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Miller-Sibley

Mikahla Ho swims toward a toy Thursday at the Miller-Sibley kiddie pool in Franklin. Addison Shull prepares to hit the water Thursday after zipping down the slide at the Miller-Sibley pool in Franklin. More...

Blue Streak repairs in running for $50,000 grant

By KRISTI CUMMINS Staff writer
By Hannah Bailey

Conneaut Lake Park reopened in the summer of 2009 after being closed for two seasons due to financial hardships, but the Blue Streak rollercoaster is still in the process of being repaired. More...

Eddie and Sharon St. Clair

Eddie and Sharon St. Clair perform Thursday afternoon in Franklin as part of Brown Baggin’ at Fountain Park, which is sponsored by the Franklin Fine Arts Council. More...

Special Sections

Community News

Venango County receives two proposals for tax collector job

By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

The Venango County Tax Collection Committee on Wednesday received proposals from two firms seeking to be the county’s single collector of earned income tax. More...

More youngsters sought for free lunch program

Child Development Centers is seeking more children and teenagers to take part in a free lunch program that it is offering this summer at three area churches. More...

Forest County extension office move complete

TIONESTA — A move by the Penn State Cooperative Extension and Forestry Education Center offices is complete, the Forest County commissioners said Thursday. More...

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AP News

2 TV stations pulling anti-Sestak Senate ad

HARRISBURG (AP) — Two Pittsburgh-area television stations are pulling a commercial attacking Democratic policies and the voting record of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak after he complained about its accuracy. More...

Commission rules fired police officer must be reinstated

PUNXSUTAWNEY (AP) — A police officer in western Pennsylvania who was fired after a man died in the back seat of his cruiser is getting his job back. More...

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Letters/Columns

Charge from the ER seems like a robbery

Editor: About a month ago I took my fiancé to the UPMC Northwest emergency room when she was suffering from a nasty intestinal bug on a weekend. More...

Others fund libraries — why can’t Cranberry?

Editor: The July 9 article in the newspaper indicates that talks will hopefully continue regarding the funding of the Oil City Library. More...

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AP Sports

Schleck maintains lead at Tour de France

Mark Cavendish wins Thursday’s 11th stage with a little illegal help from a teammate.

BOURG-LES-VALENCE, France (AP) — Sprint specialist Mark Cavendish won the 11th stage of the Tour de France with help from an illegal head-butt from teammate Mark Renshaw, who was thrown out of the race Thursday for his aggressive tactics. More...

Off to a ‘Rory’ good start

McIlroy opens with a 63 on Day 1 at St. Andrews

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The Old Course was defenseless and no one took advantage of it more than Rory McIlroy. More...

West pleads guilty

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West pleaded guilty Thursday to weapons charges. More...

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Features

Wall Street crackdown, consumer guards, are passed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Thursday passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression, clamping down on lending practices and expanding consumer protections to prevent a repeat of the 2008 meltdown that kn More...

What’s this overhaul really do?

WASHINGTON (MCT) — With final Senate passage Thursday of the broadest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression, the hard work really starts. More...

Retailers anxious about holiday

NEW YORK (AP) — It may be hot and sticky outside, but stores across the nation are already getting a chill thinking about Christmas. More...

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Housing development back on track

Sandycreek supervisors could approve plan Monday
By MATT CARROLL Staff writer

After suffering through the collapse of the housing market, a residential development, the first of its kind in Venango County, is back on track. More...

Brooks’ campaign promise no easy task

The Venango commissioner said he wouldn’t take a salary if elected.
By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

When he ran for office in 2007, Venango County Commissioner Timothy Brooks said he would not take a salary from the county if elected to the post. More...

Clarion Borough manager defends street project

By GREG RENNINGER Clarion News writer

CLARION — Clarion Borough Council wanted to see the South Street reconstruction and widening project finished before school started at the end of August. More...

Housing program planned for offenders with mental issues

By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

Venango County is putting a supported housing program in place to help offenders with mental health issues become self sufficient after they are released from jail. More...

Police & Fire

Man charged with rape

A Franklin man was charged Thursday with the alleged rape of a 26-year-old woman at an Arbor Circle apartment in April. Franklin police said an investigation revealed Matthew E. More...

Motorcycle accident injury

One person was injured and flown for treatment after a motorcycle and minivan collided Thursday in Oil City. Oil City police said the driver of the motorcycle, whom they did not identify, was hurt in the crash around 6:51 p.m. More...

Woman hurt in crash

A Leeper woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash around 9 a.m. Wednesday on Gravel Lick Road in Clarion County. More...

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Court Reporter

VENANGO COUNTY COURT REPORTER

Central Court District Court District Judges Douglas Dinberg and Douglas Gerwick presiding Joseph J. Steigerwald, 33, 107 Dale Ave., Franklin; charges of theft by deception and bad checks were withdrawn. More...

CLARION COUNTY DEEDS

Joyce A. Aughton to Joyce A. Aughton, Salem Township, parcel. Elizabeth Rapp to Betty J. and Charles L. Rapp, Elk Township, parcel. Jonas J. and Emma M. Mullet to Eli L. and Esther J. Lee, Beaver Township, lot, $2,400. Ronald D. More...

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Sports

‘Rite of summer’ 2010

The cry of ‘play ball’ will be heard today in the Homan-Cunningham softball tournament.
By CRAIG PHILLIPS Staff writer

For many players and teams, the 32nd Annual Hop Homan- Chops Cunningham Oil Heritage Memorial Softball Tournament will be a one-shot deal. For most of the others, it is considered a rite of summer. More...

Attitudes Bar: Early favorite in Oil Heritage

The Buffalo, N.Y., entry has compiled a 15-4 record in its three years in the tournament and posted a 9-2 record a year ago en route to a runner-up finish.
CRAIG PHILLIPS

Did somebody say crapshoot? More...

OC, Cranberry to vie for titles

Both teams posted wins in losers’ bracket final games and will meet Franklin at 6 p.m. today.

Oil City’s Wes Lang and Cullen Flaherty combined for five hits and eight RBIs Thursday to lead the hosts to an 18-5, five-inning victory over visiting Cranberry in District 25 Junior League All-Star Baseball Tournament losers’ bracket fin More...

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Capped-off oil leak elicits joy mixed with skepticism

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The oil has stopped. For now. More...

Experts work to free ship hull at World Trade Center

Historians say the ship dates to the 1700s.

NEW YORK (AP) — The ship was buried as junk two centuries ago — landfill to expand a bustling little island of commerce called Manhattan. More...

State police ordered to disclose records about off-duty work

The Office of Open Records gave the state police 30 days to release all requests.

HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania State Police must release most of its records about work that its employees perform while they are off-duty, the state Office of Open Records has ruled. More...

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