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Sisters Susannah and Josey Wolfe (from left) briefed Knox Borough Council on their plans to construct a backyard hutch for four chickens. Susannah Wolfe presented drawings of the hutch and said she plans to keep the chickens “busy.”
Sisters Susannah and Josey Wolfe (from left) briefed Knox Borough Council on their plans to construct a backyard hutch for four chickens. Susannah Wolfe presented drawings of the hutch and said she plans to keep the chickens “busy.”
KNOX — Eight-year-old Susannah Wolfe didn’t hesitate when the public comment portion of the Knox Borough Council meeting came around earlier this month. She stood up, faced council and made her case.
She and her sister Josey, 11, were seeking council’s approval to have a chicken coop and four chickens at their South Main Street home.
The girls are the daughters of David and Kristen Wolfe, who also attended the meeting, but it was their younger daughter who did the talking.
She quickly read off her request and presented her hand-drawn plans for the small chicken coop and fencing, which would be built in their backyard.
“And I’ll keep the chickens busy so they don’t get bored,” she pledged.
Knox Borough Council President Jack Bish Jr. told the girl “There’s nothing in our ordinance that prohibits it. You can have anything but pigs. As long as your chickens aren’t a nuisance, it’s OK.”
Susannah Wolfe said the chickens won’t cause any problems, explaining her family will raise the chickens for their eggs.
Council members offered a light round of applause for the presentation.
Marienville state police said two 15-year-old boys who escaped from the Abraxas Foundation in Jenks township on Sunday morning are no longer in the local area, as they continue to elude capture after a lengthy search of the Marienville and Clarion areas, and surrounding communities.
Clarion state police said they are searching for two 15-year-old boys who escaped from the Abraxas Foundation in Jenks township, near Marienville, at about 10:30 this morning and were last seen on foot in the Paint Township area of Clarion County.
Franklin’s Good Friday cross walk was a day of prayer and reflection for the faithful, as the day included 14 stops at stations of the cross in the downtown area.
Unlike last weekend, the weather cooperated and kids and their families turned out en masse for Franklin’s annual Easter egg hunt in Fountain Park on Friday evening.
KNOX — Eight-year-old Susannah Wolfe didn’t hesitate when the public comment portion of the Knox Borough Council meeting came around earlier this month. She stood up, faced council and made her case.
BOYS TENNIS: Punxsutawney 3, Oil City 2
Clarion Rotary Club members took a tour Monday of Clarion Hospital’s new cardiovascular rehabilitation center that opened earlier this year in the former Barnes Center at Trinity Point.
The Franklin Easter Egg Hunt, scheduled for 11 a.m. today in Fountain Park, along with the photo opp with chicks, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the park, have both been postponed due to wet conditions and will be rescheduled.
A new candy store is coming to Oil City.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is advising motorists of a superload being transported 57 miles from Kennerdell to Meadville today.
A crew from M & B Services, of Clarion, on Tuesday continued its work on the sidewalk portion of the streetscape and streetlight replacement project at 13th and Liberty streets in Franklin.
A retired doctor from Oil City recently purchased three buildings in the downtown area with plans to remodel the buildings and bring in several new tenants.
When she stepped down from her position as director of the Franklin Retail & Business Association at the end of December to spend more time with her husband and two young children, Jess Carroll didn’t have plans to start working again until the fall.
The Franklin post office on Thursday was a day for reflection, as it was filled with dozens of people honoring Roger Jenkins, a longtime letter carrier who passed away in January.
William J. Smith, 73, formerly of Barkeyville, died March 1, 2022.
Valley Grove School Board members heard about a program planned for high school sophomores at their meeting Monday.
HARRISBURG — State Rep. R. Lee James issued a warning to backyard chicken owners to protect their flocks after the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, confirmed five Merganser ducks died along Kahle Lake in Venango County from the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1).
Tim Yeany can call anywhere in the world without ever dialing a number as he is one of thousands of amateur (ham) radio operators in the U.S.
State police in Meadville said they are attempting to locate a Titusville man who has warrants from Crawford County for theft and a warrant for absconding parole.
State police said a Titusville man who has been charged with several vehicle thefts has been apprehended.
The students in teacher Lori Hugar’s first-grade classroom at Sandycreek Elementary School gathered for a valuable lesson, but it had nothing to do with reading, writing or arithmetic. The lesson instilled on this day had to do with the awareness needed that can help save their young lives.
Clarion has been selected to be the next community featured in the WPSU-TV series “Our Town.”
Rumors that had spread in and around Franklin “for years” this week became reality — the Honeywell facility will be closing, affecting more than 100 employees.
The newspaper is getting ready to publish its annual Save, Serve & Protect section, which highlights the work of local police, fire and emergency services agencies.
Friends, colleagues and former students turned out en masse over the weekend via social media to pay tribute to Duane “Pat” Patterson after learning about the death of the beloved former Oil City High School teacher and football coach.
A schedule of the Pittsburgh Penguins' remaining regular season games is available in today's newspaper and in the electronic edition at TheDerrick.com.
A large crowd turned out for Hope 21 Ministry’s “A Dress For You” event Friday evening at the National Transit Building in Oil City.
Some municipalities and school districts will benefit from a $63.2 million real estate transaction.
Extensive renovations are continuing at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Oil City, as painters have been scaling six levels of scaffolding to decorate the interior of the church.
Venango County District Attorney Shawn White said Tuesday that the December shooting death in Rockland Township of Peter Spencer, a Jamaican immigrant who lived in Allegheny County, has been determined to be “self defense/defense of others” in accordance with the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
The Rocky Grove playground is well underway to getting its anticipated facelift.
Snow on Saturday couldn’t keep the crowds away from exploring the Outdoor Expo at the Cranberry Mall.
For nearly 34 years Mary Lenhart has greeted her customers at the door of the County Seat Restaurant in downtown Clarion. Today, she will do it for the final time — she and her husband, Gene, have sold the business to a Pittsburgh couple with local connections.
Sandycreek Elementary students may know more about French Creek than you do.
Girls Basketball: North Catholic 56, Lakeview 25
PIAA CLASS 3A BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Ellwood City 65, Franklin 63
Franklin High School art students received an art and history lesson rolled into one Tuesday at the Venango County Historical Society.
PIAA BOYS CLASS 4A PLAYOFFS: Montour 63, Oil City 42
Four teams of Cranberry junior high school students will be busy the next couple of months preparing for a robotics world championship competition in May.
First Energy's website on Sunday afternoon reported power outages had affected about 2,200 customers in Venango County and about 1,500 customers in Clarion County. The outages coincided at the time high winds ripped through the area.
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