Tionesta News

The first-ever PA Firefly Festival will take place June 21-22 on the grounds of the Black Caddis Ranch in Kellettville near Tionesta.

MAY 14, 2013- The Planning Commission gives the go ahead on land plans that could bring new businesses to the Millcreek Market Place... The first plan includes the construction of a 50 thousand square foot retail store with parking behind Buffalo Wild Wings.

May 14th, 2013 Another race to watch out for is Erie County Council's Sixth District.

May 14, 2013- A Butler County man was bound over to Forest County court today, charged with the stabbing deaths of a Tionesta couple.

The hearing for a man accused of killing two people in Tionesta late last month has been re-scheduled for next week.

A preliminary hearing is slated Tuesday for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of a man and a woman found at a mobile home in northwestern Pennsylvania last month.

A Butler woman whose husband was shot and killed during a domestic dispute at their camp in Tionesta has pleaded guilty.

In yesterday's local news media it was reported that four choir members were stabbed in an Albequerque, N.M., church, an 8-year-old girl was stabbed to death in California and two peaple were stabbed to death in Tionesta, Pa.

A western Pennsylvania woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the fatal shooting of her husband during a domestic dispute.

Glenn Robert McClain, 82, of 217 Central Ave., Titusville, PA and formerly of Fagundas, PA, died Tuesday evening, April 30, 2013 at his residence after an extended illness.

Judge Sean McLaughlin, who has been a federal judge on the bench in Erie for the last 18-years, is now the chief judge for the entire Western District of Pennsylvania.

US Senator Bob Casey has introduced legislation, that would make witness intimidation a federal crime.

April 29th, 2013 Two people are dead and a man is under arrest in connection with a double homicide in Forest County.

Pennsylvania State Police responded to 229 Holli Acres Road, Tionesta, at 1:11 a.m. for a report of a man brandishing a knife.

Rescue crews pulled a body from Conewango Creek just after 12:00 Sunday afternoon, within miles from missing Scout Master Dan Wolboldt's home in Warren.

Police say a man was shot to death after reportedly brandishing a wooden club in an attack on the owners of a Pittsburgh-area music store.

An autopsy is scheduled Sunday in a double murder that happened just after 1:00 AM Saturday in Tionesta, Forest County.

Two people were found dead in a Forest County home early this morning in what appeared to be a double homicide.