Oil City News

Rita Marie Eaton, 89, went to be with the Lord at 3:05 A.M. Sat. November 14, 2009 at the Oil City Presbyterian Home.

When Oil City native Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer announced their wedding in The Derrick newspaper in summer 2004, a battle erupted on the editorial page between supporters and letter writers who were so outraged they suggested it would be better if the men had never been born.

A 44-year-old Mulvane man remains at Wesley Medical Center in critical condition following a traffic accident in Butler County Wednesday afternoon.

Nesse Godin, a Holocaust survivor who has dedicated her adult life to teaching and sharing memories of the Holocaust, will speak in Robert W. Rhoades Center auditorium at Clarion University-Venango Campus on Monday, November 9, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

A screening of OUT IN THE SILENCE, "a stunning new documentary" by Oil City native Joe Wilson will be shown at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, in the Penn State Shenango Auditorium.

Jim Chely, 53, of Elmira finished fourth overall and first in the male 50-59 age group in the 50K race at the Oil Creek 100 Trail Runs on Oct.

A contract for $199,705 was awarded to Traffic Technologies, Inc., of New Castle, for the installation of LED traffic signals at existing signalized intersections in northwestern Pennsylvania.

A missing Venango County girl was found early Wednesday morning, police said. Police in Oil City had been searching for Mary Cathrine Maleski, 16, since she went missing on Tuesday.

Forty-nine-year-old Justo Venegas was arrested in Oil City in July on charges of attempted unlawful restraint in the incident Saturday at the Oil City Arlington Hotel.

Hermitage city commissioners approved an agreement to essentially give away land for the Butler County Community College expansion project, as long as certain conditions are met.

Clarion University has a record enrollment of 7,391 at the end of drop/add for the Fall 2009 semester, according to figures released at a meeting of the Clarion University Council of Trustees held at Venango Campus in Oil City.

Patients at UPMC Northwest in Venango County may have been exposed to dangerous viruses.

A reported "small number" of patients who underwent surgery in recent months at UPMC Northwest in Seneca, Venango County, may have been exposed to what the hospital describes as "a health risk." In a statement released yesterday, the hospital said patients who underwent surgical procedures there face "an extremely low risk" of illness resulting ...

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center says some patients at one of its hospitals in northwestern Pennsylvania have been exposed to an unspecified "health risk." UPMC says the patients who recently had surgery at UPMC Northwest in Seneca, Venango County face "an extremely low health risk" due to a problem the hospital network is not ...

A reported "small number" of patients who underwent surgery in recent months at UPMC Northwest in Seneca, Venango County, may have been exposed to what the hospital describes as "a health risk." In a statement released this week, the hospital said patients who underwent surgical procedures there face "an extremely low risk" of health problems ...

A search of the internet will pull up several articles pertaining to the banning of Trick or Treating for one reason or another.

This photo shows the replica of the pump house and derrick of Drake's well built in 1945 in Titusville, Pa.

"Run what you brung" is the mantra for the 2009 Oil Country Cruise. The Cruise, in its second year, is a 150+ mile ride through the foothills of the Alleghenies in Pennsylvania's Oil Country.

Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 8:17 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 8:17 a.m. David and Joyce Beightol of Oil City, PA announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine Beightol of Trinity to Robert Berrier of Lexington, son of Sue Berrier, of Linwood and the late Grady Berrier.

Police in Venango County arrested a man who they said attempted to lure a 14-year-old girl into his hotel room.