 NEAR THE INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 80.
- A BUTLER COUNTY MOTHER IS CHARGED IN THE AFTERMATH OF POLICE FINDING A NEWBORN’S BODY UNDER HER BED.
- ONE PERSON IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A 2 CAR PILE UP YESTERDAY ALONG ROUTE 8 NEAR THE INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 80.
- THE TRIAL OF TIMOTHY CALDWELL, THE BUTLER CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ROOMMATE LAST NOVEMBER WILL HAVE HIS TRIAL IN BUTLER COUNTY.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE REPORT A TEENAGER IS CHARGED WITH STEALING A STATE POLICE CRUISER AS THE TROOPER OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO THE TEEN’S FRIENDS.
- IT’S NOT DEAD YET. THE PLAN FOR A PROPOSED CRAWFORD COUNTY ETHANOL PLANT THAT IS.
- YOU MAY RECALL LAST APRIL WHEN A WOODCHIPPER TOWED BY A TRUCK DRIVEN BY A BUTLER COUNTY MAN BROKE LOOSE AND SMASHED INTO A MINI VAN KILLING A FATHER AND TWO OF HIS THREE TRIPLET SONS.
- AN ANTI BULLYING POLICY APPROVED THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATE YESTERDAY IS ON ITS WAY TO THE HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION.
- Marilyn ‘Sue’ McClintock
- corry state police are investigating the theft of two lap top computers from the titusville Wal- mart monday.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE REPORT A MEADVILLE MAN DIED OF A FATAL CORONARY EVENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT A PRESS MACHINE FIRE.
- CLARION STATE POLICE REPORT THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL YESTERDAY IN BEAVER TOWNSHIP.
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REPORTS ERGON TRUCKING INSTALLED AND OPERATED 3 UNPERMITTED STORAGE TANKS AND IS ISSUING A PENALTY.
- YESTERDAY I TOLD YOU ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS REJECTING A CHANGE MEANT TO GET MORE POWER INTO THE HANDS OF THE RANK AND FILE, TERM LIMITS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND A BAN ON SOME PAID ELECTION YEAR PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCAST ADS.
- FORMER PRO FOOTBALLER JUDSON J R FLINT FROM MERCER COUNTY IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VENANGO COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD.
- THE VENANGO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION IS PROCEEDING WITH IT 2007 FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION EVEN THOUGH AT THIS LATE DATE THE FEDS HAVE NOT REVEALED WHAT MUNCIPALITIES WILL RECEIVE.
- VENANGO COUNTY 911 IS GOING AHEAD WITH A PAIR OF CONTRACTS WORTH OVER $860,000 AS PART OF THE COUNTY’S PHASE 2 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WIRELESS UPGRADE.
- SPEAKING OF THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING GRANTS, HE IS TRUMPETING THE AWARD OF $2 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE YOUTH, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
- TIONESTA STATE POLICE REPORT A COUPLE OF ONE CAR CRASHES IN THEIR PATROL AREA YESTERDAY.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON SAYS THE NEW RULES GOVERNING THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE A GOOD FIRST STEP.
- AT SHORTLY AFTER 2 P.M. FRIDAY THERE WAS A TWO CAR CRASH ON U.S. 62, 3 TENTHS OF A MILE NORTH OF HORSECREEK ROAD IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, VENANGO COUNTY.
- A RETIRED STATE POLICE OFFICER, WHO FILED A A RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE POLICE 4 YEARS AGO WILL HAVE HIS DAY IN COURT
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- VENANGO COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON IS ON THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN TASK FORCE ON WELFARE REFORM.
- A BUTLER COUNTY TEENAGER CHASING A BALL AT RECESS YESTERDAY BECAME TRAPPED UNDER A HEAVY CONCRETE SLAB BEFORE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE ABLE TO REMOVE IT AND RUSH HIM TO A WAITING MEDICAL HELICOPTER.
