METHAMPHETAMINE, THE SCOURGE AND THE UNDERBELLY OF CRAWFORD, FOREST AND VENANGO COUNTIES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO ARMSTRONG COUNTY.
By: Mark Heim | Source: KITTANNING TIMES LEADER
November 30, 2006 2:09PM EST


METHAMPHETAMINE, THE SCOURGE AND THE UNDERBELLY OF CRAWFORD, FOREST AND VENANGO COUNTIES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO ARMSTRONG  COUNTY.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCOTT ANDREASSI SAY WHILE THE COUNTY HASN’T SEEN AS MUCH OF THE METH ACTIVITY AS HE THOUGHT, PEOPLE ARE USING METH AND THE LABS ARE NOT FAR BEHIND.  ANDREASSI SAYS ITS SOMETHING LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST KEEP AN EYE ON.  THE DRUG MUST BE MADE USING AN EXPLOSIVE AND DANGEROUS MIX OF CHEMICALS.  USERS OFTEN FEEL THEIR SKIN IS CRAWLING AND EXPERIENCE ROTTING TEETH.  ANDREASSI SAYS NEIGHBORS ARE ENDANGERED FROM THE EXPLOSIVE COMPONENTS OF METH.  AND FINALLY, ANDREASSI SAYS IT TAKES SOME BRAINS TO MAKE METH.  IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE METH, YOU CAN DO BETTER THINGS WITH YOUR LIFE. 

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- THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT ALSO OVERTURNED A LOWER COURT RULING ON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER JUDGES CAN ORDER WARRANTLESS SEARCHES FOR GUNS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- POLICE SAY A DRIVER WHO KILLED A WOMAN IN HER FRONT YARD LAST AUGUST WAS DRUNK.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- WE HEARD A LOT LAST YEAR ABOUT NEW CARS AND TRUCKS TO BE SOLD IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE 2008 MODEL YEAR HAVING TO COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA STYLE AIR POLLUTION STANDARDS AND NOT THE LESS STRINGENT FEDERAL STANDARDS.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A PLANE THAT CRASHED LAST MONTH, KILLING THE PILOT AND A NURSE, INTENTIONALLY MADE A HARD LANDING AS THE PILOT TRIED TO BANG ICE FROM ITS WINGS.
- THE SNOW IS PROOF POSITIVE OUR EXTENDED HIATUS WITH BALMY TEMPERATURES IS OVER.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ROUSEVILLE BORO COUNCIL MEMBER MARK MCCLINTOCK IS NEARLY A NON MEMBER OF THE BORO COUNCIL.
- THE LEGAL AD SAID THE BORO OF ROUSEVILLE WOULD CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE LAST NIGHT AT ITS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ADOPT THE 2003 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
- A PITTSBURGH COMPANY WILL BUILD A NEW PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER IN CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- 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 .
- MARK CONRAD IS THE NEW COORDINATOR OF CAREER SERVICES AT CLARION UNIVERSITY VENANGO CAMPUS.
- BROADBAND SERVICES TO 85 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 12 COUNTIES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
- 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.
- 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?
- ABRAXAS PERSONNEL WILL MEET WITH UNION OFFICIALS ON FRIDAY IN ONE LAST EFFORT TO AVERT A STRIKE.
- 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.
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON SUPPORTS AN ACCOUNT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGE, BUT DECREIS SHIFTING OF PRODUCTION TO OVERSEAS.
- 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.
- WINTER WEATHER RELATED ROAD ACCIDENTS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE POLICE REPORTS THIS MORNING.
- A TITUSVILLE NATIVE, REGISTERED AS A GRAD STUDENT AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WHO DIED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT LAST WEEK FROM A FRACTURED NECK WAS PROBABLY A VICTIM OF SNOWY WEATHER.
- 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.
- WALKER WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN VENANGO COUNTY COURT
- THE NEXT STORY RUNS ABOUT TWO MINUTES, BUT IT ONE OF THOSE STORIES MAKING LISTENING TO AND WORKING RADIO FUN.
- 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.
- Rep. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) has been named the Republican chair of the house environmental resources and energy committee.
- WHEN THE NICE OFFICER PULLS YOU OVER FOR SPEEDING, CHANCES ARE YOU WERE NAILED WITH A RADAR GUN OR A VARIANT THEREOF.
