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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REPORTS ERGON TRUCKING INSTALLED AND OPERATED 3 UNPERMITTED STORAGE TANKS AND IS ISSUING A PENALTY.
By: Mark Heim | Source: PA DEP
March 14, 2007 6:42AM EST

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REPORTS ERGON TRUCKING INSTALLED  AND OPERATED 3 UNPERMITTED STORAGE TANKS AND IS ISSUING A PENALTY.  DEP SAYS ERGON TRUCKING WILL PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF $30,000 FOR ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK VIOLATIONS FOUND AT THE COMPANY’S CRUDE OIL STORAGE FACILITY IN EAST LACKAWANNOCK TOWNSHIP, MERCER COUNTY.  DEP INSPECTIONS FOR THREE 38,000 GALLON ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS DATE TO 1998.  DEP SAYS THE COMPANY FAILED TO REGISTER ITS TANKS FOR EIGHT YEARS.  AND DEP SAYS ERGON DID NOT USE CERTIFIED CONTRACTORS TO INSTALL THE THREE TANKS AND FURTHER, ERGON FAILED TO COMPLY WITH TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY CONTAINMENT, CORROSION PROTECTION AND LEAK DETECTION.  THE COMPANY HAS CORRECTED THE DEFICIENCIES, REGISTERED THE TANKS AND PAID THE REGISTRATION FEES.  STATE CERTIFIED INSPECTIONS CONFIRM ALL VIOLATIONS CORRECTED.  THE $30,000 IN FINES IS DEPOSITED INTO THE STORAGE TANK FUND WHICH HELPS PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS OF THE STATES STORAGE TANK PROGRAM. 

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- SWIFT REACTION TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BUSH FROM CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON OF PLEASANTVILLE.
- SPEAKING OF VENANGO COUNTY, IT IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEANWAYS, A GROWING GRASSROOTS NETWORK.
- VENANGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SUE SMITH, LARRY HORN AND GARY HUTCHISON RECENTLY JOINED WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO UNVEIL THE 2007 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
- A STATE LAWMAKER SAYS PRELIMINARY CHANGES TO STATE HUNTING REGULATIONS REAFFIRM PENNSYLVANIA’S REPUTATION FOR GREAT HUNTING.
- Rep. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) has been named the Republican chair of the house environmental resources and energy committee.
- 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.
- PENNSYLVANIA’S NEW WIPER LAW IS NOW IN EFFECT.
- 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
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE SAYS GOVERNOR ED RENDELL’S BUDGET WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPACT BOTH FAMILIES AND THE PENNSYLVANIA JOB MARKET.
- 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.
- 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.
- THE TOP FIVE FRAUD COMPLAINTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR 2006
- 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.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A SNOW MOBILER.
- 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.
- GE Energy Financial Services announced Thursday it is investing $270 million in wind farms in California, Illinois, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.
- GE Energy Financial Services announced Thursday it is investing $270 million in wind farms in California, Illinois, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.
- A woman gave birth to a boy outside a western Pennsylvania hospital, a delivery that happened so quickly that the infant wound up in the woman's pants.
- AS A PARTNER IN THE PENNSYLVANIA GREAT LAKES REGION, BETTY SQUIRES OF THE OIL REGION ALLIANCE AND MARIE RAINEY ARE REPRESENTING THE OIL REGION AT THE ALLEGHENY SPORT AND OUTDOOR SHOW IN MONROEVILLE .
- A COCHRANTON MAN IS CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC THREATS AGAINST THE UPMC NW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT ACCORDING TO FRANKLIN STATE POLICE.
- SPEEDING IS APPARENTLY THE CAUSE OF A CRASH ON INTERSTATE 80 INVOLVING A CAR AND A TRACTOR TRAILER.
- GLENN O. HAWBAKER INC OF STATE COLLEGE IS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER ON AN INTERSTATE 80 PAVING PROJECT IN CLARION COUNTY.
- WHILE I’M ON THE SUBJECT OF DUI’S, A FRANKLIN STATE TROOPER, WITH THE AID OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY A CITIZEN APPREHENDED A DRUNK DRIVER WHO WAS ALSO IN VIOLATION OF PROBATION.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Clarion-based State Police detained five Mexican residents believed to be in the country illegally late Friday night.
- Whatever shortcomings the valentine’s day storm may have revealed about state govt, the sharpness of gov ed rendell’s political instincts is reaffirmed.
- EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL NOW, BUT FOR A TIME YESTERDAY A WEST NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ENGINE BLOCKED THE SOUTHERN END OF WAITZ ROAD.
- EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL NOW, BUT FOR A TIME YESTERDAY A WEST NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ENGINE BLOCKED THE SOUTHERN END OF WAITZ ROAD.
- THE TITUSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING FOR TASERS AND DUI CHECKPOINTS.
- THEY’RE COMING IN DROVES FROM SMALL TOWNS AND CITIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES, CLUTCHING WALLETS AND PURSES STUFFED WITH CASH AND NURSING A COMMON DREAM: HITTING THE JACKPOT.