- THE FRANKLIN TROOPERS ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY IN WHICH A PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN ENTERED AN UNSECURED HOME DURING THE LAST WEEK TAKING ABOUT $450 IN CASH.
- FRANKLIN STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A CASE OF OBSCENE MATERIALS AND CORRUPTION OF MINORS.
- THE MARCH PUBLIC VENANGO PARKS & NATURAL REWOURCES AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING SET FOR YESTERDAY AT 2 MILE RUN COUNTY PARK WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED.
- CLARION STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A PAIR OF CASES REPORTED BY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES.
- RED HANDED. FRANKLIN STATE POLICE SAY 3 TEENAGE GIRLS WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON CHARGES OF RETAIL THEFT.
- ACCIDENTAL FIRES. TWO CASES WHERE FIRE ROARED THROUGH MANUFACTURED HOMES CREATING A TOTAL LOSS IN THE TIONESTA STATE POLICE PATROL AREA YESTERDAY.
- Clinton E. Barger
- JOBS IN THE MEDICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES INDUSTRIES REPORTED THE TOP WAGES IN VENANGO COUNTY LAST YEAR.
- FOR SIX VENANGO COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY. NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR THE VENANGO COUNTY DENTAL TASK FORCE.
- SPEEDING IS THE CULPRIT THAT CAUSED A TWO TRUCK ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR BARKEYVILLE LAST NIGHT.
- A STATE OF THE ART IMAGING SYSTEM IS ADVANCING UPMC NORTHWEST’S ABILITY TO DIAGN0SE BREAST CANCER AND OTHER BREAST DISEASES.
- IN ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THE ENGINEER OF A SPEEDING FREIGHT TRAIN THAT DERAILED GOING DOWN A TREACHEROUS STRETCH OF TRACK OFF KEATING SUMMIT IN MCKEAN COUNTY LAST SUMMER.
- THE OIL REGION ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OBSERVATORY LOCATED IN TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK, VENANGO COUNTY IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
- THE FOREST WATCH DOG ORGANIZATION ALLEGHENY DEFENSE PROJECT, SAYS IT’S ENCOURAGED BY U.S. FOREST AGENCY OBJECTIONS TO THE LOCATION OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST BY US. ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
- ANOTHER CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY, THIS TIME REPORTED IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2006 FISCAL REVIEW OF THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE BY CITY MANAGER MARY ANN NAU, TITUSVILLE MAYOR BRIAN SANFORD PAINTS A GENERAL POSITIVE AND UPBEAT PICTURE IN HIS ANNUAL LETTER THAT COULD BE TERMED THE STATE OF THE CITY.
- A STATE APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMS A LOWER COURT RULING ALLOWING ALLEGHENY COUNTY HOMEOWNERS TO APPEAL THEIR PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS BASED ON WHAT THEIR HOMES ARE WORTH NOW, RATHER THAN THE VALUE IN 2002.
- IN A PUBLISHED REPORT LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY SAYS HE SEES NO REASON TO CLOSE THE OIL REGION ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OBSERVATORY AT TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK TO THE PUBLIC.
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- THE VENANGO COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE COUNTY PROPERTY MANAGER ARE CONSIDERING A VARIETY OF BIDS INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH RENOVATION OF THE WORK RELEASE AREA OF THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL.
- VENANGO COUNTY COURT SUPERVISION WILL SOON BE WORKING 0N A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN IN SUPPORT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD.
- THE VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISPATCHED A LOT OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING UNDER THE AGENDA ITEMS OF COURT SUPERVISION, THE PRISON, HUMAN SERVICES & COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
- NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA OIL PRODUCERS ARE REACTING NEGATIVELY TO GOVERNOR RENDELL’S PROPOSED PROFIT TAX.
- MILK PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ACCORDING TO AN EXPERT FROM PENN STATE.
- the latest quinnipiac poll of presidential hopefuls in pennsylvania shows hillary rodham clinton expanding her lead, while rudi giuliani’s lead is narrowing.
