Category Archives: Local News

KARNS CITY MAN ACCUSED OF DUI IN CLARION COUNTY
A 19-year-old Karns City man is under investigation for suspected DUI after a hit-and-run crash on June 4 in Elk Township, Clarion County. State Police say the teen drove off Route 322 around 9:30 p.m...
John Smathers Jun 13, 2025

FORD CITY WOMAN ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING CHILD'S SEVERE DENTAL ISSUES
A Ford City woman is facing charges in Jefferson County after allegedly neglecting her child's severe dental issues. Police say Shelby Szul, 30, left her children for months and refused to seek treatm...
John Smathers Jun 13, 2025

OHIO MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL EXPLOITING MINOR IN WARREN COUNTY
A Garrettsville, Ohio man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges related to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Robert Alan Pepus, 26, faces six federal counts, including traveli...
John Smathers Jun 13, 2025

MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING PREGNANT WOMAN IN SPARTA TOWNSHIP
A Crawford County man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a pregnant woman in her Sparta Township home last year. According to ExploreJeffersonPa.Com, a jury found Shawn Cranst...
John Smathers Jun 13, 2025

CLARION WOMAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING PARAMEDIC
A 46-year-old Clarion woman is facing aggravated assault charges after allegedly attacking a paramedic who was trying to treat her following an apartment fire. ExploreClarion.Com reports, Heather Mari...
John Smathers Jun 13, 2025

CLARION MAN CITED AFTER TWO-VEHICLE CRASH
A Clarion man was cited after a two-vehicle crash on Route 66 in Limestone Township Monday morning. Police say 20-year-old Jacob M. Lott was driving too fast when his Ford Escape rear-ended a Honda Ac...
John Smathers Jun 13, 2025

SEVEN PEOPLE CHARGED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION
Seven people have been charged in a drug trafficking investigation involving methamphetamine and fentanyl in five north-central Pennsylvania counties. Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that 31-ye...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2025

JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE RADIO TOWER BID
The Jefferson County commissioners unanimously approved a $550,000 bid from Bell Tower Corporation, Inc. of Chelsea, Oklahoma, to construct a new Snyder Hill radio tower. Funded by a state Local Share...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2025

ROSSITER MAN ACCUSED OF USING TRUCK TO BLOCK, FOLLOW VEHICLE WITH MOTHER, CHILD
A 22-year-old Rossiter man is facing charges after allegedly blocking and following a vehicle carrying his child and the child's mother during a custody dispute in Punxsutawney. Crist M. Coblentz was ...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2025

PA HIGH IN A DUBIOUS CATEGORY FOR MAIL CARRIERS
Pennsylvania is being ranked as one of the top states in which U.S. Postal Service mail carriers are bitten by dogs. The rankings are part of the USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, which runs ...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2025