- OVER $234,000 IS BEING AWARDED THIS YEAR TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NURSING PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE VENANGO CAMPUS OF CLARION UNIVERSITY.
- 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.
- 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.
- A CLARION COUNTY MAN STANDS GUILTY OF THIRD DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A MAN FROM KENTUCKY NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.
- IF THERE IS ANY REALLY GOOD NEWS TO REPORT IT IS THAT WHICH IS HAPPENING IN CONNECTION WITH THE VENANGO COUNTY DENTAL TASK FORCE.
- Bertrand Roy Hover
- FIRST A BURNING CRAFTED AND ENACTED IN SUGARCREEK LAST YEAR.
- folks in foxburg are getting reading for ground breaking on a new bridge over the allegheny river.
- NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT VENICE LEWIS SPOKE LAST ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING UP OUR CHILDREN, OUR HOUSING AND DRIVING DRUGS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
- 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 .
- TAKE PRIDE WITH CARING HABITS WORKS HARD TO BE READILY VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- A DELEWARE, OHIO MAN IS RECOVERING FROM MAJOR INJURIES THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A REAR ENDER WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN BARKEYVILLE.
- STANDING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL CORBETT THIS AFTENOON WERE OIL CITY POLICE CHIEF ROBERT WENNER AND VENANGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARIE VEON
- A GROUP OF CONCERNED OIL CITY LANDLORDS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES MET AT THE GOOD HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH LAST NIGHT.
- 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.
- THE TOP FIVE FRAUD COMPLAINTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR 2006
- 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.
- LAST THURSDAY AT OIL CITY HALL IT WAS ALL GLITZ, LIGHTS AND TV CAMERAS AS THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF OVER 16 PEOPLE , MOSTLY FROM OIL CITY, INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL DRUG TRADE AFTER A 10 MONTH INVESTIGATION.
- OIL CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JANET GATESMAN REVIEWED DURING A 3RD PUBLIC HEARING LAST NIGHT, THE SUGGESTED EXPENDITURE OF THE ANNUAL FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
- LAST THURSDAY AT OIL CITY HALL IT WAS ALL GLITZ, LIGHTS AND TV CAMERAS AS THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF OVER 16 PEOPLE , MOSTLY FROM OIL CITY, INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL DRUG TRADE AFTER A 10 MONTH INVESTIGATION.
- 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
- THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GATHERS DURING ITS ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR THIS MORNING AT 8:30.
- 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.
- GLENN O. HAWBAKER INC OF STATE COLLEGE IS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER ON AN INTERSTATE 80 PAVING PROJECT IN CLARION COUNTY.
- A COUPLE OF OIL CITY RESIDENTS ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN ONE CAR CRASH SATERDAY AFTERNOON IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
- 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.
- AS ARTS OIL CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH PLANS TO HOUSE RESIDENT ARTIST IN THE TRANSIT ANNEX, A NEED IS ARISING TO COVER INCIDENTAL COSTS SUCH AS NEW LOCKS AND DOORS AND EVEN A BUILDING DIRECTORY.
- AS ARTS OIL CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH PLANS TO HOUSE RESIDENT ARTIST IN THE TRANSIT ANNEX, A NEED IS ARISING TO COVER INCIDENTAL COSTS SUCH AS NEW LOCKS AND DOORS AND EVEN A BUILDING DIRECTORY.
- THE MOBILE DENTIST PROGRAM IN VENANGO COUNTY IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ITSELF KNOWN IN EVER WIDER CIRCLES.
- A MARIENVILLE WOMAN IS RECOVERING FROM MAJOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A TWO CAR CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP.
- 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.
- TWO FRANKLIN MEN ARE IN THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL ON $25,000 STRAIGHT CASH BAIL CHARGED WITH A DRUG ACT VIOLATION.
- A REGULATION FORCING MAJOR MERCURY REDUCTIONS FROM PENNSYLVANIA’S COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS BECAME FINAL THIS LAST WEEKEND.
- 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.
- 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.
- A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL REQUEST CAME BEFORE THE SUPERVISORS LAST NIGHT BY WAY OF ZONING OFFICIAL TERRY RAY.