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- FROM TITUSVILLE COMES NEWS STATE POLICE ARE CHARGING A SPARTANSBURG MAN IN AN ACCIDENT DAMAGING PROPERTY BELONG TO A SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY.
- RECENT PRESS ACCOUNTS REPORT 3 CANDIDATES FOR VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHANGING PARTIES FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT ON THE SAME DAY THEY OBTAINED PETITIONS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AS DEMOCRATS.
- THE FIRST NEW ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN IN TWENTY YEARS WILL REPORTEDLY TIGHTEN REGULATIONS ON WELLS.
- AT A WORKSHOP IN ELK COUNTY THIS WEEK, THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST, THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND FERMATA, INCORPORATED, PUT FORTH SIX SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CLARION RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
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- FROM MERCER COMES NEWS A SPECTATOR AT A STOCK CAR RACE DIED AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO A BARRIER, SENDING THE BARRIER INTO HIM ACCORDING TO POLICE.
- THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRANKLIN CITY COUNCIL TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT.
- AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MERCER STATE POLICE.
- THE SCRUBGRASS GENERATING PLANT LOCATED IN SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FEATHER ITS CAP NOW.
- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VENANGO COUNTY DIABETES TASK FORCE, THE OIL CITY SALVATION ARMY, LOCATED AT SPRING AND SYCAMORE STREETS IS KICKING OFF “TEACH ONE, REACH ONE” A PROGRAM FOR ADULTS TO COMBAT DIABETES AND RELATED HEALTH ISSUES.
- A NURSING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT THE VENANGO CAMPUS OF CLARION UNIVERSITY IS NEWLY ENDOWED, THANKS TO A FRANKLIN BUSINESSMAN.
- FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMES NEWS THE RENDELL ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTING OVER $64,000 TO FIGHTING WEST NILE VIRUS IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- FRANKLIN STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A RASH OF BB GUN CRIMINAL MISCHEIF COMPLAINTS IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP.
- THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA ARE AMONG 210 ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA ALLOWED BY THE STATE TO RAISE TAXES WITHOUT VOTES.
- SPEAKING OF SNOWY WEATHER, WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF INTERSTATE 79 IN CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES FOR HOURS YESTERDAY.
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO REMIND US ABOUT THE DANGERS OF INTERNET LOTTERY TYPE SCAMS AND THE ISSUANCE OF FRAUDULENT CHECKS.
- Governor Rendell to Activate State Emergency Operations Center Tonight in Response to Predicted Snowfall and Rain
- A BUTLER COUNTY WOMAN IS IN PANAMANIAN CUSTODY CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF A WOMAN ORIGINALLY FROM PITTSBURGH.
- HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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- SPEAKING OF SCAMS, CLARION STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS DOOR TO DOOR SALES AT VARIOUS TIMES AND PLACES IN AND AROUND ARMSTRONG, JEFFERSON AND CLARION COUNTIES.
- OIL CITY POLICE REPORT AN INDIVIDUAL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN CONNECTION WITH ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY ON THE CITY’S NORTHSIDE.
- 2 MILE RUN COUNTY PARK WILL BE OPEN FOR THE SUMMER & NO RESERVATIONS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THE TIME OF APPLEFEST IN OCTOBER.
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- FROM BRADFORD COMES WORD GLENN MENCER, A FORMER FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE STATE’S FIRST COMMONWEALTH COURT PANEL, HAS DIED.
- FROM MERCER COMES NEWS A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND BURNING DOWN HER PARENTS’ HOME WILL BE TRIED IN MERCER COUNTY BY A LOCAL JURY.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE IS DRAWING IRE AND FIRE FROM CITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA FUTURE OR PENNFUTURE.
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- THE UNITED STATES IS OFFERING HELP TO PANAMA IN AN AMERICAN MURDER CASE INVOLVING BUTLER COUNTY RESIDENT DEBRA ANN RIDGLEY OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
- TWO PEOPLE, ONE AN OIL CITY RESIDENT ARE CHARGED WITH POSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER AND ARE LODGES IN THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL THIS DAY.