- pennsylvania is 1 of only 3 states RECEIVING special funding through the national highway traffic safety administration to strengthen seat belt law enforcement according to penndot.
- THE VENANGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS THE FOLLOWING THREE PEOPLE WERE APPREHENDED BY DEPUTIES YESTERDAY:
- BIG CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE STATE HOUSE. ROSEANN CADAU HAS MORE FROM HARRISBURG.
- ONE PENNSYLVANIA STATE TROOPER IS WOUNDED AND ANOTHER IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING A CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
- FROM PENN STATE COMES NEWS OF A NEW YOUTH FOREST EDUCATION PROGRAM.
- 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.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A THEF T FROM THE SAEGERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
- CAMBRIA COUNTY PROSECUTORS ARE ACCUSING THE MAYOR OF THE TINY BORO OF LILLY WITH ILLEGALLY ISSUING 3 PARKING TICKETS.
- ALSO SPEAKING TO THE NORTH SIDE ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT WAS JOANNE WOODARD OF VENANGO REAL ESTATE.
- the emlenton boro police department needs a k 9 officer to fight the battle against illegal drug use.
- THERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE KQW LISTENING AREA THIS MORNING.
- THE GOOD NEWS FOR OIL CITY IS REAL ESTATE IS STILL A GOOD INVESTMENT.
- THE EMLENTON BORO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS A K 9 OFFICER TO FIGHT THE BATTLE AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUG USE.
- 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.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE REPORT A TEENAGER IS CHARGED WITH STEALING A STATE POLICE CRUISER AS THE TROOPER OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO THE TEEN’S FRIENDS.
- AN ANTI BULLYING POLICY APPROVED THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATE YESTERDAY IS ON ITS WAY TO THE HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION.
- corry state police are investigating the theft of two lap top computers from the titusville Wal- mart monday.
- MEADVILLE STATE POLICE REPORT A MEADVILLE MAN DIED OF A FATAL CORONARY EVENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT A PRESS MACHINE FIRE.
- CLARION STATE POLICE REPORT THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL YESTERDAY IN BEAVER TOWNSHIP.
- 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.
- TIONESTA STATE POLICE REPORT A COUPLE OF ONE CAR CRASHES IN THEIR PATROL AREA YESTERDAY.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON SAYS THE NEW RULES GOVERNING THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE A GOOD FIRST STEP.
- THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS INVESTIGATING THE RISING TIDE OF VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND GUN RELATED CRIMES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
- 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
- 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.
- Pennsylvania leads the nation in deaths resulting from fires in personal care facilities for the elderly and handicapped.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT HUTCHINSON IS ON THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN TASK FORCE ON WELFARE REFORM.
- FRANKLIN STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A CASE OF OBSCENE MATERIALS AND CORRUPTION OF MINORS.
- CLARION STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A PAIR OF CASES REPORTED BY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES.
- RED HANDED. FRANKLIN STATE POLICE SAY 3 TEENAGE GIRLS WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON CHARGES OF RETAIL THEFT.
- ACCIDENTAL FIRES. TWO CASES WHERE FIRE ROARED THROUGH MANUFACTURED HOMES CREATING A TOTAL LOSS IN THE TIONESTA STATE POLICE PATROL AREA YESTERDAY.
- CLARION UNIVERSITY IS HOSTING THE PENNSYLVANIA NORTHWEST REGIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TODAY.
- SPEEDING IS THE CULPRIT THAT CAUSED A TWO TRUCK ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR BARKEYVILLE LAST NIGHT.
- A STATE OF THE ART IMAGING SYSTEM IS ADVANCING UPMC NORTHWEST’S ABILITY TO DIAGN0SE BREAST CANCER AND OTHER BREAST DISEASES.
- IN ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THE ENGINEER OF A SPEEDING FREIGHT TRAIN THAT DERAILED GOING DOWN A TREACHEROUS STRETCH OF TRACK OFF KEATING SUMMIT IN MCKEAN COUNTY LAST SUMMER.
- AN OIL CITY MAN, A REGISTERED PENNSYLVANIA MEGAN’S LAW SEX OFFENDER STANDS CONVICTED IN TWO SEX ABUSE CASES EARLIER THIS MONTH
- ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2006 FISCAL REVIEW OF THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE BY CITY MANAGER MARY ANN NAU, TITUSVILLE MAYOR BRIAN SANFORD PAINTS A GENERAL POSITIVE AND UPBEAT PICTURE IN HIS ANNUAL LETTER THAT COULD BE TERMED THE STATE OF THE CITY.
- A STATE APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMS A LOWER COURT RULING ALLOWING ALLEGHENY COUNTY HOMEOWNERS TO APPEAL THEIR PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS BASED ON WHAT THEIR HOMES ARE WORTH NOW, RATHER THAN THE VALUE IN 2002.
- NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA OIL PRODUCERS ARE REACTING NEGATIVELY TO GOVERNOR RENDELL’S PROPOSED PROFIT TAX.
- MILK PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ACCORDING TO AN EXPERT FROM PENN STATE.
- the latest quinnipiac poll of presidential hopefuls in pennsylvania shows hillary rodham clinton expanding her lead, while rudi giuliani’s lead is narrowing.
- FROM TITUSVILLE COMES NEWS STATE POLICE ARE CHARGING A SPARTANSBURG MAN IN AN ACCIDENT DAMAGING PROPERTY BELONG TO A SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY.
- 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.
- 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?
- AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MERCER STATE POLICE.
- 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.
- FRANKLIN STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A RASH OF BB GUN CRIMINAL MISCHEIF COMPLAINTS IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP.
- THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE KQW LISTENING AREA ARE AMONG 210 ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA ALLOWED BY THE STATE TO RAISE TAXES WITHOUT VOTES.
- MORE REPORTS OF BB GUN RELATED VANDALISM IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP.
- SPEAKING OF SNOWY WEATHER, WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF INTERSTATE 79 IN CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES FOR HOURS YESTERDAY.
- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO REMIND US ABOUT THE DANGERS OF INTERNET LOTTERY TYPE SCAMS AND THE ISSUANCE OF FRAUDULENT CHECKS.
- Governor Rendell to Activate State Emergency Operations Center Tonight in Response to Predicted Snowfall and Rain
- HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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- SPEAKING OF SCAMS, CLARION STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS DOOR TO DOOR SALES AT VARIOUS TIMES AND PLACES IN AND AROUND ARMSTRONG, JEFFERSON AND CLARION COUNTIES.
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- FROM BRADFORD COMES WORD GLENN MENCER, A FORMER FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE STATE’S FIRST COMMONWEALTH COURT PANEL, HAS DIED.
- VENANGO COUNTY STATE SENATOR MARY JO WHITE IS DRAWING IRE AND FIRE FROM CITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA FUTURE OR PENNFUTURE.
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- ARE YOU PERHAPS THINKING OF PARTICIPATING IN THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN UP THIS WEEKEND?
- THE UNITED STATES IS OFFERING HELP TO PANAMA IN AN AMERICAN MURDER CASE INVOLVING BUTLER COUNTY RESIDENT DEBRA ANN RIDGLEY OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
- THERE IS AN AMBER CHILD ABDUCTION ALERT ISSUED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE OUT OF THE EMBREEVILLE STATION, CHESTER COUNTY FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD PENNSYLVANIA GIRL.
- STATE COLLEGE SCHOOL OFFICIALS CANCELLED CLASSES TODAY, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLINGS A COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER POLICE SAID A THREATENING NOTE WAS FOUND IN A HIGH SCHOOL BATHROOM.
- 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.
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- THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE IS IN FAVOR OF MERGING PHILADELPHIA BASED INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS AND PITTSBURGH BASED HIGH MARK BLUE CROSS.
- ALSO IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, OFFICIALS THERE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO REDUCE FLOODING AND CURB THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION WASHING DOWNSTREAM DURING A HEAVY RAIN.
- FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS NEWS THE AGENCY IS SEEKING TO UPGRADE MERCER COUNTY’S AIR QUALITY OZONE DESIGNATION.
- THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STING CORPORATION OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA TO DISCUSS A FIBER OPTIC WIDE AREA NETWORK THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN VENANGO COUNTY BY JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
- THE OIL CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STING CORPORATION OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA TO DISCUSS A FIBER OPTIC WIDE AREA NETWORK THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN VENANGO COUNTY BY JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
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- 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.
- CONGRESSMAN JOHN PETERSON IS QUOTED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA’S HERALD TRIBUNE REGARDING THAT STATES VENTURE INTO THE GLOBAL NATURAL GAS MARKET.
- THE STATE’S BLACK FLY CONTROL PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE MORE AREAS IN VENANGO COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THIS YEAR.
- NATIONAL FUEL GAS IS ADJUSTING ITS PURCHASED GAS COSTS FOR CUSTOMERS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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- WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF THEFT, CLARION STATE POLICE ARE CHARGING A 19 YEAR OLD ERIE WOMAN WITH RETAIL THEFT FROM CLARION WAL- MART.
- As the budget season approaches, lawmakers in Harrisburg are worried about a series of major transportation funding issues that need to be addressed in the new state spending plan.
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- A charter bus on a late-night run swerved off an interstate before tipping over on its side, killing two people and injuring 32 others
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- 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.
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- In a prepared statement reacting to this weeks news Two Mile Run County Park will revert to Venango County ownership, the county commissioners say…their hope is this may be resolved smoothly, promptly and prudently.
- SPEAKING OF ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT WILL BE STRETCHING BORDER TO BORDER ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER BEGINNING TODAY.
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