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THE MEADVILLE AREA SEWER AUTHORITY SAYS IT WILL PAY A $6000 FINE FOR 6 VIOLATIONS OF STATE SEWAGE TREATMENT REGULATIONS. By: Mark Heim | Source: AP November 28, 2006 6:18AM EST
THE MEADVILLE AREA SEWER AUTHORITY SAYS IT WILL PAY A $6000 FINE FOR 6 VIOLATIONS OF STATE SEWAGE TREATMENT REGULATIONS. THE AUTHORITY’S BOARD APPROVED PAYING THE FINE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR FIVE VIOLATION IN JUNE 2005 AND ANOTHER THIS LAST JULY. AUTHORITY ENGINEER GUS MAAS SAYS THE VIOLATIONS INVOLVED THE PROLIFERATION OF A BACTERIA PREVENTING SEWAGE FROM BEING PROPERLY TREATED. THE PROBLEM RESULTED IN THE DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE WITH AMOUNTS OF AMMONIA AND PHOSPHOROUS HIGHER THAN ALLOWED ACCORDING TO DEP SPOKESWOMAN FREDA TARBELL. NONE OF THE DISCHARGES CAUSED A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD ACCORDING TO TARBELL AND MAAS. THEY SAY THE AUTHORITY WILL TEST TREATED SEWAGE MORE FREQUENTLY TO IDENTIFY SMALLER PROBLEMS FASTER IN THE FUTURE.
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Muldoon - 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. - STATE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THEIR AGENDA AS THEY PREPARE TO ASSUME CONTROL OF THE STATE HOUSE IN 2007. - 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. - SEWERS & TRAFFIC LIGHTS. - RAY & JAN BEICHNER VS. VENANGO PARK AUTHORITY BEGINS MONDAY IN COUNTY COURT. - UNDER A $1.2 MILLION INVESTMENT BY GOVERNOR ED RENDELL TO PROTECT PENNSYLVANIA’S WILD RESOURCES, THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY WILL GET $345,000 TO INITIATE NEW COUNTY INVENTORIES IN VENANGO, ARMSTRONG, CLARION AND CAMERON COUNTIES. - PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK IS CONDUCTING ITS ANNUAL DEER HUNT THROUGH TOMORROW AS PARK MANAGERS TRY TO CONTROL A BURGEONING DEER POPULATION. - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS DURING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA WILL GET THEIR FIRST SNOW ACCUMULATION OF THE WINTER. - 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. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 7 AM TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 7 A.M. FRIDAY. - AS TO CANCELLATIONS. ONLY THREE CANCELLATIONS AT THIS TIME. FOREST AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, NORTH CLARION AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ST. JOSEPH IN LUCINDA ARE ALL ON A TWO HOUR DELAY THIS MORNING. - THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT STRETCHING ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA WILL SPUTTER INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CLEARING OUT BY TOMORROW MORNING. - A FORMER ERIE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WILL STAND TRIAL ON CHARGES HE STOLE ABOUT $20,000 WORTH OF SCHOOL EQUIPMENT AND SOLD IT ON E BAY. - A MEADVILLE MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A VEHICLE VS. PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT THIS MORNING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. - THE PROPOSED AND YET TO BE BUILT TREE HOUSE LODGING FACILITY WILL POSE UNFAIR COMPETITION TO PRIVATE COMMERCIAL LODGING FACILITIES LIKE TURTLE BAY LODGE OWNED BY RAY AND JAN BEICHNER IN PRESIDENT TOWNSHIP. - SPEAKING OF SEWAGE ISSUES, RATES WILL GO UP ON JANUARY 1. - THE NEXT STEP IN THE RAY & JAN BEICHNER LAW SUIT AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS & NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY IS FOR THE 6 ADVISORY JURORS & 1 ALTERNATE TO VISIT THE FACILITIES NAMED IN THE SUIT. - 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. - PARTING SHOTS IN THE LAW SUIT OF JAN AND RAY BEICHNER VS. THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY. - RON SHOUP, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAY BE GETTING READY TO RETIRE FROM THE CHAMBER, BUT HAS NO PLANS TO RETIRE FROM COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WORK. - AN EX LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT WILL GET $84,000 FOR UNUSED VACATION TIME. - FIREFIGHTERS WILL WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS STORY. - THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SAYS THE BEAVER VALLEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNDERESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF RADIO ACTIVITY WOULD BE RELEASED DURING A HYPOTHETICAL ACCIDENT. - THEY’RE