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OVER $234,000 IS BEING AWARDED THIS YEAR TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NURSING PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE VENANGO CAMPUS OF CLARION UNIVERSITY. By: Mark Heim | Source: VENANGO CAMPUS OF CLARION UNIVERSITY January 31, 2007 6:21AM EST
OVER $234,000 IS BEING AWARDED THIS YEAR TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NURSING PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE VENANGO CAMPUS OF CLARION UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS IN ALL NURSING PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE VENANGO CAMPUS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARDS. THE SCHOOL OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH OFFERS ASSOCIATE AND BACHELOR’S DEGREES AS WELL AS A MASTERS DEGREE IN NURSING PROVIDED IN COLLABORATION WITH SLIPPERY ROCK AND EDINBORO UNIVERSITIES. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT OF ALLIED HEALTH OFFERS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN RADIOLOGIC SCIENCE AND AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN RESPIRATORY CARE. THE AWARDS ARE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY AND THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS TO THE VENANGO CAMPUS.
- VENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY - A CHILD IN VENANGO COUNTY NEEDS YOUR HELP - IF YOU HAVE GAS, THIS WINTER YOUR BILL WILL BE LOWER. NATURAL GAS THAT IS….THAT YOU HEAT WITH. - A TITUSVILLE MAN IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A ROLL OVER CRASH EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING - RESIDENTS OF VENANGO COUNTY, AND IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT OIL CITY’S HASSON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOURN THE LOSS OF FIRST GRADER JADEN FRENCH THIS MORNING. - VENANGO COUNTY AUTISM SUPPORT GROUP - IF YOU SEE NEWS HAPPENING CALL THE KQW 24 HOUR DEDICATED NEWS HOTLINE. 814-676-2752. PROGRAM THE NUMBER INTO YOUR PHONE. YOU TOO CAN DELIVER UP TO THE MINUTE NEWS ON VENANGO COUNTY’S NEWS CHOICE…KQW AND KQW.COM. - Allegheny County state Representative Frank Dermody praises the anti-price gouging legislation signed into law by Governor Rendell. - THE OIL REGION ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS INDUSTRY AND TOURISM SEEMS TO BE MORE AND MORE ACCLAIMED ACROSS THE BOARD IN VENANGO COUNTY THESE DAYS FOR ITS WORK IN MARKETING THE COUNTY TO INCREASE PROSPERITY. - THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED LANDMARK REFORM LEGISLATION AUTHORED BY REPUBLICAN ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MAHER. - SKETCHY DETAILS ON AN INCIDENT AT THE OIL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX THIS MORNING. - THE THURSDAY MORNING BOMB THREAT AT THE OIL CITY HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS TURNED OUT TO BE NOT REAL, BUT TO FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF AND PARENTS THIS INCIDENT WAS NO JOKE. - AND SPEAKING OF YOUR CAR, A PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE NEW CARS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO BE CLEANER BURNING NEXT YEAR AND MEET CALIFORNIA EMISSION STANDARDS CLEARED ANOTHER HURDLE YESTERDAY AS IT WINDS ITS WAY THROUGH A LENGTHY REGULATORY PROCESS. - VETERANS ARE ALSO HONORED THIS WEEKEND BY CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON - GOVERNOR ED RENDELL GIVES THANKS TO VETERANS FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND SERVICE IN PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM. - MONDAYS ARE USUALLY A PRETTY BUSY NEWS DAY IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA. THIS MONDAY IS NO EXCEPTION. - YOU PROBABLY NOTICED SOME WHITE STUFF ON THE GRASS AND ON THE LEAF PILES THIS MORNING ON YOUR WAY OUT. - THE THURSDAY MORNING BOMB THREAT AT THE OIL CITY HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS TURNED OUT TO BE NOT REAL, BUT TO FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF AND PARENTS THIS INCIDENT WAS NO JOKE. - AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA’S CHILDREN BEGINNING NEXT YEAR. - THE PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES POSED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION THIS MORNING IN AN UNSCIENTIFIC INTERNET POLL OF READERS. - THE U.S. