Category Archives: Local News

PSP RELEASES FINDINGS ON TRAFFIC STOP ANALYSIS
State police have released findings from an independent study analyzing more than 433,000 traffic stops made by troopers in 2024. The report found no significant racial or ethnic disparities in stop r...
Renda Media Aug 01, 2025

REPORT: GIRL FALLS FROM TRACTOR AND DIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
Few details have been released about a 7-year-old girl who died after reportedly falling off a tractor on private property in Jefferson County on July 18. The girl was taken to a hospital in Clearfiel...
Renda Media Jul 30, 2025

BENEZETTE MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING, ATTACKING OHIO GIRL
A 39-year-old Benezette man is facing multiple charges after allegedly abducting a 16-year-old girl from Ohio, assaulting her in Pennsylvania, and refusing to take her home. Police say Richard Wayne W...
Renda Media Jul 30, 2025

SUNNY DAY CAMP TO BE HELD SEPT. 24
Sunny Day Camp, a free event for individuals with special needs, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Brookville. Hosted by Pennsylvania State Police, the camp offers...
Renda Media Jul 30, 2025

TWO CLEARFIELD COUNTY WOMEN ACCUSED OF ABANDONING DOG
Two women in Clearfield County are facing charges after a dog was abandoned and later hit by a car in May. State police say Sheanna Gagliardi, 28, ordered Casey Tennison, 21, to dump the dog along a r...
Renda Media Jul 30, 2025

JEFFERSON COUNTY TO CUT TWO SHERIFF'S OFFICE POSITIONS
Jefferson County voted to cut two sheriff's office positions during a heated salary board meeting. One deputy role and the sergeant position were eliminated after tax assessment duties were moved to a...
Renda Media Jul 30, 2025

PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR KILLING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Dakota Greeley has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Trisha Renee Cole, in 2023. Authorities say Greeley shot Cole in the head...
Renda Media Jul 29, 2025

PROSECUTORS REQUEST SEALING OF EVIDENCE IN SUPLIZIO CASE
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to seal transactional evidence in the case against former DuBois city manager Herm Suplizio, citing sensitive personal and banking information. Suplizio and ex-c...
Renda Media Jul 29, 2025

BUTLER WOMAN KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH
A Butler woman was killed and a man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Route 38 in Washington Township, Butler County, on July 26. State police say the motorcycle veered off the road, hit a gu...
Renda Media Jul 29, 2025

TRUCK HITS PSP VEHICLE ON I-80
A truck struck an unoccupied state police vehicle on the shoulder of I-80 eastbound near mile marker 80.2 in Brookville around 5:36 a.m. on July 25, according to state police. The impact caused minor ...
Renda Media Jul 29, 2025