- DURING THE MEETING LAST NIGHT CHAIRED BY DAVE MAYER, HE TOOK SOME TIME TO VOICE THE SITUATION AS HE SEES IT AND THERE SEEMS TO BE ROOM FOR A UNITED FRONT AND ACTION WITH A POSSITIVE IMPACT.
- LAST NIGHT A GROUP OF OIL CITY LANDLORDS MET ONCE AGAIN AT THE GOOD HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE CITY INSPECTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BEFORE THEYARE RENTED TO TENANTS.
- A CLARION COUNTY MAN IS BEGINNING THE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER TWO CAR CRASH ON ROUTE 66, REDBANK TOWNSHIP LATE LAST NIGHT.
- 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.
- A COUPLE OF ROLL OVERS TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
- A COUPLE OF DUI’S IN SUGARCREEK BORO OVER THE WEEKEND.
- Clarion-based State Police detained five Mexican residents believed to be in the country illegally late Friday night.
- TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS & POWER FAILURES MADE LIFE A LITTLE DIFFICULT IN OIL CITY OVER THE WEEKEND.
- 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.
- AN 18 YEAR OLD MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN OVER NIGHT CRASH IN BUTLER COUNTY.
- 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.
- FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL PARENT LEADERSHIP MONTH. HERE IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- SOME YEARS AGO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, ED KOCH, WAS IN THE HABIT OF ASKING, HOW AM I DOING?
- 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.
- SOME YEARS AGO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, ED KOCH, WAS IN THE HABIT OF ASKING, HOW AM I DOING? HE DIDN’T ASK HIS STAFF, HE ASKED EVERYDAY PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
- 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.
- YOU MAY REMEMBER OPERATION RAW DEAL LAST MONTH IN WHICH 16 PEOPLE IN THE OIL CITY AREA WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES.
- 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.
- FROM PENN STATE COMES NEWS OF A NEW YOUTH FOREST EDUCATION PROGRAM.
- 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.
- 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.
- with oil city council’s only democrat sandra montgomery, declining to run for another term in this years elections, city resident john bartlett is filing nominating petitions for the democratic ballot in the may primary elections.
- ON ANOTHER FRONT FILLED WITH CONTROVERSEY, OIL CITY MANAGER TOM ROCKOVICH SAY HE AND HIS STAFF ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THE FORM FOR LANDLORDS TO UTILIZE IN COMPLYING WITH CITY’S RECENTLY ENACTED RENTAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
- IF THE SOON TO BE BUILD CITY POOL WERE BUILT W/ ALL THE ALTERNATE OPTIONS AT THE LOWEST BID, THE POOL WOULD BE ABOUT $165,000 OVER THE DEDICATED FUNDS
- CAN’T FIND ANYTHING? FORGOT SOMETHING? HOPE LINEMAN AT THE CONTINUING ED OFFICE AT CLARION UNIVERSITY’S VENANGO CAMPUS HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS.
- ALSO SPEAKING TO THE NORTH SIDE ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT WAS JOANNE WOODARD OF VENANGO REAL ESTATE.
- THE VENANGO VISION LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE READIES TODAY’S EMERGING LEADERS FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW.
- ONE PERSON IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A 3 CAR PILE UP YESTERDAY ALONG ROUTE 8 NEAR THE INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 80.
- ONE PERSON IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A 2 CAR PILE UP YESTERDAY ALONG ROUTE 8 NEAR THE INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 80.
- THE CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAD A BRIEF MEETING LAST NIGHT AT 7 O’CLOCK.
- 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.
- 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.
- YOU MAY RECALL YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TYLERSBURG TAVERN RECENTLY DAMAGED SO BADLY BY FIRE IT IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS, OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.
- Marilyn ‘Sue’ McClintock
- 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.
- A BRADFORD MAN FACES UP TO 34 YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER ADMITTING HE TRIED TO SOLICIT SEX FROM A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL OVER THE INTERNET.
- A MEADVILLE MAN IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE WHILE DRIVING DRUNK IN CRASH KILLING A TITUSVILLE AREA WOMAN LAST JULY.
- 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.
- 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.
- AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT FROM FRIDAY’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY SNOW STORM, THERE’S A LIST OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AS LONG AS YOUR ARM, EIGHT OF WHICH ARE ROLLOVERS IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA.
- 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
- LAST WEDNESDAY WE TOLD YOU OIL CITY OPENED BIDS FOR THE WEST FRONT STREET SEWER PROJECT.