FINDING SOME VERY OLD BONES AT POINT STATE PARK IN PITTSBURGH. - A VISIONARY LEADER. A COMPASSIONATE MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO BOTH HIS FAMILY AND HIS STATE. - THE NORTWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL WIDE AREA NETWORK CONSORTIUM IS PARTNERING WITH STING COMMUNICATIONS AS THE VENDOR FOR THEIR ONGOING BROADBAND PROJECT. - 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. - 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. - EACH OF THE 30 ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS AT THE SENECA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP WILL GET A SET OF NEW TURN OUT GEAR. - William J. Girty - BUCKY PHILLIPS WILL GO TO JAIL FOR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. - NO ONE IS REPORTED INJURED IN A VEHICLE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE CAR AND SHUT DOWN MEADVILLE PIKE IN SUGARCREEK BORO MONDAY NIGHT. - THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SUE WILLIAMS. - 5 MONTHS IN PRISON, 5 MONTHS HOME CONFINEMENT. - MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT OF ENDANGERING CHILDREN AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. - AND NOW A CHRISTMAS ITEM YOU WILL ONLY HEAR ON KQW RADIO. - WHOODATHUNKIT? THE STATE POLICE ARE REMINDING US TO LOCK OUR HOMES AND VEHICLES TO PREVENT PROPERTY FROM BEING TAKEN BY THOSE WHO ARE DISHONEST. - 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. - IT’S ALL ABOUT WHAT THE KIDS DO. 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KATHERINE BAKER KNOLL SAYS SHE IS DEEPLY SADDENED BY PRESIDENT FORD’S PASSING. - CALLING GERALD FORD A REMARKABLE PRESIDENT, CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON SAYS FORD WAS CALLED UPUON TO SERVE DURING ONE OF THE MOST TUMULTUOUS PERIODS IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY. - 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. - COME THE FIRST OF THE YEAR A MORE STRINGENT TITLING PROCESS FOR RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLES WILL GUARD AGAINST THEFT AND FRAUD. - WHEN THE BALL DROPS AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MARKING THE BEGINNING OF 2007, PENNSYLVANIAS MINIMUM WAGE WILL GO UP TO $6.25 AN HOUR. - THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT IS UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE STATE’S FETAL HOMICIDE LAW. - 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 - 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. - AN EAU CLAIRE MAN IS CHARGED BY THE STATE POLICE WITH ALLEGEDLY CHOKING A WOMAN AT AN EAU CLAIRE RESIDENCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. - PENNSYLVANIA, ARMED WITH NEARL $1.4 BILLION IN RECENTLY APPROVED FEDERAL FUNDING, WILL CLEAN UP ABANDONED COAL MINES BEGINNING WITH ONES WHERE INJURIES OR FATALITIES HAVE OCCURED OR ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. - 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. - IN CLARION COUNTY ON FRIDAY NIGHT STATE TROOPERS REPORT EMILY REND OF PUNXATAWNEY WAS TRAVELING EAST ON BIGLEY ROAD IN PAINT TOWNSHIP. - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IS THE CRIME UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CLARION STATE TROOPERS IN RED BANK TOWNSHIP, CLARION COUNTY. - THE WEATHER AND NEWS ARE "BEHIND" US. LETS HAVE A LITTLE FUN. THIS IS OFF THE POLICE REPORTS FROM CLARION AND MEADVILLE. - 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. - 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. - FIRST ENERGY, THE PARENT FIRM OF PENELEC, MUST PAY A $25,000 FINE FOR A SOOT RELEASE, A BLACK RESIDUE FROM A POWER PLANT SMOKESTACK THAT COVERED OVER 300 HOMES. - THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF COMCAST SAYS THE NEXT GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY LIES IN SELLING ITS INTERNET, VOICE AND VIDEO SERVICES TO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES, SETTING A TARGET OF CAPTURING 20 PERCENT OF THE MARKET IN FIVE YEARS. - A NEW PROPOSAL FROM A LEADING STATE HOUSE DEMOCRAT WOULD HOLD EMPLOYERS MORE YCCOUNTABLE IF A WORKER IS HURT ON THE JOB. - CONGRESSMAN PHIL ENGLISH SAYS WHILE HE APPLAUDS THE PRESIDENTS REASSESSMENT OF U.S. IRAQ POLICY, HE DOES NOT SUPPORT AN EXPANSION IN AMERICAN TROOP STRENGTH ON THE GROUND. - 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. - 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 IS ALL BUT GIVING UP ON ENVIRO BIO DIESEL STARTING