Junkyard owner found in contempt

WASHINGTON (AP) - With President Joe Biden on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a key moderate Democrat said Sunday he's open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through other parts of the White House's agenda such as voting rights.

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's vote in favor of conviction during former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial last month has not been sitting well with fellow Republicans.

The number of high school girls who have entered nontraditional shops at Venango Technology Center is well above the national average.

One person was injured and multiple dogs died in a house fire in Oil City late Sunday morning, according to Oil City fire Chief Mark Hicks.

An Irwin Township woman is making history as the first woman in the township to hold the position of supervisor.

One of the region's most highly respected ensembles is back in business.

A Mercer County woman known as the "pink hat lady" for her alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was indicted Thursday on eight counts by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia.

MEADVILLE - State police barracks in Troop E, which includes Franklin, are reporting a variety of scams targeting elderly people.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted by the slimmest of margins Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, after Democrats made eleventh-hour changes aimed at ensuring they could pull President Joe Biden's top legislative priority through the chamber.

The Days Inn hotel in Oil City has been purchased by a family that owns a string of hotels across the U.S.

HARRISBURG (AP) - With growing emphasis on getting students back in schools during the pandemic, teachers and school staff will receive the first doses delivered to Pennsylvania of the newly approved one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine under Gov. Tom Wolf's plan released Wednesday.

BROOKVILLE - When Brookville police Chief Vince Markle was a patrolman in Summerville in 1994, a 10-year old girl would ride her bike to the police station twice a day - in the morning to watch him leave on his shift and in the evening when he returned.

CRANBERRY - During the COVID-19 shutdown, many people postponed medical procedures and elective surgeries. For some people, though, postponing a procedure wasn't an option - and still isn't.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats' efforts to include a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as Senate leaders prepared to begin debate on their own version of the House-passed aid package.

A New Jersey man who has emerged as a major downtown Oil City property owner offered a broad vision on how he intends to "bring back Oil City" but was short on specifics during a public meeting Saturday.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity.

The railroad bridge over Oil Creek in downtown Oil City and the railroad bridge over Sugar Creek that runs along the Andrew White Bridge in Sugarcreek Borough are both slated to be replaced.

The Cranberry Mall, challenged in the past few years with a declining roster of open stores, has a new, big and bustling tenant.