- THERE IS AN AMBER CHILD ABDUCTION ALERT ISSUED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE OUT OF THE EMBREEVILLE STATION, CHESTER COUNTY FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD PENNSYLVANIA GIRL.
- STATE COLLEGE SCHOOL OFFICIALS CANCELLED CLASSES TODAY, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLINGS A COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER POLICE SAID A THREATENING NOTE WAS FOUND IN A HIGH SCHOOL BATHROOM.
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN E. PETERSON, REPUBLICAN OF PLEASANTVILLE, VENANGO COUNTY IS AMONG 199 CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTED YESTERDAY AGAINST UPHOLDING LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. COMBAT TROOPS BY SEPTEMBER 2008.
- AN OIL CITY MAN & A VENUS WOMAN ARE LODGED IN THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL ON $20,000 STRAIGHT BAIL EACH CHARGED IN CONNECTION W/ A BURGLARY AT A RESIDENCE ALONG BROCIUS LANE OFF ROUTE 38 IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, VENANGO COUNTY SATERDAY AFTERNOON.
- AN AMISH GIRL MISSING FOUR DAYS IS SAFE. AND HER FATHER IS LODGED IN THE CRAWFORD COUNTY JAIL ON $100,000 BOND.
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE IS IN FAVOR OF MERGING PHILADELPHIA BASED INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS AND PITTSBURGH BASED HIGH MARK BLUE CROSS.
- ALSO IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, OFFICIALS THERE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO REDUCE FLOODING AND CURB THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION WASHING DOWNSTREAM DURING A HEAVY RAIN.
- FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS NEWS THE AGENCY IS SEEKING TO UPGRADE MERCER COUNTY’S AIR QUALITY OZONE DESIGNATION.
- THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STING CORPORATION OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA TO DISCUSS A FIBER OPTIC WIDE AREA NETWORK THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN VENANGO COUNTY BY JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
- THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STING CORPORATION OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA TO DISCUSS A FIBER OPTIC WIDE AREA NETWORK THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN VENANGO COUNTY BY JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
- REGARDING BIDS FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE WORK RELEASE AREA OF THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL, THE VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE APPROVING TWO AND REJECTING TWO.
- THE FIRST PERSON IN VENANGO COUNTY TO QUALIFY FOR DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE UNDER A NEW COUNTY PROGRAM IS KAREN GRIOS.
- KQW HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF THE FINAL ADJUDICATION OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION INTO THE CONDUCT OF VENANGO COUNTY SHERIFF GENE PRICE DURING HIS 2001 AND 2005 RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.
- FOCUS ON OUR FUTURE IS A VENANGO COUNTY PROGRAM.
- THE VENANGO COUNTY STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN COALITION IS RECOGNIZING EIGHT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
- YOU MAY RECALL ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO THE VENANGO COUNTY PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MET AT ITS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING DECIDING TO OPEN TWO MILE RUN PARK IN MAY AND TO CUT OFF RESERVATIONS AFTER APPLEFEST IN OCTOBER.
- FRIDAY AFTERNOON I REPORTED TO YOU THE RESPONSE OF THE CANDIDATES REGARDING THE TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK ISSUE.
- FRIDAY MORNING 10 OF ELEVEN CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE JOB OF VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER DESCRIBED THEIR POSITIONS ON TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK, THE COUNTY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OIL REGION ALLIANCE AND THEIR VISIONS FOR VENANGO COUNTY.
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON IS QUOTED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA’S HERALD TRIBUNE REGARDING THAT STATES VENTURE INTO THE GLOBAL NATURAL GAS MARKET.
- TWO SONS OF A LAWRENCE COUNTY MAN WHO DIED LAST SUMMER WANT HIS BODY EXHUMED AND AUTOPSIED AS THEY CHALLENGE THEIR STEPMOTHER’S RIGHT TO INHERIT THE MAN’S MONEY.
