Category Archives: Local News

A 13-year-old girl from Kersey, Pa., was charged after allegedly making threats toward Saint Mary's Area Middle School on Friday, Sept. 13, according to state police. The threat came as Ridgway school...

Some people who sell fireworks in Pennsylvania want a new state law. Lawmakers held a hearing on fireworks last week at the Capitol in Harrisburg. Both fireworks sellers and state regulators say Penns...

A program to help at-risk teens is accepting applications for its next class, which begins in January 2025. The Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy is a program open to 16-to-18-year-old Pennsylvania res...

No injuries were reported as an SUV crashed into a building in Clymer Borough on Friday morning. Indiana County 911 dispatched the Clymer Fire Department, State Police and Citizens' Ambulance to 238 F...

The Marion Center School Board holds a work session tonight, and the agenda includes a discussion of the River Valley/ICTC separation movement. Last week the Indiana Area, Purchase Line, United, and P...

PennDOT is warning people of a superload that will be on some roads in Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties today. The load will take I-80 until it gets to Jefferson County, then use Routes 36...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mail-in ballots that are not dated properly could be thrown out. The state's high court said that the ruling was made on procedural grounds. The rul...

A Punxsutawney woman, Amanda Leeann Edwards, faces trespassing charges after being spotted on video surveillance at the Young Township Walmart, where she was banned from entering in 2023. According to...

Several vehicles in Punxsy were damaged Saturday night when a Chevrolet pickup sideswiped them on Hampton Avenue. Today's Punxsutawney Spirit reports the local Police believe the driver may have suffe...

Unemployment claims are down across Pennsylvania. That's according to the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Labor, which shows new jobless claims in the state dropped to just over 85 hu...