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS IS CONSIDERING CHARGES IN ALLEGED ILLEGAL GUN PURCHASES ALLEGEDLY MASTERMINDED BY A CLARION UNIVERSITY STUDENT. - AN EAST BRADY MAN IS DEAD AFTER A ONE VEHICLE CRASH SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN BRADY’S BEND, CLARION COUNTY. - MAJOR SMITH IS THE WARDEN OF THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL. HE IS IN THE FIFTH MONTH OF HAVING TAKEN ON THE CHALLENGE OF RUNNING THE JAIL. - VENANGO REGIONAL AIRPORT IS GETTING $70,500 AS PART OF THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNOR ED RENDELL TO HELP 12 AIRPORTS WITH PROJECTS SUCH AS RUNWAYS, HANGARS AND IMPROVED AND EXPANDED TERMINALS. - IN A REPORT CARRIED ON ERIEBLOGS.COM ON FRIDAY, VENANGO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE MEMBER EDWARD SCURRY IS COMING IN FOR CRITICISM OF A THURSDAY DECISION REGARDING ENDANGERING CHILDREN. - $75,000 DOWN. $6700 A MONTH FOR 12 YEARS. TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE, ABOUT $877,000. - AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS PEOPLE WERE LINING UP IN THE COLD PREDAWN AT THE ROCKY GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT, VENANGO COUNTY CONTROL SOUNDED THE ALARMS FOR A HOUSE FIRE IN DEMPSEYTOWN. - THIS YEAR’S ELK HARVEST IN PENNSYLVANIA RESULTED IN THE HARVEST OF 33 ANIMALS, 14 BULLS AND 19 COWS. - Mercyhurst College geology students have some new fossils to study thanks to a friend of their professor. - A SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENT, WHO IS A NAVAL ACADEMY CADET IS AMONG 32 AMERICAN STUDENTS CHOSEN AS RHODES SCHOLARS FOR 2007. - AN OIL CITY STRATEGIC PLAN COULD BE READY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. - A BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EXPANSION PLAN CALLS FOR A 3 YEAR $140 MILLION EFFORT INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INPATIENT TOWER. - AN OIL CITY MAN IS IN VENANGO COUNTY JAIL CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT. - VENANGO VIDEO NEEDS VOLUNTEERS - THE PROPOSED 2007 CITY OF FRANKLIN BUDGET SHOWS THE $4.24 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES FOR THE COMING YEAR. - THIS IS THE 1ST ELECTION IN WHICH PA VOTERS WILL ALL BE USING TOUCH SCREEN ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES. - THE VENANGO AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS HELPING A SIMILAR ORGANIZATION FORM IN NEIGHBORING CLARION COUNTY. - A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD MALE OIL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IS CHARGED IN AN ACT 64 DRUG VIOLATION. - SLIPPERY ROCK SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE A NEW CONTRACT AFTER OVER A YEAR OF NEGOTIATIONS. - EIGHT PASSENGERS ON A GREYHOUND BUS ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURIES, NONE OF THEM SERIOUS, SUFFERED WHEN THE BUS SLAMMED INTO A DISCONNECTED TRUCK TRAILER ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE NEAR MONROEVILLE THIS MORNING. - SPEAKING OF THE STATE POLICE, THERE’S A WARNING OUT TO MOTORISTS TO THINK BEFORE THEY DRINK THIS THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. - MEMBERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE KQW LISTENING AREA ARE BEING PROMOTED. - VERIZON IS PROVIDING FREE PHONE CALLS DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON FOR U.S. ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL STATION IN IRAQ. - THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK THIS THANKSGIVING DAY - ALSO REPORTING OUT FROM TITUSVILLE THIS MONTH IS THE CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR. - CLARION UNIVERSITY RECENTLY CELEBRATED EQUITY WEEK WHICH CULMINATED WITH AN AWARDS DINNER. - THE ORA IS GETTING $30,000 FROM DCNR TO BUILDING OWNERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS AS PART OF PHASE III OF THIS PROJECT. - FIFTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON SAYS UP TO THIS TIME HE HAS HAD ONLY LIMITED CONTACT WITH CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY PELOSI, WHO IS THE FAVORITE FOR ELECTION AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR THE NEXT CONGRESSIONAL TERM. - THERE ISN’T A LOT OF AIR TRAFFIC OVER VENANGO COUNTY. - A YORK COUNTY ASSISTANT SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT WITH VENANGO COUNTY CONNECTIONS IS RETIRING. - A CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER BEING ARRAIGNED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES RELATING TO THE MURDER OF TWO PEOPLE FOUND IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WEDNESDAY. - BUCKING THE STATEWIDE TRENDS, VENANGO COUNTY REMAINS A STAUNCHLY REPUBLICAN BASTION. - VENANGO COUNTY VOTER STATISICS FOR 06 MIDTERM ELECTION - SANTORUM WINS VENANGO COUNTY, LOSES PENNSYLVANIA - REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN RETURNED TO OFFICE BY VENANGO COUNTY VOTERS - RENDELL RETURNED TO STATEHOUSE, SWANN CARRIES VENANGO