Category Archives: Local News

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

A Crawford County man, Shawn Cranston, 53, has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the 2024 murder of pregnant mother Rebekah Byler in her Sparta Township home. Cranston was convicted of ...

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers think ICE agents should be unmasked. Pennsylvania is joining several states in considering a bill to require ICE agents to clearly identify themselves. The bill would "proh...

A 13-year-old Rural Valley boy is accused of stabbing his mother with a pencil during a domestic dispute on July 11 near Beartown Rocks in Heath Township, Jefferson County, police said. The boy allege...

A Mahaffey man suffered minor injuries after swerving to avoid a deer and crashing into a tree on Route 36 in Gaskill Township on July 12. State police say Shawn K. Bair struck the deer, lost control,...

A Clarion County man is facing felony and numerous traffic charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase that tore through a golf course and residential areas. Harley James Storrs, 31, ...