- CONNEAUT LAKE PARK, THE FINANCIALLY STRAPPED 115 YEAR OLD AMUSEMENT PARK IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, MAY OPEN IN STAGES THIS SUMMER IF MONEY CAN NOT BE RAISED TO OPEN IT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.
- THE STATE’S BLACK FLY CONTROL PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE MORE AREAS IN VENANGO COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THIS YEAR.
- I REPORTED TO YOU THE REACTION OF THE TWO MILE RUN RESCUE COMMITTEE BY MEMBER RAY BEICHNER TO THE POSITIONS OF THE CANDIDATES ON TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK ISSUE.
- LAST FRIDAY THE COMBINED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE FRANKLIN AREA AND VENANGO AREA SPONSORED A CANDIDATES FORUM FOR THOSE VYING FOR VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
- WARREN COUNTY BASED UNITED REFINING SAYS IT INTENDS TO BEGIN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING TO ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS OF AN ADDITIONAL $100 MILLION PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 10 ½% SENIIOR NOTES DUE IN 2012.
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- The Jefferson County district attorney said he will seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing two people during a dispute over drugs.
- ONE PERSON IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER A MOTORCYCLE AND A CAR CRASHED YESTERDAY IN BUTLER COUNTY.
- WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF THEFT, CLARION STATE POLICE ARE CHARGING A 19 YEAR OLD ERIE WOMAN WITH RETAIL THEFT FROM CLARION WAL- MART.
- As the budget season approaches, lawmakers in Harrisburg are worried about a series of major transportation funding issues that need to be addressed in the new state spending plan.
- IN THE AFTERMATH OF TUESDAY NIGHT’S STORMS, WE ARE LEARNING VENANGO COUNTY ESCAPED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED.
- A FRANKLIN WOMAN ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING $3.1 MILLION WAS SCHEDULE FOR SENTENCING THIS MORNING IN FEDERAL COURT IN ERIE.
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- The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down in Crawford County during the severe weather outbreak on Tuesday.
- A FRANKLIN WOMAN ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING $3.1 MILLION WILL SERVE 70 MONTHS IN PRISON AND MUST PAY NEARLY $3.4 MILLION IN RESTITUTION.
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- A charter bus on a late-night run swerved off an interstate before tipping over on its side, killing two people and injuring 32 others
- YOU COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A MORE PERFECT DAY TO HOLD THE VENANGO COUNTY HEART WALK SATERDAY.
- THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE OF VENANGO COUNTY IS GOING INTO ITS 20TH YEAR. OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATING AND COOPERATING IN PLANNING FOR A DISASTER OR EMERGENCY EVENT IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- ONE OF THE LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY BY MEMBERS OF THE TWO MILE RUN RESCUE COMMITTEE ALLEGES TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK IS BEING MISUSED AND MISMANAGED BY THE AUTHORITY AND IT’S PRIVATE MANAGERS
- A New Castle boy will be recogized by the Pennsylvania State Police for his heroic efforts in a two-vehicle accident in November of last year.
- THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE OF VENANGO COUNTY IS GOING INTO ITS 20TH YEAR.
- ONE OF THE LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY BY MEMBERS OF THE TWO MILE RUN RESCUE COMMITTEE ALLEGES TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK IS BEING MISUSED AND MISMANAGED BY THE AUTHORITY AND IT’S PRIVATE MANAGERS
- TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK WILL RETURN TO COUNTY OWNERSHIP
- THIS REPORTER SAID PARK MANAGERS ANN & MARTY RUDEGEAIRE HAD MOVED FROM THEIR FRANKLIN RESIDENCE TO LOUISIANA. THAT IS IN FACT NOT TRUE. THE RUDEGEAIRES HAVE NOT MOVED & REMAIN IN FRANKLIN.
- In a prepared statement reacting to this weeks news Two Mile Run County Park will revert to Venango County ownership, the county commissioners say…their hope is this may be resolved smoothly, promptly and prudently.
- SPEAKING OF ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT WILL BE STRETCHING BORDER TO BORDER ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER BEGINNING TODAY.
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