- VENANGO COUNTY SCHOOL DELAYS
- A MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING A WOMAN AND SCATTERING HER REMAINS IN OHIO AND PARTS OF VENANGO AND BUTLER COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA REMAINS AT OHIO’S DEATH HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON.
- AN IMMINENT DECISION IN THE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS & NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY BY RAY & JAN BEICHNER
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON IS ON THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN TASK FORCE ON WELFARE REFORM.
- A MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH AND FAMILY OF HIS VICTIM WAITED OVER SIX HOURS PAST HIS SCHEDULED EXECUTION TIME TUESDAY FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER HIS SENTENCE SHOULD PROCEED, WITH THE COURT FINALLY DECIDING TO BLOCK IT.
- NEWS OF A FORTHCOMING AND LONG AWAITED DECISION IN THE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY BY RAY AND JAN BEICHNER OF PRESIDENT
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- AN OIL CITY MAN IS CHARGED WITH A DRUG VIOLATION AFTER A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP LAST SATERDAY NIGHT.
- LAST NIGHT THE CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP SUPERVISIORS MET FOR THEIR REGULARLY-SCHEDULED MEETING.
- SPEEDING IS THE CULPRIT THAT CAUSED A TWO TRUCK ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR BARKEYVILLE LAST NIGHT.
- THERE’S A $300 REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TWO 6 MONTH OLD SHEPARD PUPPIES OVER THE WEEKEND.
- 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.
- SPEAKING OF OBSERVATORIES, FROM GUYS MILLS COMES NEWS THE ERIE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IS GOING NATIVE, AT LAST AS FAR AS PLANTS ARE CONCERNED.
- THE OIL REGION ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OBSERVATORY LOCATED IN TWO MILE RUN COUNTY PARK, VENANGO COUNTY IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
- WHILE WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD OIL CITY SWIMMING POOL IN HASSON HEIGHTS, COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AWARDED THE GENERAL CONTRACTING BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN POOL TO AQUA POOL FOR JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
- THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT.
- AFTER 39 YEARS OF ADVISING THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF OIL CITY IN AREAS REQUIRING LEGAL EXPERTISE, CITY SOLICITOR WALT BLOOM WILL MOVE ON TO GREENER PASTURES AND CHERISHED TIME WITH CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
- IN A COUNTRY THE SIZE OF MARYLAND THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, A MILLION PEOPLE DIED IN 100 DAYS.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- THE USDA FOREST SERVICE SAYS THE KANE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL GET A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR A PROPOSED WOOD HEATING PROJECT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
- NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA OIL PRODUCERS ARE REACTING NEGATIVELY TO GOVERNOR RENDELL’S PROPOSED PROFIT TAX.
- the latest quinnipiac poll of presidential hopefuls in pennsylvania shows hillary rodham clinton expanding her lead, while rudi giuliani’s lead is narrowing.
- Quinton Van Dyke
- A STONE BORO MAN FACES FRAUD AND THEFT CHARGES. JAMES VECHNAK IS ACCUSED OF STEALING ALMOST $3,000 OVER THE PAST YEAR.
- 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.
- 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.
- A NEW SCHOOL SYMBOLIZING A NEW BEGINNING, BUT WITH HEIGHTENED SECURITY, STANDS READY FOR AMISH STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED A SHOOTING THAT KILLED FIVE OF THEIR CLASSMATES EXACTLY SIX MONTHS AGO.
- A NEW SCHOOL SYMBOLIZING A NEW BEGINNING, BUT WITH HEIGHTENED SECURITY, STANDS READY FOR AMISH STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED A SHOOTING THAT KILLED FIVE OF THEIR CLASSMATES EXACTLY SIX MONTHS AGO.
- REDISCOVER YOUR OIL CITY…
- THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRANKLIN CITY COUNCIL TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT.
- IF THE OIL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REQUIRING THE USE OF THE JAWS OF LIFE OR TO A HAZMAT SITUATION, SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE COSTS?
- THE NORTHSIDE ASSOCIATION OF OIL CITY CELEBRATED THEIR ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY LAST NIGHT WITH A MEETING AT CALVARY TEMPLE ON HARRIOTT AVENUE.
- 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.
