Utica News

The fate of Seventh Street Elementary could be decided Aug. 11. Franklin Area School Board on Monday voted to hold an Act 38 hearing to determine the fate of Seventh Street Elementary.

A Utica teen was injured after her vehicle caught fire around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday on Maple Hill Road in Crawford County.

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.

Superintendent Ronald Paranick gives a crash course on district demographics and more.

Franklin state police are searching for a missing 17-year-old Cornplanter girl who ran away around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday from her Parker Avenue home.

'This was something we had to do' - World War II veteran remembers sacrifices of war By NICHOLAS A. HESS Photo by Jerry Sowden - Lewis Griffin stands in his Utica home with his wife, Jean.

Two more options offered for Central school renovations By SHEILA BOUGHNER Three options were presented in November; now the board has two more to consider.

“We evacuated the area for cautionary reasons”

Polk police responded to a suspicious package Wednesday at a truck stop and gas station in Barkeyville Borough. via News-Herald

“People really depend on us for this”

Franklin-area letter carriers to collect items for charity By NICHOLAS A. HESS Photo by Jerry Sowden - Letter carrier Ron Buck, the Franklin organizer of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out ... via News-Herald

A Utica man was arrested around 10 a.m. Thursday following a traffic stop on Route 322 in Venango County. via News-Herald

A Rimersburg man was injured and transported to Clarion Hospital after crashing his vehicle around 11:45 p.m. Monday on Route 68 in Clarion County. via News-Herald

Nearly 20 people were rounded up and brought to the Franklin City Police Department on Wednesday, after an early morning raid in Crawford and Venango Counties. via WICU 12

“They were finding dead deer that had been shot”

Four teenagers, including a Mercer County boy, have been prosecuted for a deer poaching spree in French Creek Township and Venango County that one wildlife officer called one of the most disturbing incidents ... via The Herald

“There is no telling how many deer were killed or wounded by the suspects”

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that a year-long prosecution of a case of multiple deer killed in Mercer and Venango counties has come to an end. via The Bud Angst Report

Two people were injured in a one-vehicle accident and car fire around noon Thursday on Route 322 in Canal Township just west of Utica. via News-Herald

The nearly $311,000 will be used for road, bridge and other infrastructure projects. via The Derrick

Energy officials announced Tuesday they will re-examine a decision to declare a large swath of the mid-Atlantic states a priority area for new power lines _ a nod to those fighting proposed lines in their ... via Times Leader

“So, when you put money in our kettle, expect change. Change is what we need - change in outlook, change in situation, change in attitude, change for the better”

Red Kettle campaigns under way for local Salvation Army branches By KAREN CLARK Lee Cook rings a bell for the Oil City Salvation Army in front of Bon-Ton at the Cranberry Mall. via The Derrick

Two people received minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash at 1:50 p.m. Thursday on Route 322 at the Utica cut-off in Canal Township. via News-Herald