While News Director Mark Heim is on vacation is the perfect time to go back explore the archived news of the last two and half years. Simple click on the archived month and year you wish to check out. Current reports will return to Venango County Daily News in three weeks. You […]

Serious crime in Pennsylvania fell by over two percent last year while overall crime numbers were also down slightly according to the Pennsylvania State Police. The Uniform Crime Report’s so called crime index offenses, including murder, rape, robbery, and other serious crimes, fell from 345,000 in 2006 to 328,000 last year. That’s a […]

A Hartstown woman is dead following a one vehicle crash last night near Route 18 in Crawford County. Pennsylvania State Trooper Daniel Istik says Jane Zazado was driving a 2005 Jeep Liberty west on Westford Road about 2 miles west of Route 18 in South Shenango Township, when her vehicle traveled off the […]

You may recall earlier this week an Amber Alert out of Butler County. Since the dust is more or less settled, here is the final account of story behind the Amber Alert….Police say a Connoquenessing man grabbed his ex girlfriend from a school bus stop and briefly held her against her will. Nineteen […]

Two Oil City men are charged in connection with an auto theft September 22 along Union Street. Police say the arrested two 18 year olds, Lyndsey Masters and Richard Garland, both of 107Chariton Street. In addition to theft of an automobile, the two are charged with receiving stolen property, criminal mischief as well […]

National City Corporation is not discussing a report the troubled bank is looking for a buyer. But one analyst says it would be absurd for National City…weighed down by high risk mortagage loans…not to at least consider a sale. The Wall Street Journal , citing anonymous sources and reporting yesterday, says National City, […]

From the KQW Tickler file…a bake sale and rummage sale at the Rouseville Community Center, 303 Third Street today from 9 to noon sponsored by the Rouseville VFD. -0- Tomorrow the Friends of Jim JD Berry Picnic and Memorial Shoot at the Busted Flush 1162 Shreve Road, Titusville from 10 till 3 benefitting the […]

The state House sends the governor a measure supporters say will improve working conditions for nurses, increasing patient safety.
Dave Washburn reports from Harrisburg….
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A Crawford County Amish man who killed his wife in schizophrenic frenzy in 1993 will spend three months in jail for illegally using a firearm while hunting deer last fall. Authorities say Edward Gingerich was prohibited from using or possessing a gun because he was found guilty but mentally ill of involuntary manslaughter in […]

You may want to fasten your seat belts for this story. There’s a lot to tell and much to grasp. Oil City is in the infancy of applying to become a Main Street Community. The followup meeting last night at the National Transit Building to the initial introduction of the program last […]

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office says ongoing negotiations over Countrywide Financial’s subprime mortgages could lead to cash payments or other relief for thousands of customers in the state. Attorney General Tom Corbett says a settlement with Bank of America, which acquired Countrywide, is expected to be reached in the next few weeks. Over […]

Do you know someone who consistently shows civic leadership through volunteerism and service to the community? Here’s your chance to nominate that person or person for the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the year award. Each year the chamber presents the award to people showing a well rounded and deep rooted […]

From Mercer County comes news Pennsylvania’s Superior Court says a divorced woman cant move to Ohio with her two children because it would take them away from their father and not be in their best interest. The ruling upholds one by a Mercer County judge last year in the divorce between Cynthia and Brian […]

The McCain-Palin Campaign is in Pennsylvania. With less than four weeks before the November General Election, Senator McCain and his wife Sarah are working the eastern part of the Commonwealth. Today, in Erie, Mercer and Butler Counties, Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge is teaming up with Lynn Swann and country singer Sammy Kershaw, […]

There is an initial steering committee for the Oil City Main Street program. The committee will examine both application processes and report back to all other participants which provides the best fit for Oil City. The steering committee may have up to 15 members. Presently, the Oil City Main Street program steering […]