Venango Chamber names Urban as top citizen

Hardware and lawn and garden equipment will once again be nearby for Franklin residents this spring as Sander’s Markets in Franklin wraps up its store upgrade and incorporates a True Value hardware section.

Starting out with one of the biggest items first, a 3,000-liter Kothe gin still was assembled in the corner of the first floor of 100 Seneca in Oil City, an undertaking which took place over Monday and Tuesday. The Exchange by Side Hustle, a restaurant with a distillery and brewery, will be …

Cynthia “Cindy” Urban, president and chief executive officer of Klapec Trucking Co., was honored as the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Citizen of the Year at the chamber’s annual awards banquet at Cross Creek Resort on Wednesday evening.

New life is being breathed into the old Joy Plant 1 in Franklin.

Franklin bowling alley Buffalo Street Lanes has announced that it will be closing permanently at the end of this bowling season.

COOKSBURG — People were doing just about anything imaginable with snow Saturday during the 28th annual Snowman in the Forest event at Cook Forest State Park.

Franklin state police are asking the public for its help in identifying a suspect in a burglary that occurred early this morning at Dollar General, 1407 Pittsburgh Road, Sandycreek Township.

Trevaughn Stribling-Jackson, 25, has been found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges in connection to the December 2023 death of 2-year-old Keaton Morrison following a four-day trial at the Venango County Courthouse.

Students from Venango Technology Center earned 29 medals at the SkillsUSA District 10 competition held at several locations last month.

With a focus on welding and machining skills, Komatsu hosted their first annual Komatsu Manufacturing Skills Kompetition on Wednesday at the Venango Technology Center.

With winter temperatures in the low 20s and an overcast sky with no rain, the 29th Franklin On Ice weather was just “perfect” — at least according to event organizer Pat Dolecki, who added, “I’m satisfied with the crowds for as cold as it is.”

Doris Eckel, a researcher at the Venango County Historical Society, was surprised and delighted to see so much of the research she did featured in a recent episode of the PBS program “Finding Your Roots.”

There was an attempted abduction of a Seventh Street Elementary School student on Thursday morning, according to a letter written by Oil City Area School District Superintendent Lynda Weller and posted on the district's website.

The Oil City Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 464 Ladies’ Auxiliary invited the community to the Oil City Library on Wednesday to help make Valentine’s Day cards for local veterans, bringing pizza and supplies for everyone who showed up.

After months of uncertainty, it appears that the Sugarcreek Borough Big Lots will remain open after it was included in court documents as one of 200 listed stores that Variety Wholesalers Inc. intends to acquire and keep open.

When Hurricane Helene swept through the Southeast this past fall and left widespread devastation in its wake, Julie Graf sat alone at her kitchen table and prayed for the guidance to do something more to help, as she and fellow members of Leatherwood Church in New Bethlehem already had taken…

A northwestern Pennsylvania native and former Franklin pastor was ceremonially seated as the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church on Sunday at the Washington National Cathedral.

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Venango County are closed from Exit 35 to Exit 42 due to multi-vehicle crashes, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said in a press release.

A winter weather advisory is in effect until midnight for northwestern Pennsylvania.

The Keystone School Board wanted to upgrade the elementary school playground and had a desire to honor a local hero in the process.

Although Barry Louise’s humility would never allow him to say it, the fact of the matter is his years of public service in Emlenton have made him an institution in the borough.

Venango County will be on TVs across the nation as a celebrity with ties to the county’s early pioneers will be featured on the next episode of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS.

Cranberry Township honored one of its firefighters, who has been in the service over 50 years and is now retiring, at its meeting Thursday.

Jackie Greibel “likes to help the community.” To that end, the co-founder of the Clarion Kindness Project is preparing to open a new chapter next week — the Clarion Corner Coffee Shop.

The proverbial dance that Foxburg Borough Council has been having with its caboose is finally coming to an end.

The Franklin office of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) proudly invited the community to visit its new home on Wednesday afternoon.