Renee Kiser News Today

Local history was made on Friday morning as elected county officials and their deputies were sworn in at the Crawford County Judicial Center by President Judge John Spataro and Francis

The Crawford County Board of Elections has certified results from the Nov. 7 election with no changes in outcomes in countywide, school board and Meadville City Council races.

Tuesday’s election saw uncontested races for the countywide offices of coroner, auditor, district attorney, register and recorder, prothonotary and sheriff.

Two area school board races, as well as the race for two seats on Meadville City Council, are among the few contested campaigns as voters head to the polls from

March 22, 2021 A Siloam man was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 52 South, near the Cook School Road exit. Marvin H. Bledsoe Sr., of Siloam, 85, had for some reason stopped his car on the shoulder of the southbound lane of U.S. 52, then wondered into oncoming traffic when he was struck, according to North Carolina Highway Patrol First Sgt. J.M. Church. The sergeant said officials do not yet know why Bledsoe had exited his car. “It was nearby, and wasn’t ...