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Oct 30, 2024

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Structure installation for the playground at St. Stephen Elementary School in Oil City began Monday and will continue throughout this week. Snider Recreation of Mars is completing the structure

Structure installation for the playground at St. Stephen Elementary School in Oil City began Monday and will continue throughout this week.

Snider Recreation of Mars is completing the structure installation phase of the project, and project manager Marty Kozlowski said his crew’s work should be done by Friday.

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MAKAYLA KEATING, reporter for The Derrick and The News-Herald, can be reached at [email protected] or 814-676-7057.

The ongoing dry weather has caused some concern as to how long it could be before the area is thrust into drought status, along with the continued threat of brush fires, which includes at least six that were reported over the weekend.

Structure installation for the playground at St. Stephen Elementary School in Oil City began Monday and will continue throughout this week.

SENECA — After last month’s tabling of Title IX policy changes in Cranberry School District, the topic still appeared to be on the minds of many community members Monday, as the school board heard about the increasing enrollment of area residents in the Moms for Liberty political group.

Randy Griffith, a former staff photographer and reporter for The Derrick who sadly passed away last week, was truly a one-of-a-kind personality who made an indelible mark all across tri-county communities during his years at the newspaper.

Voting will go forward at next month’s Oil City School Board meeting on two controversial policies relating to Title IX amendments that had previously been tabled for further review several months prior.

Through collaboration with Keystone SMILES Community Learning Center, Franklin Area School District is receiving reimbursement for several more of its preschool seats this year from the state Pre-K Counts program.

Children dressed as ghosts and goblins from all around the Seneca area descended on the old Cranberry high school building this Monday in search of sweet treats during the Cranberry Small Business Association’s (CSBA) first-ever trunk or treat event.

A Seneca man was sentenced Monday in Venango County Court to serve three to 10 years in prison in connection with the death of an Oil City man who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Cranberry Township in October 2022.

Monetary donations to help Nick Shoup and his family meet medical expenses are still being accepted.

KNOX — Knox Borough is gearing up to kick off the 2024 holiday season with its annual Light Up Night from 6 to 8 p.m., Nov. 22, and, at the same time, event organizers hope to leverage help for victims of the recent hurricanes.

RAMAT HASHARON, Israel (AP) — Egypt’s president announced Sunday his country has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed. There was no immediate response from Israel or Hamas as the latest talks were expected in Qatar, ano…

VOWINCKEL — Kurt Klapkowski, deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Oil and Gas Management, grew up in Washington County. So, it’s not surprising that the sound from the area’s numerous pump jacks was just “background” noise to him.

No one could have blamed Nick Shoup if he had developed a negative attitude as a result of the adversity he has to deal with for nearly the past three months.

For more than four decades, the small Allegheny River community of Emlenton has supported a medical office. Unless something were to quickly transpire, that is about to change.

After more than a year of work, security cameras on the West End bike trail in Oil City are in place and functioning.

As consistently colder weather approaches, three local churches are collecting donations through Wednesday for a second trip to hurricane-devastated western North Carolina.

After reaching out on Friday to UPMC for a statement regarding the medical provider's decision to pull out of Emlenton Medical Center, the newspaper received the following email:

Any entity interested in providing medical services at Emlenton Medical Center is asked to reach out to EAMC President Barbara Warden at [email protected] or by mail at EAMC, P.O. Box 7, Emlenton, PA 16373.

Hordes of zombies, ghosts, princesses, superheroes and other characters of all shapes and sizes descended upon Two Mile Run County Park with their families on Friday for the third annual Boo Mile Run Trunk-or-Treat.

A potential ATV ordinance that would provide for legal use of ATVs on designated roads was discussed at Thursday night’s meeting of the Cranberry Township supervisors.

VOWINCKEL — In the northern tier of Pennsylvania a common site is a rocker oil well standing abandoned in a field. These are legacy wells that have been either orphaned or abandoned, and some of which pose a danger to residents.

With the highly anticipated presidential election less than two weeks away, the Venango County Elections Office will be open tomorrow to accommodate voters who wish to request or turn in a mail-in ballot or have other election related questions.

The first reading of an ordinance taxing games of skill was approved in a four to one vote Thursday during Oil City Council’s meeting.

Details of what the future could bring remain in flux for customers of six different Rhodes Utilities-owned water systems, whose operational responsibilities are being transferred to Aqua Pennsylvania via a state-authorized interim emergency order at the end of the month.

Ideas and encouragement flowed freely in Venango County this week as rural county leaders from across the United States gathered to discuss ways of improving life for the people back home.

The highly popular Boo Mile Run Trunk-or-Treat is set to creep up on the area once again this Friday evening at Two Mile Run County Park.

Changes to policy surrounding Title IX were tabled by the Valley Grove Area School Board’s policy committee Monday as the group weighed their options in an uneasy legal landscape.

CLARION — A steady stream of Clarion County residents showed up Tuesday to vote early at the Clarion County Administration Office.

As part of National Financial Planning Month in October, Franklin Area High School has been recognized by Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor for its financial literacy programs.

Rural county leaders from Texas to Oregon gathered in Venango County this week as part of a peer exchange program through the National Association of Counties.

CLARION — It took a jury of seven women and five men around one hour of deliberation to come to a verdict Monday, finding Jeremy Raymond Dailey guilty of criminal homicide in the Jan. 29, 2023 shooting death of 74-year-old Thomas Kemmer in Limestone Township, Clarion County.

Droves of Venango County voters have been descending on the county elections office to request or turn in a mail-in ballot, and the office has announced it will be open additional hours this Saturday to accommodate the voters.

Several administrators from the Franklin Area School District shared the district’s goals for the 2024-2025 school year at Monday’s work session, held in Central Elementary School’s cafeteria this week.

In the return of a topic that has caused discontent in communities across the country, the Oil City School Board once more heard from residents about their concerns over Title IX during their Monday meeting.

The use of drones to find abandoned, unrecorded oil and gas wells went from plan to reality over the course of three days last week with flights in Clarion County over sections of Pennsylvania Game Lands 72.

Ghouls and goblins packed out the Hannah Project’s first annual Halloween event Saturday night with a sold-out party themed “Beetlejuice”.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of a request to temporarily block the Biden administration’s rules on carbon emissions has energy industry advocates warning that America might face a growing demand for electricity and less supply to meet it.

The Franklin Witch Walk once again performed its magic, as the event delivered yet another mesmerizing afternoon and evening of activity on Saturday.

In the 146th edition of the Oil City-Franklin football rivalry on Friday night at the Franklin High School field, the action was fast and furious in the early going as both teams had a pair of scoring drives, with the Oilers holding a 14-6 advantage.

Public Utility Commission Administrative Law Judge Mark A. Hoyer on Thursday issued an interim emergency order that appoints Aqua Pennsylvania as temporary receiver of six Rhodes Estate water companies, the takeover of which is scheduled Oct. 31.

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