COUNTY - VENANGO COUNTY GOES ALONG WITH STATE, APPROVES GULF WAR BONUS - AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE AT THE VENANGO TECHNOLOGY FELL FROM THE ROOF OF THE PROJECT HOUSE AT ABOUT 1045 THIS MORNING. - THE PROPOSED VENANGO COUNTY 2007 BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC YESTERDAY. - VENANGO COUNTY IS ONE OF TEN PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES TO RECEIVE STATE MONEY INVESTING IN AND PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. - GOOD WEATHER DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO A REPORT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CRASHES IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WAS NEARLY HALF OF WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR. - TO RWANDA AND BACK FROM OIL CITY. BY ELAINE PARK SUSCO, AUTHOR OF THE GOLDEN RULE REVOLUTION, RESIDENT OF VENANGO COUNTY AND PROMOTER OF THE CARING HABITS MOVEMENT TAKING ROOT IN OIL CITY. - SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE, A FREE CHILD SAFETY SEAT CHECK WILL BE CONDUCTED BY VENANGO COUNTY SAFE KIDS COALITION AND THE FRANKLIN STATE POLICE AT THE CAS FACILITY IN FRANKLIN - 7 PEOPLE INJURED IN A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INVOLVING A SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION MINI VAN IN SANDYCREEK TOWNSHIP, VENANGO COUNTY. - A FREE CHILD SAFETY SEAT CHECK WILL CONDUCTED BY VENANGO COUNTY SAFE KIDS COALITION AND THE FRANKLIN STATE POLICE AT THE COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE FACILITY IN FRANKLIN AT 1010 BUFFALO STREET ACROSS FROM SHOP N SAVE MONDAY FROM 1030 TO 4:30. - AN OIL CITY MAN IS LODGE IN THE VENANGO COUNTY JAIL ON A WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT. - A CRAWFORD COUNTY MAN STANDS CONVICTED IN VENANGO COUNTY COURT ON 11 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. - MERCURY EMISSIONS RULES FOR PA’S 36 COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS HAVE REPUBLICAN VENANGO COUNTY SENATOR MARY JO WHITE FIRED UP. - VENANGO VIDEO 28TH ANNUAL TV AUCTION - HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOUR CAMP OVER THE WINTER? - ACCUSING MEMBERS OF THE VENANGO PARK AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY OF MIS-STATEMENTS.... - THIS IS A SCAM. THIS IS A SCAM. - THE GOVERNOR’S TOUGHER MERCURY RULE. IT’S GETTING A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE STATE SENATE DESPITE REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARY JO WHITE’S STRIDENT AND CONSISTENT OPPOSITION. - THE SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS GROWING AGAIN. - DAY FOUR OF TESTIMONY WRAPPED UP YESTERDAY IN BUTLER IN THE TRIAL OF A PENN TOWNSHIP MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIS WIFE AND HER UNBORN CHILD NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. - A BUTLER MAN WILL SPEND UP TO THE NEXT 41 YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE BRUTAL STABBING DEATH OF HIS WIFE TWO YEARS AGO. - CONTINUING IT’S TRANSITION TO ELECTRONIC LEGAL RESEARCH, THE VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE YESTERDAY APPROVED SPENDING JUST OVER $14,000 OVER 3 YEARS FOR A DEDICATED, UPDATED & COMPUTERIZED LAW LIBRARY. - VENANGO COUNTY SENATOR MARY JO WHITE REPORTS THE STATE SENATE IS SENDING TO THE HOUSE A MEASURE PROTECTING CONSUMERS FROM PRICE GOUGING DURING AND AFTER A DISASTER. - SIX WEEKS INTO THE VENANGO COUNTY UNITED WAY FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN THE LATEST REPORTS SHOW THE NUMBERS JUST AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. - THE STATIC CRACKLED AND THE EMERGENCY TONES BLARED FROM VENANGO COUNTY SCANNERS. - INCUMBANT REPUBLICAN 64TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON SAT NEXT TO DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONER GARY HUTHISON THIS MORNING. - AN OIL CITY IS RECOVERING AT ERIE’S HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER FOLLOWING HIS JUMP INTO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER FROM OIL CITY’S VETERAN’S BRIDGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. - A NEW JERSEY MAN IS DEAD AFTER A ONE VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE 80 OVER THE WEEKEND. - CROSSWALK SAFETY IS AT THE TOP OF PENNDOT’S REMINDER LIST THIS WEEK. - SMALL BUSINESSES IN CLARION, CRAWFORD AND MERCER COUNTIES ARE AMONG 39 RECIPIENTS GETTING STATE GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT ENERGY SAVING AND POLLUTION PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES. - EMCLAIRE FINANCIAL SAYS ITS THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR TO DAY 2006 EARNINGS ARE