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County takes over West Unit
Venango will pay $1M to buy out lease, will assume $1.6M mortgage
Some two years after entering into an agreement to lease the former West Unit hospital building from the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, Venango County is assuming the mortgage on the building and buying out the lease. More...
Swine flu cases jump in Venango
46 confirmed H1N1 cases reported
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases has quadrupled in Venango County in the past week. The latest figures show Venango County has 46 confirmed H1N1, or swine flu, cases. That figure is up dramatically from the 10 confirmed cases on Oct. 21 and is the highest of any county in northwestern Pennsylvania. More...

Jobless figures show a mixed bag in region
By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

Jobless figures released for September show a mixed bag among northwestern Pennsylvania counties. The September unemployment rates in Crawford, Forest and Venango counties have gone up since the August count. Meanwhile, the jobless numbers in Clarion, Mercer and Warren counties have fallen in the past month. Only Erie County remained unchanged. More...

Knox tax hike pushed back this year
By GREG RENNINGER Clarion News writer

KNOX — A real estate tax increase is likely in Knox Borough in the next few years, but it won’t be now, thanks to a vote at the last borough council meeting. As electric companies deregulate, the borough will be off the hook for the cost of maintaining street lights in 2012. More...

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• article has image Democratic moderates challenge Reid on plan
Republican opposition to health measure also stiffens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans, underscoring the enormity of the challenge confronting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid one day after he unveiled the plan as a consensus product. More...
• article has image Americans still gloomy on economy
• Senate votes to take up jobless benefit extension
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 Community News
• Drake Well Museum building to close for renovations
TITUSVILLE — The Drake Well Museum building will close to the public at the end of the day on Sunday for renovations and the installation of a new permanent exhibit. The outdoor exhibits will remain accessible to visitors during the renovations, although machinery displays will cease operations during winter and begin again in May. More...
• Oil Region Alliance again named lead economic development agency
• Program on Eastern Woodland Indians set
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 Police & Fire
• POLK MAN HURT IN CRASH
POLK MAN HURT IN CRASH — A 78-year-old Polk man was injured in a one-vehicle accident around 6 a.m. Sunday on Route 358 in Mercer County. State police said Earl Donahue was traveling on Route 358 in Perry when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway. More...
• Man facing 58 felony counts following traffic stop
• TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT
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 AP News
• Arrests include 2 juveniles in 34 New Castle arsons
NEW CASTLE (AP) — Eight people have been arrested for more than a third of the 34 fires police say were intentionally set in the last two years in New Castle in western Pennsylvania. More...
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 Letters/Columns
• Board needs to look at hospital standards
Editor: I am writing this letter in response to the letter regarding the standards of our local hospital, UPMC Northwest. I agree fully with the content of that letter, and I would also like to add that after very bad experiences with the hospital, we too are in hopes that something can be done to raise the standards and practices at UPMC Northwest. More...
• Why does coverage center on the Steelers?
• Current Quotations
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 Sports
• article has image Prokay ties for sixth at states
PIAA golf
YORK — Grove City’s Ryan Prokay moved up three spots to finish in a tie for sixth place Tuesday in the PIAA Golf Championships. Prokay carded a 74 on Day 2 of competition at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. He was tied for ninth after firing a 73 on Monday. More...
• article has image Grove spikers rally to defeat Knights
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 Features
• Obama embraces House financial overhaul bill
Measure would establish council to monitor large financial firms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday embraced a House bill that would give the government unprecedented power to seize bank holding companies and other large financial firms teetering on the brink of collapse and stick their competitors with the cost. More...
• article has image On Wall Street
• article has image Brewers battle it out in calorie-cutting
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