UP A PLANT ON THE GROUNDS OF THE OLD PENNZOIL REFINERY. - state police - A PITTSBURGH COMPANY WILL BUILD A NEW PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER IN CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, CRAWFORD COUNTY. - MANUFACTURING OIL PUMP JACKS IS AN ENDEAVOR ERIE RESIDENT DAN STUTZMAN SAYS FOUND HIM. - REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON SAYS HE PLANS A GIVE & TAKE RELATIONSHIP WITH CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS WHO NOW OWN THE MAJORITY. - William E. Baden - 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 TITUSVILLE MAN IS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF WILLIAM GREER IN OIL CREEK TOWNSHIP EARLY SUNDAY. - GARY HUTCHISON, INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS HE’LL BE ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT IN MAY SEEKING PARTY ENDORSEMENT FOR A SECOND TERM. - 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? - STUDENTS AT YOUNGSVILLE AND WARREN AREA HIGHSCHOOLS ARE BACK IN CLASS TODAY AFTER TWIN BOMB SCARES FORCED EVACUATIONS AT BOTH SCHOOLS YESTERDAY. - ABRAXAS PERSONNEL WILL MEET WITH UNION OFFICIALS ON FRIDAY IN ONE LAST EFFORT TO AVERT A STRIKE. - UNDER THE BANNER OF A PROPOSED NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, 8 VO TECH SCHOOLS IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA ARE JOINING FORCES. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA FROM 8 TONIGHT UNTIL 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. - 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. - A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SHOWS THE RISK FOR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 10 A.M. - THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE ADOPTED THIS YEAR BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE. - 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. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 9 A.M. TOMORROW. - 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. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA FROM 1 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 A.M. WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL 11 A.M. - 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 - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 7 A.M. - 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. - THE RECEPTION WILL BE A COLD ONE, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE. - THE PA DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS SEEKING A CIVIL PENALTY OF $31,000 FROM CHARLES TANNER OF BUTLER FOR NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS RELATING TO IMPROPER TRANSPORT, HANDLING & DISPOSAL OF WASTE TIRES AT SEVERAL SITES IN BUTLER & LAWRENCE COUNTIES. - 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. - CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON OF PLEASANTVILLE IS ACUTELY AWARE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN RURAL AREAS. - 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. - A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TOMORROW ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA. - A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TOMORROW ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA. - OIL CITY CODE OFFICER ED YARD SAYS THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IN DEALING W/ DERELICT HOUSING. - A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTEN AREA THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON TODAY. - 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 - an erie slots casino may not open as scheduled next week, even though a company spokesman says the facility and an ad campaign are ready to go. - 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. - 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. - attorney general tom corbett says in remarks delivered in oil city this afternoon at city hall operation raw deal is putting a dent in local drug trafficking. - attorney general tom corbett says in remarks delivered in oil city YESTERDAY at city hall operation raw deal is putting a dent in local drug trafficking. - 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. - CITY COUNCIL SAYS WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. SOME OIL CITY LANDLORDS SAY THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY. - A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 6 