IMPROVED. - THE VOTING MACHINE LAWSUIT IN BUTLER COUNTY IS OVER. - AN OIL CITY MAN IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY LINE IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP. - WITH THE EXPANSION OF CHILDRENS HEALTH INSURANCE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE COMMONWEALTH IS POISED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED HEALTH COVERAGE TO THOUSANDS MORE CHILDREN IN JANUARY. - PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE ENSURING OVER 133,000 ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE QUALIFIED FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. - A CLARION UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS IN THE CLARION COUNTY JAIL ON $200,000 CASH BAIL. - ANTI PRICE GOUGING LEGISLATION INTENDED TO PROTECT PENNSYLVANIA CONSUMERS FROM SUDDEN, UNWARRANTED PRICE INCREASES IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IS ON GOVERNOR RENDELL’S DESK. - AN OIL CITY MAN IS RECOVERING FROM A BURNED AIRWAY IN A PITTSBURGH HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING STRUCTURE FIRE. - THE PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS FALLING. GOVERNOR ED RENDELL SAYS THE STATE’S NONFARM JOB COUNT IS AT RECORD LEVEL FOR THE 6TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH. - TWO STEPS FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK. A GROUND BREAKING IN BARKEYVILLE AND A RIBBON CUTTING IN TIPPERY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. NOW A CLOSING AND LAYOFFS. NOT AT THE SAME PLACES…BUT AT COMPANIES WITH TIES TO VENANGO COUNTY. - AN EMLENTON WOMAN IS RECOVERING FROM MAJOR INJURIES SUSTAINED AFTER HER CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL IN TOBY TOWNSHIP CLARION COUNTY. - FIVE PEOPLE INJURED IN A BAD THREE CAR CRASH IN CLARION COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. - AN ERIE MAN IS RECOVERING FROM A SEVERE HEAD INJURY AT HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER AFTER HIS TRUCK CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT ON STATE ROUTE 98 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. - PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER SAM SMITH IS PRAISING THE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO HOLD THE MAJORITY IN THE STATE HOUSE IN THIS WEEK'S GENERAL ELECTION. - GRADUATION RATES IN OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE IN RECENT YEARS DIPPED TO AS LOW AS 75 PERCENT. - INVESTIGATORS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NEED YOUR HELP IN IDENTIFYING UNUSED MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOUND BURIED IN AN ABANDONED MINE BEING RECLAIMED. - LEGISLATION CALLING FOR EQUITY IN PROSTHETIC COVERAGE IN HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES MUST BE CHANGED ACCORDING TO CLARION COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE FRED MCILLHATTEN. - IT’S WHAT SANTORUM SAYS ABOUT HIS ROLE AS A SENATOR AND HOW HE FEELS ABOUT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THAT IS MOST INTERESTING AND THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL. - VENANGO STEEL IN FRANKLIN IS SHARING $724,000 IN STATE INVESTMENTS THROUGH DEAL COORDINATED BY THE GOVERNOR’S ACTION TEAM. - A BUTLER COUNTY WOMAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A MOTORCYCLE/CAR CRASH YESTERDAY IN CLARION COUNTY. - THIS IS GARY HUTCHISON ON GAMBLING. - INCUMBANT REPUBLICAN HUTCHINSON VS. CHALLENGER DEMOCRAT GARY HUTCHISON. THE RACE FOR THE 64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICT OF VENANGO COUNTY. - FOUR TEENAGERS, FOUR INJURIES, A ROLL OVER SUV CRASH AND FOUR EMERGENCY HELICOPTERS IN BUTLER COUNTY YESTERDAY. - A FATAL TANKER TRUCK CRASH IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY RESULTED IN LEAKING SODIUM HYDROXIDE THIS MORNING. - A MERCER COUNTY DOCTOR IS FACING DISCIPLINARY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH PRESCRIPTION OF LEAD POISONING THERAPY TO A 5 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC BOY WHO HAD A FATAL HEART ATTACK. - DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES ARE LODGED AGAINST TWO FEMALE CAMPERS IN VENANGO COUNTY. - 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. - A DRUG DETECTING DOG IN THE VENANGO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT WAS A FIRST AND ONLY DISTINCTION FOR THE COUNTY F0R MANY YEARS. - TRIAL IS RESET FOR NEXT YEAR FOR A TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS TOWING A WOOD CHIPPER THAT CAME LOOSE, KILLING A MAN AND 2 OF HIS TRIPLETS. - PENNSYLVANIA IS OFFERING VENANGO STEEL A $590,000 INCENTIVE PACKAGE TO SUPPORT FACILITY EXPANSION. - VENANGO