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Golden grains of corn

Brad Deeter watches the golden grains of corn flow from his combine to a grain truck Thursday afternoon as he harvests several fields near Cooperstown. More...

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Arianna Evans of Tionesta always dreamed of going on a South Dakota merriam turkey hunt. She suffers from spina bifida and is in need of a kidney transplant, and that makes it difficult for her to get out and do the things she wants to do. More...

Pennsylvania-American Water rate increase approved

Pennsylvania American Water Co. got about half the rate increase it asked for, and the average household will see another $3.16 added to the monthly water bill. More...

Friends for Food clears $30,000 mark

donors (some aditional contributors Here is a list of the latest Clarion and Forest counties. wil benefit those in ned in 21. Friends for Fod also days — on Saturday, Nov. More...

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AP News

Sheetz begins petition drive for beer sales in state

ALTOONA (AP) — The Altoona-based Sheetz convenience store chain has started a petition drive to convince Pennsylvania lawmakers that customers want to buy beer in its stores. More...

Great Dane world’s tallest dog

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dog named Titan lived up to his name Thursday when he earned the title world’s tallest dog. It was one of more than 30 records announced or set on Nov. More...

Hannity admits to airing shots of wrong crowd

WASHINGTON (MCT) — Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity has acknowledged to his viewers that he aired video of a Sept. More...

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Sports

Oilers will nip ’Pickers

CRAIG PHILLIPS

Last week: 26-6, .813 Season: 310-61, .836 We’ve been down this road before. More...

Playoffs begin tonight in D-9

Three local teams start begin their postseason quests tonight in the District 9 Class A football playoffs. More...

Bulldogs’ Smith named D-9 MVP

Five other local .. standouts join Kaylee Smith on the first team.

Redbank Valley’s Kaylee Smith, recently chosen the Most Valuable Player of the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference, was selected as the District 9 MVP by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association. More...

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Perzel among 10 charged in state legislative probe

HARRISBURG (AP) — A former House speaker, an ex-lawmaker and eight aides Thursday became the latest — and the first Republicans — to be charged in a 3-year-old investigation into the diversion of public resources and employees to P More...

Lottery numbers

Here are the numbers drawn Thursday in the Pennsylvania Lottery: Midday Big 4: 0-0-2-6; Daily Number: 7-0-2; Quinto: 6-7-0-2-2; Mix and Match: 13-03-06- 05-17; Treasure Hunt: 05-09-22-23-29. Night More...

Friday the 13th phobia? You’ve got company

Today is the third time this year the 13th will fall on a Friday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it’s been a tough year to sell cars. More...

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Features

Fed: Banks need consent on overdraft fees

New rule will take effect July 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Banks will have to secure their customers’ consent before charging large overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, according to a new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Reserve. More...

Deficit sets October record of $176.4B

Economists worry .. that if such deficits continue, it could push up interest rates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal deficit hit a record for October as the new budget year began where the old one ended: with the government awash in red ink. More...

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OC Council, planners meeting cordial

But planners don’t back down on position on log piles

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

Stung by a suggestion that Oil City Council was “bothering its citizens with trivialities” as evidenced by a proposed ordinance to regulate log piles in the city, two members approached the city Planning Commission on Thursday to discuss More...

Meeting focuses on rural broadband

Leaders discuss a plan to bring wireless communication to more than 90 percent of Clarion County.

By TOM DISTEFANO Clarion News writer

CLARION — The goal: wireless broadband communication for more than 90 percent of Clarion County. The plan: a cooperative of private and public entities initially funded by grants and later by partnerships with Internet service providers. More...

OC native’s dinosaur drawing gets segment on ‘60 Minutes’

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

It may have been millions of years ago that dinosaurs roamed the earth but it took longtime professional artist and Oil City native Phil Wilson less than an afternoon to re-create the image of one particular landlubbing creature. More...

Obituaries

Marie G. Griebel
Richard H. Amsden
Ora M. Platt
Shawn A. Ison
GETTING IT RIGHT

Police & Fire

Oil City crash

Oil City police and firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident at about 2 p.m. Thursday near the Country Fair store on Oil City’s South Side. More...

Woman arrested for assault

A Franklin woman was arrested for domestic assault following an incident Wednesday evening at a Liberty Street home. More...

Head-on crash kills 3 Edinboro students

EDINBORO (AP) — Three Edinboro University students were killed Wednesday in a two-car crash. More...

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Court Reporter

Shippenville woman sentenced in Venango, Butler theft cases

Deborah Bergeron is ordered to serve 43 to 144 months in prison.

A Shippenville woman has been sentenced to serve 27 to 84 months in state prison for stealing items from several homes in Oil City and Franklin where she worked as a housekeeper. More...

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Letters/Columns

Why are we revising the Berlin Wall history?

Editor: The Focus Story on Page 2 of the Tuesday edition reflects the national news about celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. More...

Special interests have eye on health care measure

Editor: Dichotomy of all dichotomies, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wants a health care bill that cannot pass both houses of Congress. More...

Finally, the right sees trouble with the deficit

Editor: I would like to congratulate our friends to the right and far right for noticing at last that owing a lot of money does matter and that deficits do count. More...

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AP Sports

Steelers’ top priority: Stop Benson

Pittsburgh’s defense has not allowed a 100-yard rusher in the past 30 games.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Bengals’ Cedric Benson will be the latest to attempt what many NFL running backs have repeatedly failed to do: run for 100 yards against the Pittsburgh Steelers. More...

Pens’ slide continues

Brodeur lifts Devils to 4-1 win

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists and the New Jersey Devils closed within a victory of tying the NHL record of 10 consecutive road victories to start a season, beating the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Thursday More...