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Legal troubles continue to mount for a Port Allegany veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 45-year-old Diane Ayala is now accused of charged more than $3,500 on another person’s credit card and the Crosby’s store on South Avenue, Dollar General in Eldred and McKean County E-Sales in Smethport. She was sent to McKean County Jail in lieu of $35,000 bail. Last week she was charged by Olean-based state police with stealing $77 worth of merchandise from the Allegany Wal-Mart. All of these happened while she is on probation for confronted three non-American men inside the Bradford McDonald’s in November. In January, when sentencing her to a year of probation and 40 hours of community service, McKean County Judge John Pavlock urged Ayala to avoid further unlawful activity. In 2012, she was convicted of welfare fraud for receiving nearly $7,000 in medical assistance and transportation benefits. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Minard Run Oil Company now has operations in Oklahoma. Company president and CEO Frederick Fesenmyer says Minard Run Oklahoma LLC was officially formed on Friday. The operations in Osage County include crude oil and natural gas production from six horizontal wells. They also have more than 16,000 acres for further development and exploration. Minard Run Oil Company of Bradford is the world's oldest family owned independent oil company under the continuous management of one family. Fesenmyer is the great-grandson of Senator Lewis Emery Jr., who founded the company in 1875. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947