P.M. TOMORROW NIGHT. - MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A SNOW MOBILER. - CITY COUNCIL SAYS WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. - 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 - A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 6 P.M. TOMORROW NIGHT. - WHEN IT COMES TO REPAIRING THE DAM AT POLK CENTER, THERE ARE MORE DECISIONS TO BE MADE THAN WHETHER THE DAM WILL BE BREACHED. - THERE ARE ABOUT TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE KQW LISTENING AREA THIS MORNING. - THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GATHERS DURING ITS ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR THIS MORNING AT 8:30. - IF FARMING IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA IS YOUR OCCUPATION, YOU MAY ESPECIALLY WANT TO HERE THIS. - IF FARMING IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA IS YOUR OCCUPATION, YOU MAY ESPECIALLY WANT TO HERE THIS. THIS IS DR. JOHN MAY WITH THE NORTHEAST CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH. I SPOKE WITH DR. MAY YESTERDAY. - IF FARMING IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA IS YOUR OCCUPATION, YOU MAY ESPECIALLY WANT TO HERE THIS. - THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GATHERS DURING ITS ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR THIS MORNING AT 8:30. - 3 STRATEGIC DRIVING STRATEGIES ARE POWERING THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE COUNTY’S BUSINESS CLIMATE. - Congressman John E. Peterson, REPUBLICAN OF Pleasantville SAYS CONGRESS SHOULD WORK ON SOLUTIONS TO IRAQ PROBLEMS. - 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. - state police fire marshals are investigating a fatal fire in forest county. - It took 46 hours of nonstop dancing, but students at Penn State raised $5.2 million over the weekend to help children with cancer. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Monday its plans for nine stores in areas in need of economic revitalization and said it will use those stores to help other businesses in the area develop. - CITIZEN DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND THE MECHANICS OF THE TAXING PROCESS, RANGING OUT TO THE FAIRNESS OF THE PROPOSED TAX QUESTION WHICH WILL APPEAR ON THE MAY 15TH BALLOT. - 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. - 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 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. - William R. Herman - William H. 'Bill' Long - for the 57th consecutive year the chamber of commerce that is now the venango area chamber of commerce honored an outstanding citizen for the previous year. - AS REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THE OIL CITY HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS WILL BE GETTING A NEW BOILER SYSTEM THIS SUMMER. - THREE HOT TOPICS OF CONVERSATION AS OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DR. JOSEPH CARRICO VISITED THE KQW STUDIOS THIS MORNING. - THIS WEEK CREWS AROUND THE KQW LISTENING AREA FINALLY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR MOST OF RECENT SNOW OFF THE PAVEMENTS. AND SOME DRIVERS BECAME JUST A LITTLE USED TO NEARLY NORMAL DRIVING AGAIN. - A CONNEAUT LAKE WOMAN WILL BE SENTENCED APRIL 10TH ON EIGHT COUNTS OF THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING MOVEABLE PROPERTY, STEALING OVER $800,000 FROM A SAEGERTOWN CARE HOME DURING A 7 YEAR PERIOD. - Clarion-based State Police detained five Mexican residents believed to be in the country illegally late Friday night. - A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA UNTIL 10 THIS MORNING. - Whatever shortcomings the valentine’s day storm may have revealed about state govt, the sharpness of gov ed rendell’s political instincts is reaffirmed. - THE TITUSVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PURCHASED A MICROBREWERY PUB AND RESTAURANT AT SHERIFF’S SALE AND HOPES TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO WILL REOPEN THE BUSINESS. - A WARREN COUNTY MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER , A SOLDIER FROM SHEFFIELD WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM WILL GET HIS RIGHTFUL RECOGNITION. - 275 WORKERS AT ONE OF MEADVILLE’S LARGEST EMPLOYERS ARE JUST A LITTLE UNEASY. - Gov. Rendell SAYS his Cover All Kids proposal under the Children's Health Insurance Program IS approved by the federal government, guaranteeing health care coverage to 134,000 uninsured kids. - |