COUNTY SENATOR MARY JO WHITE PUT ANOTHER ROUND ACROSS THE BOW OF THE RENDELL ADMINISTRATION IN HER OPPOSITION TO TOUGHER MERCURY POLLUTION REGULATIONS YESTERDAY. - THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING AFFILIATE SERVING VENANGO COUNTY WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL FRIDAY NIGHT AT FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH IN AVALON FROM 7 TO 9. - 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. - THAT HOUSE EXPLOSION IN NEW CASTLE EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS A SUICIDE ATTEMPT ACCORDING TO POLICE. - UPMC IS GETTING READY TO CONDUCT ANOTHER STUDY TOO. THIS ONE FOCUSES ON HOME OXYGEN THERAPY FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. - THE VENANGO COUNTY CHIEF ASSESSOR WILL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF 21RST CENTURY. - 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. - THE SUIT AGAINST BEICHNER IS FRIVOLOUS ACCORDING TO OIL CITY ATTORNEY MICHAEL HADLEY, HANDLING BEICHNER’S CIVIL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE VENANGO PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY. - VENANGO COUNTY BUSINESSMAN RAY BEICHNER, NAMED AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN IN 2004, IS A DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL SUIT FILED YESTERDAY IN VENANGO COUNTY - THE WEST NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, SERVING VENANGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WILL GET A LITTLE OVER $85,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RUNAROUND TRACK TO ALLOW THE RAILROAD TO IMPROVE RAIL SERVICE TO THE LORD CORPORATION AND ELIMINATE AN - PURSUIT OF A STOLEN CAR KEPT THREE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OCCUPIED IN THE WEE HOURS OF THIS MORNING. - 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. - IF YOU ARE A NEWS JUNKIE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT WEEK. - 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. - FINALIZED PLANS FOR AN ASSOCIATED DEGREE IN THE INSURANCE FIELD ARE IN PLACE AT CLARION UNIVERSITY VENANGO CAMPUS IN OIL CITY. - FINALIZED PLANS FOR AN ASSOCIATED DEGREE IN THE INSURANCE FIELD ARE IN PLACE AT CLARION UNIVERSITY VENANGO CAMPUS IN OIL CITY. - 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. - THE WEATHER IS IN THE NEWS IN VENANGO COUNTY. WHETHER OR NOT TO GO OUT DRIVING TODAY. - WALK IN FLU SHOTS THIS WEEK AT THE BUTLER VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER - A PARKER MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A ONE VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY IN CLARION COUNTY. - MANAGED CARE IS COMING TO VENANGO COUNTY FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLIENTS. - 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. - 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. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 7 AM TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS THE KQW LISTENING AREA. - MOST ROADS REMAIN UNTREATED EARLY THIS MORNING. ROAD CREWS ARE OUT PLOWING, SANDING AND TREATING THE ROADWAYS. - 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. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - THE ERIE TIMES NEWS THIS WEEK FEATURES A SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL INSERT ON MERCURY. - YOU MAY RECALL EARLIER THIS YEAR I TOLD YOU ABOUT AN OHIO MAN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE WHILE DUI AFTER CRASH IN ROCKLAND TOWNSHIP LAST MAY. - 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. - FIREFIGHTERS WILL WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS STORY. - SCRUBGRASS GENERATING COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED IN SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY, HAS A NEW FEATHER IN IT’S CORPORATE CAP. - A car overtook and struck an Amish buggy, injuring a mother and baby, according to police in Center County. - Authorities are investigating whether a 17-year-old member of a high school rifle team found shot in the school stadium's locker room yesterday died of an accident or a suicide attempt. - 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. - NO ONE HURT IN AN OVERNIGHT FIRE AT JACOB WEAVER COMPANY IN COCHRANTON. - THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VENANGO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SUE WILLIAMS. - SPEAKING OF WINDMILLS, FIRST ENERGY, THE PARENT FIRM OF PENELEC IS NOW A PARTY TO A 23 YEAR AGREEMENT TO BUY 34.5 MILLION MEGAWATTS OF OUT PUT FROM THE CASSELMAN WIND POWER PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED IN SOMERSET COUNTY BY PPM