Petrolia News

A Petrolia man is accused of dragging a trooper with his sport utility vehicle and then leading police on a high-speed chase early this morning that started in Chicora.

A Fairview Township family's modular home was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Firefighters said no one was injured in the fire at 132 Poplar Road.

State police were investigating the cause of a fatal, one-vehicle crash on Branchton Road on Saturday morning.

Over the Hill Gang The Over The Hill Gang met at the Firehouse Bar in McGrann with 12 members in attendance on April 2. The club's next bake sale will be held 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow at Valley Dairy, Franklin Village Mall.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday proposed $121,500 in fines against a chemical company for an October release that forced hundreds of Butler County residents from their homes.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Indspec Chemical Corp.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Thursday, according to jail records: * James Leslie Butler Jr., 33, of 1284 Reefer Road, Rural Valley, by the court, on a bench warrant from the domestic relations office.

If Johnson County High School in Wrightsville, Ga., had imposed an athletic fee on those students who wanted to play football, there might never have been a Herschel Walker.

SUGARCREEK TWP, Armstrong County - Four fire departments this morning responded to a fire at 667 Glynn Road.