- LAST NIGHT THE BOROUGH OF SUGARCREEK COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO GIVE FINAL APPROVAL TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2007 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION TO THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMES NEWS THE RENDELL ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTING OVER $64,000 TO FIGHTING WEST NILE VIRUS IN VENANGO COUNTY.
- 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.
- Governor Rendell to Activate State Emergency Operations Center Tonight in Response to Predicted Snowfall and Rain
- THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL BOARD HELD A WORK SESSION LAST NIGHT.
- THE CONCEPT OF A WORLD CLASS WHITE WATER PLAY PARK MAKING OIL CITY A RECREATION MECCA IS ALIVE AND WELL.
- 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.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE IS DRAWING IRE AND FIRE FROM CITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA FUTURE OR PENNFUTURE.
- THE SUGARCREEK BOROUGH COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT AND APPROVED PAYMENT FOR 80 HOURS OF POLICE PATROL TIME FOR THE ANNUAL FIREMAN’S FAIR COMING UP JUNE `9TH THROUGH 24TH.
- THE SUGARCREEK BOROUGH COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT AND APPROVED PAYMENT FOR 80 HOURS OF POLICE PATROL TIME FOR THE ANNUAL FIREMAN’S FAIR COMING UP JUNE `9TH THROUGH 24TH.
- 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.
- Take Pride in Oil City will host an Oil 150 planning forum on Saturday, April 21, from 10:00 a.m. until noon at the Venango Museum of Art, Science and Industry at 270 Seneca Street in Oil City.
- 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.
- LAST THURSDAY I REPORTED TO YOU A HEROIN ARREST IN OIL CITY INVOLVING THREE PERSONS, ONE AN OIL CITY RESIDENT…TWO WHITE FEMALES AND ONE BLACK MALE FROM BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.
- DUTCH FEMINIST AUTHOR AYAAN HIRSI ALI WAS MET WITH HOSTILITY BY LOCAL ISLAMIC GROUPS LAST WEEK WHEN SHE APPEARED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT JOHNSTOWN.
- Divers found the bodies of two men who had been missing since their boat capsized on Pymatuning Lake last week.
- A woman wounded during last week's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech has been discharged from the hospital.
- THE WARNING POPPED AND CRACKLED ON THE SCANNER LAST NIGHT AT SHORTLY BEFORE 8 P.M.
- 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 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.
- A SERIAL RAPIST-ROBBER FROM THE HARRISBURGH AREA , WHO TERRORIZED WOMEN FOR 2 YEARS WILL SPEND FROM 33 TO 66 YEARS IN PRISON.
- THE STATE’S BLACK FLY CONTROL PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE MORE AREAS IN VENANGO COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THIS YEAR.
- 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.
- Lori Artman thought she'd uncovered a fortune when she found an old wooden box partially buried in her backyard.
- 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.
- OIL CITY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DAVE RAGON SAYS CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT ACCUSED IN SEVERAL SCHOOL THEFTS LAST MONTH.
- CONGRESSMAN PHIL ENGLISH IS RESPONDING AFTER THE U.S. FAILED TO OVER RIDE THE PRESIDENTS VETO OF THE TROOP FUNDING BILL THIS WEEK.
- IN THE AFTERMATH OF TUESDAY NIGHT’S STORMS, WE ARE LEARNING VENANGO COUNTY ESCAPED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED.
- THE SALVATION ARMY IS PART AND PARCEL OF EVERY LITTLE TOWN ACROSS AMERICA IT WOULD SEEM. IN OIL CITY, MAJOR CINDI DRUMMOND HELPS OVERSEE SOME OF THE LOCAL SALVATION ARMY PROGRAMMING.
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON SAYS HE VOTED AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS VETO OVERIDE. PETERSON ALSO SAYS HE’S BACKING BIPARTISAN EFFORTS TO IMPROVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
- HEARINGS RECONVENED LAST NIGHT ON A CITIZENS’ APPEAL AGAINST A ZONING PERMIT ISSUED TO AN ASPHALT PLANT IN BARKEYVILLE.
- 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
- CHANGE IS IN THE AIR FOR THE CARRIER AT VENANGO REGIONAL AIRPORT.
- 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.
- THE CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS MET LAST NIGHT AND APPROVED BIDS FROM CONTRACTORS FOR ROAD REPAIR MATERIALS WORTH A TOTAL OF $267,988.

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