ENERGY. - ROUTE 322 ON VAN HILL IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP IS CLEAR NOW. BUT AT ABOUT 9 THIS MORNING A LARGE MILK TRUCK ROLLED ONTO ITSIDE ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE 257. - 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. - WHOODATHUNKIT? THE STATE POLICE ARE REMINDING US TO LOCK OUR HOMES AND VEHICLES TO PREVENT PROPERTY FROM BEING TAKEN BY THOSE WHO ARE DISHONEST. - IN ANOTHER EFFORT TO MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT A LITTLE BETTER AND SAFER IS A MAJOR PROJECT BEING UNDERTAKEN BY UNITED REFINING IN WARREN. - GOVERNOR ED RENDELL SAYS PENNSYLVANIA IS CONTINUING STRONG JOB GROWTH, SETTING NEW A NEW RECORD IN NOVEMBER. - IN ALTOONA, THE SHEETZ CONVENIENCE STORE CHAIN HAS OFFERED TO DONATE MONEY TO THE CENTRAL BLAIR PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN ORDER TO KEEP CITY POOLS OPEN NEXT SUMMER. - A MERCER COUNTY MAN BEING HELD ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES WANTS OUT OF JAIL UNTIL HIS CASE IS RESOLVED. - FIREWORKS ON THE HOUR FROM 6 P.M. NEW YEAR’S EVE IN NEW YORK CITY. - 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. - BIDS FOR SWIMMING POOL RENOVATIONS OF THE HASSON=RAMAGE SWIMMING POOL ARE NOW BEING SOLICITED BY THE CITY OF OIL CITY. - CLARION STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A JACK KNIFED TRUCK CRASH. - 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. - THIS YEARS NEW YEARS CELEBRATION MARKS THE TENTH YEAR OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FIRST NIGHT CELEBRATION IN OIL CITY. - EARLIER THIS WEEK I TOLD YOU ABOUT A COYOTE PUT DOWN IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY FOR FEAR IT HAD BITTEN 3 PEOPLE. - COME THE FIRST OF THE YEAR A MORE STRINGENT TITLING PROCESS FOR RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLES WILL GUARD AGAINST THEFT AND FRAUD. - 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. - 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 - THE CLARION TROOPERS ARE ALSO REPORTING A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN WHICH THE RIDER WAS VAULTED FROM THE BIKE. - 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. - TIONESTA POLICE SAY 16 YEAR OLD JUVENILE MALE IS CHARGED WITH DRUG POSSESSION. - FROM CAMERON COUNTY, OFFICIALS WILL MEET LATER THIS MONTH TO DO SOMETHING NO OTHER COUNTY IN THE COMMONWEALTH HAS EVER CONSIDERED. - 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. - THIS GROUP OF LAND LORDS IN OIL CITY HAS BEEN MEETING INFORMALLY FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. - 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. - 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. - 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. - DEPENDING WHO’S WEATHER FORECAST YOU PAY ATTENTION TOO, THERE IS A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR VENANGO COUNTY. - THE WEATHER IS THE NEWS THIS MORNING. - 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. - A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 AM. - 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. - 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. - A MAN WHO WAS SEVERELY BURNED WHEN HIS HOUSE EXPLODED, DURING WHAT POLICE CALL A FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT, IS UNDER ARREST NOW JUST AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK. - MARK CONRAD IS THE NEW COORDINATOR OF CAREER SERVICES AT CLARION UNIVERSITY VENANGO CAMPUS. - 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. - SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR YOUR TRIP TO WORK OR SCHOOL THIS MORNING. - 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 PLEASANTVILLE FAMILY IS HOMELESS THIS DAY FOLLOWING A SUNDAY NIGHT FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THEIR HOME. - 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. - ICY ROADS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... - 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? - STUDENTS AT YOUNGSVILLE AND WARREN AREA HIGHSCHOOLS ARE BACK IN CLASS TODAY AFTER TWIN BOMB SCARES FORCED EVACUATIONS AT BOTH SCHOOLS YESTERDAY. - 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. - THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR MUNICIPALITIES ARE DISCUSSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS. - 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. - BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS THIS MORNING - 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. - 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 - 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. - |