Explore Oil City history through The Derrick archives. See how Venango County residents celebrated Christmas in 1875 and during the 1918 Spanish Flu.

It’s understandable that members of Congress try to remain in office for as long as they can: if they worked in the private sector, they’d be fired by now.As the ...

Cranberry Area High School seniors stepped back into 19th-century England on Monday morning, transforming the library into a Dickens-era celebration for the school’s annual Victorian Christmas party.

The same politicians who swore that inflation was “transitory” during the last presidential administration have suddenly found religion on the issue of “affordability.” ...

I have suffered from high blood pressure since I was a young man in my early 20s. I recently turned 70 years old. My blood pressure has ...

Democrats didn’t pull off a political upset in the recent special election in Tennessee, but Republican Matt Van Epps’ single-digit margin of victory in a much-watched congressional race should give ...

James Allen Knight, age 73, of Knox, passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 20, 2025, at his home following a brief illness. Born June 28, 1952, in Oil City, he was a son of the late Walter Knight and ...

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Randall Lee Keister, age 78, of Luella, Texas, passed away on Nov. 19, 2025. Born on March 9, 1947, in Shippenville, to John and Wilda Kapp Keister, Randy lived a life marked by service, creativity, ...

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SUNDAY’S ACCIDENTS RedbankThe weather system that blew into the region on Friday, bringing snow, high wind gusts and plummeting temperatures, all of which led to icy conditions, caused dozens of ...

The weather system that blew into the region on Friday, bringing snow, high wind gusts and plummeting temperatures, all of which led to icy conditions, caused dozens of traffic problems ...