Seneca News

Two Polk residents were injured after a one-vehicle accident around 2 p.m. Sunday on Old Route 8 just south of Hines Lane in Venango County.

Mrs. Anna V. Buchanan, 89, of 10 Vo Tech Drive , Oil City, passed away Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at UPMC Northwest, Seneca, Pa.

By Jerry Sowden - Karen Rupert and Garry Coleman, both project consultants for Venango County's Mental Health/Mental Retardation administrative offices, unpack boxes of their supplies as they move into their ...

Oil City police and firefighters were called to an accident at 6:35 p.m. Thursday at Willow Street and Colbert Avenue in Siverly that involved a vehicle and a pedestrian.

A meet-the-family picnic is also scheduled Friday. The winner of a fund-raising event for a Cooperstown boy battling a severe form of muscular dystrophy will be chosen at 8 p.m. Friday in Justus Park.

Photo by Jerry Sowden - A fire early Wednesday destroyed this Cranberry Township home at 223 Rockmere Road.

The board also OKs a number of agreements for professional services. The Franklin Area School Board approved administrative salaries for the coming year at its meeting Monday night.

Looks like rain for most of the weekend. Make plans to stay indoors. New movies opening this weekend: Get Smart, The Love Guru, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, Brick Lane.

Brian Shontz of Oil City sits astride his motorcycle. Shontz bought the bike to help decrease his weekly gasoline expenditures.

OC fifth-graders learn what it means to be hometown proud By NICHOLAS A. HESS Photo by Jerry Sowden - Retired Oil City teacher Sam Amendola, standing near the Cornplanter statue along Center Street, talks to a ...

There are two options - find a suitable tenant or demolition. The shift of the transitional care unit and rehabilitation services from the old Oil City Hospital facility to the new UPMC Northwest wing in Seneca ...

Two injured in Cranberry accident Two minors were injured and transported to UPMC Northwest after a one-vehicle accident around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Bredinsburg and Big Egypt roads in ...

A 20-year-old Lucinda man was injured and transported to Titusville Hospital after he crashed his motorcycle around 9:45 p.m. Saturday on Route 4002 just south of Route 127 in Forest County.

UPMC Northwest and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center broke ground yesterday on an $8 million construction project located adjacent to the hospital's main campus in Seneca, Pa.

Records show that 23 individuals who lived in Venango County or previously resided in the county died in the Vietnam War. via The Derrick

“I commend Fred (Gustafson) for having the foresight to move next year's paving up to this year”

Seneca siren assigned new role By MATT CARROLL The siren has been relegated to emergency use. via The Derrick

“And they are really helping these people out.”

Oil City-area letter carriers ready to stamp out hunger By NICHOLAS A. HESS Photo by Nicholas Hess - Union steward Bill Sterling is ready for Saturday's National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger ... via The Derrick

“And then she pulled out a wad of 20-dollar bills and handed them to us, saying, 'I just knew that you needed some money and I had to get off at the next exit to find you.'”

OC woman uproots life to help storm victims in Louisiana By NICHOLAS A. HESS Photo by Nicholas Hess - Jessica Grams, a 23-year old Oil City resident, digs into her Allegheny Avenue garden. via The Derrick

Pinegrove volunteer firefighters were tripped out to a brush fire around 3:33 p.m. Thursday on Camp Coffman Road in Venango County. via News-Herald

Seneca volunteer firefighters douse a few smoldering remains of a mobile home in the unoccupied Green Acres trailer park. via The Derrick