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Under the golden glow of Monday’s sunshine through the red and yellow leaves that continue to cling to their branches, Arnie McDonald, a grounds and maintenance worker at Grove Hill Cemetery in More...

Local musicians present selections at state music clubs conference

The Schubert Musical and Literary Club of Oil City held court Saturday in Oil City as it hosted the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs’ northwest district members at their fall conference. More...

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Community News

C-L brings back music instructor position

By TOM DISTEFANO Clarion News writer

STRATTANVILLE — Clarion-Limestone’s music department received a reviving boost Oct. 21 with the hiring of a part-time music instructor to partly fill a position left vacant since 2008-09. More...

Applications being accepted for open seat on OC school board

Oil City Area School District officials are accepting applications for an open seat on the school board. Superintendent Joe Carrico said the district will continue accepting applications until the deadline Friday. More...

Friends for Food passes $15,800 mark

Nearly $3,000 was collected over the weekend for the Friends for Food campaign, bringing the total so far to $15,807. The fund-raising effort provides Thanksgiving dinners to families in Venango, Clarion and Forest counties who need them. More...

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AP News

Senate bill will embrace ‘public option’

But the health care plan may not have enough votes to pass

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing governmentrun insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming More...

Donations become issue in state Supreme Court race

HARRISBURG (AP) — A candidate for an open seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Monday her opponent may have been unduly influenced by donations from trial lawyers, although she has received lesser amounts from the same sources. More...

Police suspect meth lab, find wine instead

LEBANON (AP) — Authorities in central Pennsylvania who were called to investigate a suspicious odor at an abandoned house thought they had found a meth lab. It turned out to be an old winemaking operation. More...

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Letters/Columns

Outrageous campaign used to fight health care

Editor: Christopher Packer (Oct. 13 letter, “Health care claims are simply mythical”) continues to follow the Republican Party of No; no responsible bipartisanship whatever. More...

Government pushing hard for flu vaccine

Editor: Americans are witnessing a rollout of the largest, most expensive mass vaccination campaigns in the history of our nation. More...

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AP Sports

McGwire joins Cards as hitting coach

The controversial slugger joins Tony La Russa’s staff in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mark McGwire is back in baseball, reunited with Tony La Russa as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach. More...

Mistakes costly to Vikings

Pittsburgh’s defense rose to the challenge

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — A good night’s sleep did nothing to quell the disappointment from the Minnesota Vikings’ first loss of the season. More...

Jackson shines as Eagles top ’Skins

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — DeSean Jackson scored on a 67-yard reverse and caught a 57-yard touchdown pass, and the Philadelphia Eagles converted three turnovers into points Monday night in a 27-17 win over the Washington Redskins. More...

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Entertainment

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PBS SCHEDULE

The following are today’s television listings for the local PBS stations: WPSU 7 p.m. — NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 8 p.m. — Nova 9 p.m. — Frontline 10 p.m. — Independent Lens 11 p.m. — Worldfocus 11:30 p.m. More...

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Web site offers expanded coverage

With easy registration, subscribers will have immediate access to the entire site

TheDerrick.com now features all the local news and sports you’re used to getting in our print edition of The Derrick and The News-Herald. More...

Franklin board rejects easement request for transmission line

By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

The Franklin School Board on Monday unanimously rejected a request for an easement for a high-speed telecommunication transmission line. More...

Volunteers sought for flu vaccine clinics

Oil City Superintendent Joe Carrico says people are needed to help staff two clinics that are being planned in the county.

By MATT CARROLL Staff writer

Oil City Area School Board on Monday put out the call for volunteers for upcoming H1N1 flu vaccine clinics in Venango County. Superintendent Joe Carrico said volunteers are needed to help staff two clinics that are being planned in the county. More...

PennDOT workers make progress on Deep Hollow Road

By Jerry Sowden

PennDot workers continue the task of moving dirt and stone around a new culvert under Deep Hollow Road south of Oil City Monday afternoon. More...

Obituaries

Phyllis Ann Bell Fiamella
Donald E. Persing
Kathleen J. Beers
Eileen Huffman
Thomas F. Merwin Sr.
Dorothy Albert
OTHER DEATHS
GETTING IT RIGHT

Police & Fire

I-80 ACCIDENT

I-80 ACCIDENT — State police are investigating a three-vehicle crash around 10:07 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 80 in Clarion County. More...

15TH STREET HILL CRASH

15TH STREET HILL CRASH — An Oil City man was involved in a one-vehicle accident around 10:15 a.m. Monday on 15th Street in Franklin. More...

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Court Reporter

CLARION COUNTY DEEDS

The following deeds have been filed at the Clarion County Courthouse. Sale prices are listed except in the case of nominal amounts such as $1. Ethel MacBeth to Jeanne L. Bortner, Farmington Township, tract. More...

VENANGO COUNTY DEEDS

The following deeds have been filed at the Venango County Courthouse. Sale prices are listed except in the case of nominal amounts such as $1. Travis J. and Guljahon E. Snyder to Tennis E. and Debbie Snyder, Sugarcreek Borough. Clair E. More...

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Sports

Andrew White Memorial Golf Scramble

Tying for first place in the Mixed Division in the Andrew White Memorial Golf Scramble were (from left): Don Greggs, Sue Hoobler, Dorothy Hagerty and Steve Knight. More...

Missouri blanks Texas Tech to finish 5-0

Youth football

The Missouri Tigers ened their season with a perfect 5-0 record after blanking the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 22-0, in Franklin Intramural League football action on Saturday. More...

Franklin booters fall on road

Franklin dropped to 4-12 with a 9-0 loss to visiting Conneaut Valley in a Region 2 soccer match Monday. The Indians jumped out to an 8-0 lead at the half. More...

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Are health insurers’ profits really ‘obscene,’ ‘immoral’?

Health insurance profits barely exceeded 2 percent of revenues in the last annual measure.

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press Writer

In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making “immoral” and “obscene” returns while “the bodies pile up.” But in pillorying insurers ove More...

Statisticians reject global cooling

Several independent statisticians who analyzed the data say global cooling is not true.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. More...

Children rescued in prostitution crackdown

Authorities say 52 children have been saved and nearly 700 people arrested.

WASHINGTON (MCT) — Federal officials announced Monday that 52 children had been saved and nearly 700 people had been arrested and charged over the past three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution. More...

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